I was asked to submit 3 bio/resumes of 3
different lengths--this is the longest one I submitted--what would you
have cut? Remember there is one more after the next. I will post #2 on
Wednesday. They are for 2 web sites which will be paying me for my movie
and dining reviews.

MARTIN D. GOODKIN

 FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33304

 GREATMARTIN2003@YAHOO.COM

WWW.BLOGSTER.COM/GREATMARTIN

BORN :  FEBRUARY 29, 1936 IN THE BRONX

EDUCATION : P.S. 105, P. S. 83,  CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS H.S.

                    STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 1 YEAR

MILITARY :  U.S. MARINE CORPS  ENLISTED FEBRUARY 1954

                  BOOT CAMP: PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. STATIONED: 

                  CAMP PENDLETON, CA., SEOUL, KOREA, KYOTO,

                   JAPAN

OCCUPATIONS : (1)  HAVING 'DIVORCED' MY FAMILY AT 16 I

                        MOVED INTO GREENWICH VILLAGE AND WORKED

                         MY WAY  THROUGH SCHOOL AS  AN USHER

                         THEN AN ASSISTANT MANAGER AT THE LYRIC

                         THEATRE ON 42ND STREET

                        (2)  AFTER THE SERVICE I WENT TO MIAMI BEACH

                         ON APPLIED AT PICCOLO'S AT 101 COLLINS

                         AVENUE WHERE SAM PICCOLO'S TAUGHT ME TO

                         COOK, DOROTHY PICCOLO TAUGHT ME

                         SCHEDULING AND VINCENT PICCOLO'S TAUGHT

                         ME TO BE A SERVER--I CHOOSE THE LATTER AS

                          A PROFESSION AND FROM 1956 TO 1967, AS

                          I TRAVELED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN MIAMI

                         BEACH AND NEW YORK I ALWAYS WORKED AT

                         PICCOLO'S. IN NEW YORK I WORKED AT DAN

                         DOWD'S,  MILLER'S ON WALL STREET,  THE

                         FOUR SEASONS, THE GAS PAVILION AT THE

                         WORLD'S FAIR, THE BRASS RAIL

                         (3)  AFTER LOSING 100+ POUNDS IN 1967 I

                          WENT TO WORK FOR WEIGHT WATCHERS AS

                           A LECTURER QUICKLY HAVING SOME OF THE

                          BIGGEST CLASSES IN MANHATTAN. IN 1969

                          I MOVED TO MEMPHIS TO OPEN AND BECOME

                          DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS WITH MY PARTNER

                          BERNIE ABRAHAM UNTIL 1974 WHEN I LEFT AND

                          OPENED MY OWN ORGANIZATION CALLED OUR

                          WEIGH AND AS FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT

                           SERVED UNTIL 1979 WHEN I MOVED TO FORT

                           LAUDERDALE.

                          (4) WORKED AS A SERVER FROM 1979 TO 2002

                            AT DAN DOWD'S, THE CRABHOUSE, WAG'S,

                          HILTON HOTEL, BIG LOUIE'S

WRITER/WRITING:  AT THE AGE OF 14 I WON A CONTEST FOR WRITING AN ESSAY, "WHY BING CROSBY
IS MY FAVORITE singer",  (HE WASN'T) AND I WON A 'BING CROSBY SHIRT'. I
HAVEN'T STOPPED WRITING SINCE COVERING THE FIELD FROM BOOKS, PLAY,
MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES TO COOK BOOKS, RESTAURANT AND MOVIE
REVIEWS, NOVELS AND MOTIVATIONAL BOOKS PLUS NONFICTION BOOKS.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

5 SIDED VIEW OF A MAN (PLAY)

FOR WHAT WE HAD  (NONFICTION)

THE LOOKS OF LOVE (FICTION)

THE FREE PRISONER  (FICTION)

LETTING IT ALL HANG OUT (ESSAYS)

THE GAY PARIAHS   (FICTION)

AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...  (FICTION)

NOBODY ASKED ME BUT...  (WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEKLY NEWS---3 YEARS)

DINING OUT  (OUT MAGAZINE)

FAT CAN BE CURED (MOTIVATIONAL SERIES FOR VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS)

GOT PAID THE FIRST TIME AND HAVEN'T BEEN PAID SINCE (ANTHOLOGY: THE FIRST TIME)

COOKBOOK SERIES (OUR WEIGH)

WEEKLY COLUMN FOR WAISTLINES

A WAITER'S LAMENT  (SOUTH FLORIDA MAGAZINE, NEW JERSEY MENU GUIDE)

VARIOUS OTHER PUBLISHED ARTICLES

HOBBIES: (AT VARIOUS TIMES) SALT AND FRESH WATER FISH,  FINCHES, BUDGIES AND COCKATIELS,  HOME PLANTS

INTERESTS:

THEATRE (FIRST SHOW I SAW WAS THE ORIGINAL "OKLAHOMA' AND BECAME A LIFETIME
THEATRE FAN--SAW EVERY BROADWAY SHOW FROM 1950-1954, 1960-1967 AND
IN-BETWEEN YEARS-- SAW EVERY MAJOR BROADWAY STAR, MUSICAL, DRAMA UNTIL
1985--HAVE SEEN 101 PRODUCTIONS OF "A CHORUS LINE"

TRAVELING   48 OF 50 STATES (MISSED NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA), SOUTH AMERICA,
MEXICO, VANCOUVER, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, EAST AND WEST CARIBBEAN,
SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS

READING   FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER I HAVE READ 2-3 BOOKS A WEEK, ALL
GENRES THOUGH PREFERRING BIOGRAPHIES, GAY THEMED BOOKS, TRUE CRIME