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T P O
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GenderMale
LocationUnited States
IntroductionTPO (Hénock Gugsa) ... Born and raised in Ethiopia... but the U.S is my home now.... TPO stands for "The Patient Ox" .... The ox represents quiet patience, a universal virtue, quite rare in today's world! But then again, there's a limit to one's patience. It cannot be infinite.
Interestscurrent political events, history,transcendental philosophies (Buddhism), poetry,mystery novels, movies (westerns), sports (baseball / tennis)
Favorite moviesThe Big Country, To Kill A Mocking Bird, The Guns of Navarone, High Noon, The Apartment
Favorite musicClassical (Mozart / Mendelssohn / Bizet / Copeland), Blues (John Lee Hooker / Ray Charles), Jazz (Count Basie / Louis Armstrong)
Favorite books"East of Eden" by John Steinbeck, "Lonesome Dove" by Larry McMurtry, "Day of the Jackal" by Frederick Forsyth, "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky, "1984" by George Orwell, "Elmer Gantry" by Sinclair Lewis, "Animal Farm" by George Orwell, "Cancer Ward" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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