Patrick O'Gara

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Gender	Male
Occupation	Retired
Location	Moratinos, Palencia, Spain, Spain
Introduction	Was a hack for forty-some years. Now retired. Live in Spain. Do little.
Interests	Philosophy, Books, Music, Art, Horse Racing, Religion, Irreligion, Sin, Virtue, Wisdom, Folly, Humor, Drink, Food, Animals, mostly dogs, Dreams, etc., not necessarily in that order.
Favorite Movies	M. Hulot´s Holiday
Favorite Music	Mahler, Shostakovich, Ellington, Bechet, Beethoven, Mozart, Carmen Linares, Benny Goodman, etc.
Favorite Books	Too many to mention. But certainly Anthony Powell, Dickens, Trollope, Amis senior, Waugh, Aldous Huxley, Bellow, Philip Roth, Camus, Sartre, Montaigne, Tolstoy. Very fond of Cyril Connolly also.

Why are there essents*, rather than nothing? *Things that exist (from Heidegger)