Ethiopia

I just got off the phone with a close friend from Ethiopia. He's back in Seattle as of yesterday. He tells me there's a lot of enthusiasm in Ethiopia about this election, they're very happy! It's always nice to get real on the ground reports from other parts of the world.

Anyway, I knew him about 3 years before I searched his name on the net. It turns out he's a celebrity over there as a singer/arranger/ producer as well as a war hero. He never told us about all that, preferring to be just one of the guys here to his friends.  He was a bit embarrassed when I exposed him to our friends but he got over it. His knowledge of Russian small arms is amazing, he taught me quite a bit about them. I've met a few expat Ethiopians and they were amazed when I'd call him and hand them my phone.