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Inspiration in the most likely of places

July 15, 2010 avbarnard1 Comment

Yesterday I interviewed Pablo Fajardo, and – while I knew it before I went in – the guy is a genuine hero. It’s easy to find information online about Pablo—I recommend this Vanity Fair article (really) or the movie Crude—so I will keep this introduction brief.  Fajardo is the son of poor campesinos, born the… Continue reading Inspiration in the most likely of places

My grandma…

January 22, 2010January 22, 2010 avbarnardLeave a comment

(who was an amazing woman) always used to say, “Things are never as bad as you think they are, and never as good as you think they should be.” A good mantra for an increasingly bleak 2010.

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