http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2005/11/04/best-of-halifax/ As honest as a gambling man can be Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:28:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2005/11/04/best-of-halifax/#comment-3182 Homo Sum » Blog Archive » No Virus Keeps Me Down. Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:51:20 +0000 http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/?p=341#comment-3182 [...] At one point, if I had been carrying a video camera, I could have shot a 15 minute short feature, in one take, that would have won awards. Awards, I say. I would have titled this feature “The Mexican Circle Of Justice”, and it would have brought Mike Drake, Halifax’s Best Salesman, to new levels of stardom on the short film circuit, not to mention cementing my place as the Jim Jarmusch of Halifax. Sadly, with no camera the moment was transient, to be shared only by those present, and perhaps more transcendant for its transcience. Ah well, “Death is the mother of Beauty” and all that. [...] [...] At one point, if I had been carrying a video camera, I could have shot a 15 minute short feature, in one take, that would have won awards. Awards, I say. I would have titled this feature “The Mexican Circle Of Justice”, and it would have brought Mike Drake, Halifax’s Best Salesman, to new levels of stardom on the short film circuit, not to mention cementing my place as the Jim Jarmusch of Halifax. Sadly, with no camera the moment was transient, to be shared only by those present, and perhaps more transcendant for its transcience. Ah well, “Death is the mother of Beauty” and all that. [...]

]]> http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2005/11/04/best-of-halifax/#comment-2772 Homo Sum » Blog Archive » Drakemas Mon, 28 Nov 2005 03:09:12 +0000 http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/?p=341#comment-2772 [...] On Wednesday night, for example, there was a fairly wild evening that was nominally the celebration of the birthday of Halifax’s best salesman. (Who, in a lovely bit of synchronicity also appeared on the cover–he’s the one on the far left– of our local entertainment weekly on Wednesday.) [...] [...] On Wednesday night, for example, there was a fairly wild evening that was nominally the celebration of the birthday of Halifax’s best salesman. (Who, in a lovely bit of synchronicity also appeared on the cover–he’s the one on the far left– of our local entertainment weekly on Wednesday.) [...]

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