Keeping an Eye on Melissa Leo Melissa Leo may very well be one of the five Best Actress contenders later this year. .category was fairly weak last year with so many of the potential roles taking an inexplicable dive in the final act.  Frozen River won the Grand Jury prize at Sundance and seems to have, at best, a shot for Best Actress (maybe Supporting as well). The writer/director is USC Film School alum Courtney Hunt.  This is her first feature.  Leo has been doing fine work much of her career to very little award.Little River .

Use a leash to protect your dog or else concert, Image by urbanwild via Flickr .ere is a letter to the editor in the Columbian this morning that deserves some clarification and further discussion. The letter is entitled?Obey law and use a leash? and concerns leashing your dog: While walking along the busy river walk by Interstate 5 Bridge, I saw three dogs being walked by their owners, and none were on leashes. All were American bull terriers, as their owners like to call them, but most people call them pit bulls. In the July 16 newspaper.

Craving: Mac & Cheese Little River tickets, Even in the summer heat, who doesn't love mac .&.cheese with a twist? Around our city, we have some of the best creative spins on an old favorite. These ones aren't for the kids. Silvertone Bar .&.Grill: A runner-up for best dining downtown, Silvertone keeps things low-key with menu.staples like their steak tips and cold martinis. Legendary.&.C keeps many folks going back though, time after time. Filling for dinner, a bit too heavy for lunch. Did we mention the friendly staff? Coda: An exce.

The Big Charm of a Pretty Little Village - McClellanville #2 live, This is just one of many pretty houses there in McClellanville with the charming architecture of the South and with those inviting big and cozy looking porches This is just one of those many churches also in McClallenville, but I liked this one the best: the Episcopal Church that is built under a majestic shady big and old oak tree .".Is this nothing to ye who pass.".And a river runs trough. The place to be on a lazy, sunny afternoon - but please without all the mosquitoes!".fe.

So That's What ?Public Interest? Journalism Means Having studied up a little about the Marcellus Shale, hydraulic fracturing and natural gas regulation, we went back and read the original story in the Albany Times Union, page one, banner headline, written by Abrahm Lustgarten of the ProPublica non-profit, public interest, journalism venture?Upstate New York's looming natural gas nightmare. A couple of things jumped out. First ? Number of energy executives cited in the story: 0 No apparent effort at a balancing point of view, assurances. Little River concert tickets.

Tactical Retreat music, I'm not sure what the physio did to me on Monday, but by Tuesday morning, I was in a lot of pain, my neck and shoulder had gone into spasm, and the shoulder was clearly swollen. Not good. Short of dosing myself up with Ibruprofen, there was little I could do, other than not drink when I met Beau de Toujours by the river that evening. It was good to see him; we're no longer colleagues and it struck me how much I miss him on a day-to-day basis. We ate pizza and gossiped and it was lovely. I'd .

A Repeat from 5/31/2006: The Report Tickets, When my soul returned to the place from which we come, the others crowded around, as they always do, and begged to know.".What did you see.".they asked.".What did you see.".This is what I told them. I've seen fathers throw away their children, but sometimes they do not. I've seen mothers love their children fiercely, but sometimes they do not. I've seen a beautiful young girl smile at an eager young boy and terrify him. I've seen a handsome young man smile at an eager young woman and make.

A Repeat from 5/31/2006: The Report When my soul returned to the place from which we come, the others crowded around, as they always do, and begged to know.".What did you see.".they asked.".What did you see.".This is what I told them. I've seen fathers throw away their children, but sometimes they do not. I've seen mothers love their children fiercely, but sometimes they do not. I've seen a beautiful young girl smile at an eager young boy and terrify him. I've seen a handsome young man smile at an eager young woman and make. Little River tour tickets.

Where Am I and How Did I Get Here? Todd Banks Hello folks. This week for the Third Thursday Guest Spot we have an up and coming writer, editor, screen writer. Psychopath . you get the idea. His name is? What. Umm . you don't say? It's the fourth Thursday of the month. Hmmm . You noticed, huh? Yeah, my apologies for that. This has been one very busy month and the July fourth thing. Yah know? No? Not buying it. I didn't think so. Well, at any rate, the Third Thursday Guest Spot was pushed back a week this month thanks. Little River ticket broker.

Switching from dumb bombing to smart bombing Tickets for Little River , Superclass really is a great read. (See also this earlier posting and this one.) I still haven't got seriously stuck into this book, but today I dipped into the middle of it, as I like to do with books I have in mind to read right through, and came across another great little snippet, on page 87 of my 2008 hardback edition. During the final years of the Clinton Administration, there was a cruise on the Potomac River in honour of Rothkopf's pal, colleague and former national security adviser.