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As Genesis patriarchs go, Isaac is something of a forgotten middle child. There are stories about his father Abraham, and there are stories about his son Jacob, but there are very, very few stories that are just about him. Cinematically, this has meant that Isaac is pretty much neglected as a character in his own right. He’s certainly a supporting character in movies about Abraham and Jacob, and often a fairly passive one, but the protagonist in his own story?

Hello friends! I hope you’re doing well and eating well. I’ve been eating a ton of legumes lately, i.e. lentils, chickpeas, cannellini beans and my favourite of the legumes, butter beans. I’ve gotten a few questions about where I find them and the answer is that I’m lucky enough to shop at a grocery store sells them canned. Note that they also go by Lima Beans (actually, that’s their real name), so try looking for those in the bean aisle.

I heard “Golden Years” for the first time in A Knight’s Tale. Let me slow down and unpack that for you: I heard David Bowie’s 1975 hit single “Golden Years” for the first time in the 2001 medieval times teen comedy A Knight’s Tale, starring Heath Ledger and Shannyn Sossamon. A Knight’s Tale—which just popped back up streaming on Netflix—is famous for its place in the turn-of-the-century canon of cheeky, anachronistic musical cues in popular film.

(Listen to the radio version here.) During spring migration when I was a teacher in Madison, Wisconsin, I’d wake up at 4 o’clock every weekday morning and head to my favorite birding spot, Picnic Point on Lake Mendota. I’d have to tear myself away by 7:30 so I could make it to the bus stop half a mile from the park entrance to get to school on time. As warblers started appearing in late April and early May every year, it got harder and harder to leave, but I only missed the bus once.

Major winners, budding college stars and Soboba Shootout winners. Golf’s Longest Day delivered its traditional array of up-and-comers, surprises, veterans and inspired reactions after qualifying for the United States Open. Even better, the marathon 36-hole qualifyings across the United States wrapped without anyone needing to return Tuesday morning thanks to no major weather issues. The only drama occurred when raw emotions poured out from journeymen and their family, friends and caddies who were part of a dream to reach the U.

Film lodges images in your mind like no other medium. I was amazed this week—after scientists came up with startling new evidence that the great currents of the Atlantic are moving towards a shutdown—to find out how much of 2004’s The Day After Tomorrow I could still recall, especially the scene of the Statue of Liberty engulfed in a giant wave. The slowing of the Gulf Stream won’t actually flood the Lady in the Harbor, but the probable real-life results of slowing these currents would be far worse.

Hi there. Some of you have seen/heard this already, as I posted it to my YouTube page about a year and a half ago. Regardless, here it is again, for the first time! This song originally appeared in the Rick & Morty episode entitled ‘Mortynight Run’ and it is sung by a cosmic fart voiced by none other than Jemaine Clement. The song resonated with me initially because it sounded like some lost Bowie tune, but has stayed with me because who doesn’t enjoy being serenaded by a cosmic fart with the voice of this dude?

Good morning! Today is Monday, May 24, 2021. You’re reading The Charlotte Ledger, an e-newsletter with local business-y news and insights for Charlotte, N.C. Need to get on our newsletter list or upgrade to a full membership? (Details here.) Today’s Charlotte Ledger is sponsored by Sinclair Public Affairs: End of the line for Phillips Place theater? The center’s owner, Lincoln Harris, plans to submit a request this week to rezone the land for a “beautifully designed” 10-story office building.

Chandler smoked. Carrie Bradshaw is who really sold me on the ecstasy of a cigarette, but it was Chandler who first put them into my consciousness. I hadn’t yet discovered the joys of a puff but there was an instinctive knowing that he was different from his friends; a rebel with a cause (smoking), despite everyone’s visible and vocal disdain, and that I certainly vibed with. He didn’t care because he understood the thrill of the inhale outweighed the badgering.