Sensible Endowment RSS Feed http://sensibleendowment.com Onanism at its finest. en-us Trembling Earth http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/17793 quote [What can 24 nights solo in our endangered Okefenokee Swamp reveal? Photographer David Walter Banks found something wild and haunting and alive. This is his tale - in words and art.] Entry Comment: Through the Okefenokee I waded pass the gators Fri, 19 Apr 2024 05:00:45 GMT http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/17793 Pseudo-Boccaccio, Yiddish Pulp Fiction, and the Man Who Ripped Off Joyce http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/17792 quote [In 1927, a pair of lurid “translations” appeared in English, marketed as authentic tales by Giovanni Boccaccio and illustrated with supposedly new works by Aubrey Beardsley. Jonah Lubin and Maria Laurids Lazzarotti search for the origin of these fakes, in which illicit sex begets terrible violence, and uncover a story involving pseudotranslation, Yiddish shund literature, and the piracy king of literary modernism, Samuel Roth.] Entry Comment: In una cornice di Giovanni Boccaccio Thu, 18 Apr 2024 05:01:13 GMT http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/17792 The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/17791 quote [How one crew risked radiation, storms, and currents to save Japan from digital isolation.] Entry Comment: This internet thang Wed, 17 Apr 2024 05:05:49 GMT http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/17791 How to Be a Food Bank Influencer http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/17790 quote [Kristina Wong uses comedy to address inequality in the food system.] Entry Comment: Figure you gotta feel it out, filing around food banks Tue, 16 Apr 2024 05:01:51 GMT http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/17790 One Man's Quest to Transform the West Texas Desert http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/17789 quote [An urban dweller ventures to far West Texas with a dream to transform a barren desert into a lush forest] Entry Comment: Green and lush the forest glows Mon, 15 Apr 2024 05:03:13 GMT http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/17789 Employee Quietly Sneaks His Own Painting Onto the Walls of a German Museum http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/17788 quote [After discovering the stunt, the ​​Pinakothek der Moderne fired the staffer and reported the crime to the police] Entry Comment: Ein Saal mit Bildern der Pinakothek Sun, 14 Apr 2024 05:01:33 GMT http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/17788 The Rise And Fall Of The LAN Party http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/17787 quote [What a time to be alive] Entry Comment: You laggin yo damn LAN party aint hittin Sat, 13 Apr 2024 05:01:09 GMT http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/17787 Prop of her game http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/17786 quote [“They wanted a pretty-looking male foot, basically. And I was like, ‘I don’t actually know any of my male friends’ feet’. So I just randomly asked some friends and they were like, Oh, yeah, Tom has the nicest feet in the world!”] Entry Comment: Great interview on a movie prop builder with nice photos. Fri, 12 Apr 2024 06:51:23 GMT http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/17786 Carmakers give up on software that avoids kangaroos http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/17785 quote [Australia is turning to virtual fences to cut down on car-kangaroo impacts.] Entry Comment: surprised when suddenly a kangaroo ran close by. Fri, 12 Apr 2024 05:00:37 GMT http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/17785 OJ Simpson croaked http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/17784 quote [LAS VEGAS -- O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76.] Entry Comment: Something about gloves? I dunno. Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:13:59 GMT http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/17784