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	<title>MICHAEL VENSKE&#039;S MUSINGS</title>
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	<description>tidbits from freelance artist Michael Venske</description>
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		<title>SPILLED MILK TAUGHT ME MORE THAN GANDHI</title>
		<link>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/05/09/spilled-milk-taught-me-more-than-gandhi/</link>
		<comments>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/05/09/spilled-milk-taught-me-more-than-gandhi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 11:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Realization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gandhi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This realization took my breath away. It's what we need to do!]]></description>
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		<title>WHEN WE PLAY LET&#8217;S FIGHT FAIR</title>
		<link>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/05/07/when-we-play-lets-fight-fair/</link>
		<comments>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/05/07/when-we-play-lets-fight-fair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 11:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fencing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KidsTravel2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon coming home from class I saw two fourth grade boys fighting with sticks on the football field.]]></description>
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		<title>6 THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN YOU DO WHAT YOU LOVE</title>
		<link>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/05/02/6-things-that-happen-when-you-do-what-you-love/</link>
		<comments>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/05/02/6-things-that-happen-when-you-do-what-you-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 11:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Though the other teachers worried I was working too hard without much rest or an increase in compensation. What I had to continually explain to my Chinese friends was...]]></description>
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		<title>OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN</title>
		<link>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/04/30/oh-captain-my-captain/</link>
		<comments>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/04/30/oh-captain-my-captain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dead Poets Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Williams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the 1989 film <em>Dead Poets Society</em> Robert Williams' character instructs his students to tear out the entire introduction to their poetry book. Recently I had a similar-but-different type moment in a fourth grade class. ]]></description>
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		<title>WE CAN BE HEROES</title>
		<link>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/04/25/we-can-be-heroes/</link>
		<comments>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/04/25/we-can-be-heroes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Students]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday during my five minute "commute" between class and home I saw seven girls sitting where the football field meets the track. They appeared to be hovering over a drainage grate.  As it turns out, they were surrounding an injured girl who tripped and fell on the cement and steel drainage grating.]]></description>
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		<title>2 WAYS TO BE HAPPY NOW</title>
		<link>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/04/23/2-ways-to-be-happy-now/</link>
		<comments>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/04/23/2-ways-to-be-happy-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Michael shares two things you can do to be happy right now.]]></description>
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		<title>LITTLE SWEET VICTORIES</title>
		<link>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/04/18/little-sweet-victories/</link>
		<comments>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/04/18/little-sweet-victories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The harder I'd try, the more he'd resist. The more I'd engage, the more he'd shut me out... How one boy taught a school about failure without even knowing it.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>YOU ARE MORE BEAUTIFUL&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/04/16/you-are-more-beautiful/</link>
		<comments>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/04/16/you-are-more-beautiful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dove]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A moving video reminder by Dove about beauty and the eye of the beholder...you.]]></description>
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		<title>AN ABSENT BOY TAUGHT US</title>
		<link>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/04/11/an-absent-boy-taught-us/</link>
		<comments>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/04/11/an-absent-boy-taught-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://michaelvenske.com/blog/?p=12218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A student breaks his leg and has to leave school. The students make cards to send so he knows we're thinking about him.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>11 TIPS TO HELP YOU SURVIVE ON 78¢ A DAY</title>
		<link>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/04/09/11-tips-to-help-you-survive-on-78%c2%a2-a-day/</link>
		<comments>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/04/09/11-tips-to-help-you-survive-on-78%c2%a2-a-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misadventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Timberlake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kobe beef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Numbeo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On February 15th, two weeks before payday, I left Beijing with all the money I had in the world: $11 or ¥75. That breaks down to roughly ¥5 or 78¢ a day.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>MISS YOU WHILE YOU&#8217;RE WITH ME</title>
		<link>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/04/04/miss-you-while-youre-with-me/</link>
		<comments>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/04/04/miss-you-while-youre-with-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qingming Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I miss you, even while you're with me.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>WHY DO YOU NEED A FIVE YEAR PLAN?</title>
		<link>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/04/02/why-do-you-need-a-five-year-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/04/02/why-do-you-need-a-five-year-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Slice of Advice: Why do you need a five year plan?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>HAPPY EASTER</title>
		<link>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/03/31/happy-easter/</link>
		<comments>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/03/31/happy-easter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://michaelvenske.com/blog/?p=12163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An image from the Venske household celebrating Easter long ago.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>KINDERGARTEN MEET-N-GREET</title>
		<link>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/03/28/kindergarten-meet-n-greet/</link>
		<comments>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/03/28/kindergarten-meet-n-greet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pictures from a meet and greet with a bunch of Chinese kindergarteners.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ELLEN!</title>
		<link>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/03/28/happy-birthday-ellen/</link>
		<comments>http://michaelvenske.com/blog/2013/03/28/happy-birthday-ellen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birthday Shout Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Anderson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Happy birthday, Ellen!]]></description>
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