Michael Venske

IS THERE SUCH A THING AS BAD PUBLICITY? Are you familiar with the phrase “There is no such thing as bad publicity?” If you work in the arts and depend on audiences for your livelihood, you’ve likely heard or even uttered the phrase. But did you know “…no such thing as bad publicity…” isn’t the [...]

You’re no doubt familiar with the following questions: What came first, the chicken or the egg? Is the glass half-full or half-empty? Does art mimic reality or is it the other way around? You decide… In August 2009 I worked on a student film set in a library. The premise of the film was simple: [...]

Minnesota’s very own sixth-district Republican Representative Michele Bachmann receives a lovely write-up in this article from The Daily Beast. …just makes me proud to be from the same state that houses this clearly mentally unstable woman. I’d like to meet her some day and ask her random questions. Her answers would no doubt be fascinating. [...]

This story is awesome! It’s lame that the organizer’s been charged though. It’d be so much fun to do something like this in Minneapolis! walkonred

IGNORANCE: The condition of being uneducated, unaware, or uninformed. BLISS: Extreme happiness; ecstasy. The ecstasy of salvation; spiritual joy. Eighteenth-century English poet Thomas Gray wrote: “Where ignorance is bliss, / ‘Tis folly to be wise.” According to the poet’s Wikipedia page (which was entertaining to read due to all the incorrect “facts”), Thomas Gray was [...]