A Labor of Love

by Andrew Zinnes

To clean my keyboard or not clean my keyboard - that
is the question. On the one hand, my keys have this
grayish, brown-ish crust around them which I am not to
sure how it got there. I generally wash my hands
farily frequently and typically I am not prone to
digging holes in my back yard. Well there was that one
incident with a bag of money and a body...but that was
years ago! Perhaps there are the remains of all my bad
ideas - now slowly taking over my computer like a
virus. Maybe I need to disinfect them before they
pollute the potential gems living in silicon land. Not
to mention the reason for the constant cold I have had
this year.

But then again, maybe much like a baseball player who
never changes his hat during a season, I will screw up
my screenwriting mojo if I get out the Windex (or
whatever product won't kill my Mac). Perhaps the dirt
is a reminder of the hard work I've done. Perhaps it's
the literally blood, sweat and tears of trying to be
creative.

What to do? What to do? I leave it up to you to
decide...I want at least 20 of you out there to vote.
Clean the keyboard or let it ride. Consider this
practice for November.

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