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never do this

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2005.04.11

Today I learned how NOT to clean your television.

1) Do not leave it on while cleaning it

2) Do not use a Swiffer or similar electrostatic cloth to wipe the front of it

3) Most certainly do not run the electrostatic cloth over the on/off button while the television is powered

If you do the above, you will get a shock so bad that your finger(s) go numb. Also, the TV will temporarily 'short out' and lose power. Yes, the TV will have been cleaned, but the necrotized flesh can't be worth it.

rand()m quote

For a long time I was very bitter that the people who controlled the means of anybody ever hearing my songs were never gonna play them. They only favored music that I specifically and particularly hated, and I wanted them dead. Suddenly, there was another avenue. I started hearing my stuff coming out of bars and then it started to happen little by little -- a movie song here or a TV ad there.

—Iggy Pop