The Chief Flunkey

Tolerable Rants on Books, Authors, and Writing by Jeevan Sivasubramaniam, Berrett-Koehler Publishers' Chief Editorial Peon. Also other neurotic rubbish.

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Just a gentle reminder that we actually elected complete and inexcusable imbeciles into the leadership of our great nation:

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@ATT Do you realize that every one of your salespeople has a different answer for how to try and order and pick up a phone at your store and no two have the same answer? Please train your salespeople!

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To all my authors, I hope you experience moments of magic just like this: https://t.co/5zOFWcXwp8

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Meanwhile, here in the Bay Area, crime is so ridiculous that restaurants now have inserts in their menus telling diners that they are not liable for car break-ins.

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The correlation between those who have a US flag as their social media avatar or icon and their inability to spell or employ proper grammar remains a solid factor. If you are arguing for "English first!" then maybe learn it yourselves...first?

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The fact that the option for an employee to continue funding their own health plan is an acronym called COBRA after the most vicious and murderous snake around tells you all you need to know about the nature of healthcare in America.

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Asking if someone is a glass half-full or half-empty type of person just presents two extremes that mean little. All that matters is whether whatever water is in the glass is sufficient.

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Sixteen bloody versions have iOS for the iPhone and never once have they thought to just stop the #%*€!! autocorrect that changes that word to “ducking.”

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Yes, they is…

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Some damn good advice for authors:

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The French are outraged that retirement age has been raised to 64 from 62. In America, how many can even dream of retiring. Ever?

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Yesterday I posted a video of something unpleasant that says a lot about my country. Today I saw this, and, dammit, there's still hope: As long as there are people like this left, there is hope: https://t.co/HslSRJSQl9

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This is America in a nutshell (or candy wrapper). Greed is bred into our systems young: https://t.co/6TnTq9kdGu

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@lorrainecladish Do you know Richard Leider is one of the authors I have worked with for over two decades on multiple books? Small world!

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A seven-figure deal for a debut novel ? Sometimes even I don't understand the industry I work in: https://t.co/VLvMJJDIkn

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Parking in SF financial district garages can cost $25 or more per hour. Consider this: a damn parking space makes more money per hour than many of the human beings who work around them.

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It’s always read o’clock…

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Meanwhile in my beautiful but pretty-dumb-in-its-own-way corner of America: https://t.co/HecbHvJ9Yi

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People that say “It’s just money” come in just two types: (1) People with enough of it that losing some would not be untenable, or (2) People with so little of it that they have learned to live without it. To the rest of us, it’s never “just money.”

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Another warning about certain children’s books being detrimental, but not in the way you think: https://t.co/D76r5LRbpT