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Re: Elaine Koster

jeffmiller — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 15:52:33 -0000

Elizabeth, I just stumbled upon this comment, and then upon your wonderful Modern Love essay. Missing your mom today, and wrote about it on the blog. http://jeffmillerwrites.tum...

Re: I just finished typing the last words of the first... |

jeffmiller — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 08:51:18 -0000

Just saw this, Michael. Yeah, I deleted stuff off the screen I wanted to hide—no spoilers in this screenshot. Normally the notes and notecard would be filled.

Re: I’ve mentioned previously that Tony Eldridge... |

jeffmiller — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 09:26:10 -0000

Thanks Mike! Still all a huge long shot, but enough to set me up for disappointment later.

Re: Progress on the Sequel

jeffmiller — Mon, 05 May 2014 20:09:57 -0000

Thanks for commenting Sean, and for reading my book. I think you might be right about Borderline Insanity; hearing the same thing from others too. Hope you enjoy the rest of the book.

Re: I currently have the #1 book on the Kindle charts... |

jeffmiller — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 12:24:08 -0000

Coming slowly. Coming!

Re: I currently have the #1 book on the Kindle charts... |

jeffmiller — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 09:52:17 -0000

Thanks Cindy! Working on the next one . . . comely slowly, but surely.

Re: The Bubble Gum Thief has made this top ten list of... |

jeffmiller — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 19:59:16 -0000

Thanks so much for the kind comment!

Re: Here’s a screen capture of my book on the news. |

jeffmiller — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:44:55 -0000

Carol, I can't thank you enough. It bought me great joy to see my book be a part of this--thank you so much for including it. What a terrific event!

Re: Running Chicken: When I was having a little discussion on Facebook...

jeffmiller — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:57:07 -0000

I don't think it's good or right to compare everything to slavery, but to be fair, the ACA doesn't require that everyone have access to health insurance . . . it requires that everyone purchase it. And the difference matters.

Re: [Click on the images to see then one-by-one] ... |

jeffmiller — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 09:13:13 -0000

Arnab--Thank you so much for reading the book. It means a lot to me. I'm glad you liked it.

Hope you're having a good winter break.

Re: Iâ€™m no economist, but â€Ś . |

jeffmiller — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 08:23:03 -0000

In my experience, my autograph lowers the going price of a book.

Re: I always assumed that I’d use Jeffrey on the cover... |

jeffmiller — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:33:25 -0000

Good comment Dad

Jeff
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Re: Running Chicken: It took a few days longer than we thought it...

jeffmiller — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:54:41 -0000

Huge congratulations. You're about to become very tired.

Re: Running Chicken: It’s impossible for me to identify with anyone who...

jeffmiller — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:22:17 -0000

You make a good case for why YOU shouldn't be undecided, but most Americans are not affected by Supreme Court decisions. Most Americans do not believe that woman are being denied fundamental rights. Most Americans (shamefully) don't care about gay rights. Most Americans (rightfully) don't equate Medicate and Social Security and welfare with prosperity. But more importantly, the undecideds see something that the political astute all too often do not. Bush was no friend of gay rights, but the gay rights movement made significant advancements during his administration. Obama has been no friend of gay rights for most of his (and arguably all of his) term, but gay rights marches on. Society evolves and improves no matter who is in office. Someone can care about gay rights, and still wonder correctly whether Romney's tax treatment of capital gains would be a more effective stimulus than continued tax credits for special interests. These calculations are enormously complicated, disputed by extremely thoughtful and educated people. So what's amazing is that there aren't more undecided than there are.

Re: Running Chicken: It’s impossible for me to identify with anyone who...

jeffmiller — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:53:09 -0000

The differences on the other issues are not that substantial. Both of them have pretended to hold certain views on social issues that they probably don't hold. Both of them support the death penalty and the drug war. In terms of foreign policy, both of them think its okay to declare war without going to congress, to wiretap, to indefinitely detain, to assassinate citizens, to use drones. Yes, their Supreme Court picks will possibly make a difference on issues like parental notification for teenage abortions, or maybe campaign finance issues, which won't really matter, because people will just come up with new ways to spend money in support of a campaign. My only point is that it's hard to get a good read on either of these guys because they pander and pretend. The average voter just wants to know who will make things generally better over the next four years. That's not at all clear. I certainly couldn't tell you who between the two of them would make things better, and I'm one of those high-information voters. Yeah, people who care mostly about abortion, or mostly about welfare programs--for them, maybe the choice is clear. But it's entirely rational to care most about prosperity and safety, and if you care about those things, it's very difficult to tell who would be better at them--Romney or Obama.

Re: Running Chicken: It’s impossible for me to identify with anyone who...

jeffmiller — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:34:38 -0000

Every one of your criticisms of Romney could be applied with equal or greater force to Obama. None of Obama's math adds up--he promised deficit neutral legislation (failed), to reduce the deficit in half (failed), gamed the CBO on Obamacare in a completely fraudulent way that double-counted dollars and relied upon assumptions they've already repealed, lost billions on green energy and other bad bets. In 2008, Obama ran exactly the same way Romney is running now--by pretending that his plans made sense, by pretending that his numbers added up, and by counting on people to be dissatisfied with the current direction and wanting change. For an undecided voter who has see Obama break dozens of key, central promises from his 2008 campaign, the choice isn't that stark. The truth is that the country won't be terribly different with Romney or Obama at the helm, and undecideds are looking for that tiny, marginal difference that they might feel at home. Undecided voters are savvy voters--they sense that Romney is really a pretty moderate guy (like he was as governor) who had to say a lot of things to get the nomination. It's not ignorance that confuses them; it's knowledge. For many people, Obama the candidate turned out to be a fraud. The fact that Romney is one too is not going to be decisive. And the fact that the economy is still pretty terrible is the most important consideration in the daily lives of voters.

Re: http://jeffmillerwrites.tumblr.com/post/33244900908

jeffmiller — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:58:25 -0000

Nobody wants to hear it read by me. Especially me.

Re: http://jeffmillerwrites.tumblr.com/post/33244900908

jeffmiller — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:58:12 -0000

That's the primary reason I don't want to write fantasy. It's hard enough to make up words, much less their pronunciation.

Re: ARC giveaway: I received a box full of Advance... | JEFF MILLER WRITES

jeffmiller — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:12:51 -0000

Thanks Libby!!!

Re: http://freeandcal.tumblr.com/post/31517490674

jeffmiller — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:57:00 -0000

Freeman has adopted her as his baby.

Re: http://jeffmillerwrites.tumblr.com/post/25876700897

jeffmiller — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:07:41 -0000

Some poor slob had to write them.

Re: http://jeffmillerwrites.tumblr.com/post/23742433448

jeffmiller — Tue, 29 May 2012 16:26:55 -0000

He sent me a guest post, but in the middle of it, a man with a gun inexplicably came through the door with a gun in his hand.
(For those who don't know, Chandler famously said this about plotting: “When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.”)

Re: http://jeffmillerwrites.tumblr.com/post/23182484266

jeffmiller — Sat, 26 May 2012 08:49:11 -0000

Thanks!

Re: http://jeffmillerwrites.tumblr.com/post/23742433448

jeffmiller — Sat, 26 May 2012 08:49:11 -0000

So you're saying I'm better than Chandler. :_) (I don't know how to do emoticons)

Re: http://jeffmillerwrites.tumblr.com/post/23742433448

jeffmiller — Sat, 26 May 2012 08:48:40 -0000

Colleen, I wish!!!! This is Raymond Chandler's first page. Mine is a couple posts below it.