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Why Pickles, and also, Why Blog at All?
I can hear you asking. I can hear the incredulity whirring behind your crinkled eyebrows. Why, exactly, would someone restart a blog? A blog? A web-log? You say. Seems a bit old fashioned, doesn’t it? This form of communication peaked about twenty years ago. No flash. No pizzazz. Virality is unlikely. This is not monetizable… Continue Reading →
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(The Lack of) Sleep & Parenting
My wife and I were happy to welcome our second child into the world last week (*applause*). This has, of course, given me reason to pause and reflect on life, as major events often do. I’ve spent a lot of time comparing the difficulty of this pregnancy and delivery with that of our older child,… Continue Reading →
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20 Podcasts I Think You Might Like
I’m a big NPR nerd. No question. Have been for a while. (Yes, I realize that “NPR nerd” is redundant.) NPR-listening, as with all gateway drugs, inevitably led me into that crooked psychotropic world of podcast addiction. Once you start listening to something while performing an otherwise inane and mind-numbing task, it becomes habit. You… Continue Reading →
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I Am Done With Hollywood.
I’m done. I’m calling it. Throwing in the towel. Throwing up the sponge. Done. I am done writing screenplays. It looks appealing right? Hobnobbing with powerful folks. Talking to movie stars, sitting behind a big, fancy camera while your words come to life in a movie. There is a lot more… Continue Reading →
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Why I’m Running the LA Marathon (Again)
This will be my fourth time to run a half or full marathon to raise money for clean water projects in Africa. The distance doesn’t intimidate me as much as it once did. I won’t be breaking any personal records this time for the farthest I’ve ever run, and at the rate of my current… Continue Reading →
I’m Joshua Rigsby
I like to write about writing, parenting, 19th century tea clipper races, and pickles. Read on.
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Why Pickles, & also Why Blog at All?
A fair question. I’m not really sure the answer. I like the backhanded tautology of it. A pickled cucumber is just a pickle. Not that deep. Just mildly funny. I’m not sure what to tell you.
Joshua Rigsby
Joshua Rigsby runs a bookstore in a small town. He has written for Thrillist, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Southern California Public Radio, and the Atlantic.
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