The Pickled Cucumber

Hi, I’m Joshua Rigsby

I’m a writer and a bookstore owner. I enjoy tautologies.

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Y Pickles, Tho?

A fair question. I write about writing and books and life and 19th century tea clippers. None of that is particularly related to briny vegetables. I just like the idea that a pickled cucumber is a pickle. I enjoy the backhanded humor of it. I like to fuck with people. I’m not sure what to tell you.

Things I’ve Written

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Why Pickles, and also, Why Blog at All?

Joshua Rigsby

January 6, 2025

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 […] Continue Reading →
20 Podcasts I Think You Might Like

Joshua Rigsby

February 4, 2015

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 […] Continue Reading →
I Am Done With Hollywood.

Joshua Rigsby

January 28, 2015

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 […] Continue Reading →
Why I’m Running the LA Marathon (Again)

Joshua Rigsby

January 21, 2015

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 […] Continue Reading →
Thoughts On Serial Season 1: A Podcast Post Mortem

Joshua Rigsby

January 14, 2015

The first season of Serial is the most popular podcast of all time. With over five million downloads, it far outpaces anything that’s come before it. People attribute the show’s […] Continue Reading →