Marcus Rigsby

List of names of Odin - Wikipedia

Which of Odin’s 170 names is your favorite? Top contenders for me would have to be:
Hangadróttinn (lord of the hanged)
and
Hrosshársgrani (horse-hair mustache)
#mythology
#norsemythology
#odin

Not a memorable story, but an amazing sensory experience. I could feel the drops of rain on my face, smell the baklava and cottage bread baking in the oven, taste the mnimi soup. I don’t even know what the hell mnimi soup is!
#books
#booksky

Closeup photo of praying mantis hanging upside down from my bike break handle.

Closeup of a small praying mantis perched on a sideways lemon leaf.

Little praying mantis on my bike break! I gave him a home on our lemon tree. I hope the spiders don’t get him!
#prayinmantis
#bugs
#insects
#wildlife

Some great pieces on display at the Crocker Art Museum. I like that the captions include a “look for” blurb that draws your attention to some easily overlooked detail in the artwork.

That IS good!

Are you still in Montana? I'd love to see more of Colorado. It looks like a gorgeous place.

The MAGAs are another reason we're happy to be out of Riverside. In Sacramento I can speak more openly about the regime.

We love it so far. We lived a good life in Riverside, but it never really felt like our city. Sacramento has more of the kinds of things that we like to do, and everyone we’ve met has been really nice.

They look very content in their new home. Feel free to post lots of pictures!

Cute! Are they yours?

It’s ridiculously expensive, but Sacramento is cheaper than anything in the southern half of the state. I share rent with my girlfriend and her two cousins in a three bedroom house, and we live a reasonably comfortable existence.

We lived in Riverside for the last four years.

We’ve been Sacramento residents for 3 weeks now. So far I’m really enjoying our giant backyard with fruit trees, our Canada goose next door neighbors, the million and one book and record stores, and the bike paths that actually feel safe.

The art gallery at the #CAstatefair made the whole event worth the price of admission. I saw some gorgeous art pieces from local artists, some as young as 5, are already better than I’ll ever be. #art #painting #sculpture

I could watch these lemurs running around all day. #CAstatefair #wildlife #lemurs

Raccoon brothers at the #CAstatefair wildlife exhibit. They’re nocturnal, so they slept most of the day, but once the sun went down, they started wrestling. #raccoons #wildlife

One of the cutest animals at the #CAstatefair wildlife exhibit: Sleepy kookaburra.

Cuddly porcupines at the #CAstatefair. Signs warned visitors strongly against petting them. #wildlife #porcupines

Friendly reindeer at the #CAstatefair wildlife exhibit let us pet them. Their antlers are super fuzzy! #wildlife #reindeer

Superman 2025 movie poster. Superman puts one foot on his “S” logo while staring off into the distance. Cloudy sky backdrop.

I laughed a lot more than I expected to. Superman really leans into the corniness of super heroes, but with moments of sincerity that keep the whole movie from feeling like a joke. #superman #film #movies

Cover of "The Christie Affair" by Nina de Gramont.

Cover of "The Mystery of Mrs. Christie" by Marie Benedict.

Wait, there are TWO mystery novels about Agatha Christie's 11-day disappearance in 1926? Has anyone read both? #booksky #books #agathachristie

#hbp46 #flashfiction #flashlit #surrealism #horror #humor #murder #mystery

I didn’t remember boarding a train, much less being murdered on one. Yet the corpse looked like me, and the knife in the back was convincing enough.
“It isn’t me, sir!” I insisted. “Look, I have a mole, he doesn’t!”
The grim reaper nodded. “But you’re still coming with me.”
“Why?”
He tapped my mole.

I didn’t remember boarding a train, much less being murdered on one. Yet the corpse looked like me, and the knife in the back was convincing enough.
“It isn’t me, sir!” I insisted. “Look, I have a mole, he doesn’t!”
The grim reaper nodded. “But you’re still coming with me.”
“Why?”
He tapped my mole.

Mannerist painting depicting Judith from the Old Testament gripping a falchion in one hand and the severed head of Holofernes by the hair in the other. She wears a flowing red and gold dress and looks the viewer directly in the eye.

Lavinia Fontana - “Judith with the Head of Holofernes” - 1600 #art #mannerism #painting #womeninart

Stylized oil painting of the artist looking apprehensively at the viewer. He is thronged by a multitude of sinister-looking masked faces.

James Ensor - Self-Portrait with Masks (1899)
#art #symbolism

I haven’t read her, but I will add your suggestions to my list. I’d love to know what you think of Elatsoe when you get to it.

Stylized portrait of Barack Obama on the cover of Time Magazine’s 2008 Person of the Year issue.

Not a perfect president by any means, but one who at least respected our democratic institutions and generally tried to do the right thing. With tanks rolling through DC and Marines storming LA, it’s helpful to remember what American democracy used to look like and how it could be again. #nokings

No, only the first two sentences of the story are true, but it is true that I used to freak myself out with stories about satanic messages in Beatles songs.

At least 8 women have accused him of sexual assault since last year, and I don’t like telling people that my favorite author is a probable rapist. It’s also an opportunity to get out of my comfort zone and see if any other authors can do for me what Neil Gaiman does.

😳