Josh Riggs

Storyteller @ Drive Public Affairs || Basketball Guy || John 14:6

[Rick Jackson @RickJacksonGA]

It’s bad enough that Mississippi beat us in football, but beating us in childhood literacy?

When I’m governor, we will make Georgia a national leader in literacy.

[Josh Riggs @JoshRiggsMS]

Me after my wife overhears me telling our friends my plans for a home theater in the basement

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

In Georgia I entered a Chick-fil-A drive-thru line of forty cars.

I turned off my engine. I prepared to wait the way my ancestors waited out a siege.

Six minutes later I was holding chicken.

I do not know what happened to the other thirty-nine cars. The line moved like water that had somewhere to be.

A young woman walked between the cars taking orders on a small tablet, on foot, in the sun, smiling like the sun was her idea.

I said thank you.

She said, "My pleasure."

I did not think about it then. I should have.

At the window I thanked the young man for the food.

"My pleasure."

I thanked him for the sauce.

"My pleasure."

I thanked him for thanking me—

"My pleasure."

I want to be clear about what was happening.

This was a duel.

In Japan I trained in courtesy for forty years. Bowing angles. Seasonal greetings. The correct depth of apology for seventeen distinct situations.

I was a white belt in that drive-thru.

I escalated. I used my most formal English. I thanked him on behalf of my entire family line.

He said, "My pleasure," and gave me extra sauce.

Extra sauce. Unprovoked. A counterattack.

I returned the next day to reclaim my honor.

It was Sunday. The restaurant was closed.

All of them were closed. In the entire country. They close every Sunday, and they have closed every Sunday since the beginning, because the founder made a promise, and the promise did not expire when he did.

I stood in the empty parking lot and understood I had lost twice.

Once to a teenager with sauce.

Once to a man I will never meet, who kept his word so long it became a building.

In my country we say a samurai's word is his life.

I had never seen a restaurant say it back.

I returned Monday. I ordered. And this time I said it first, before she could.

"My pleasure."

She smiled and said, "It sure is."

America, I surrender.

It was my pleasure.

[Josh Riggs @JoshRiggsMS]

Aaron Sorkin will get to complete the trilogy in 4-5 years with, “The Social Cost”

[New York Post @nypost]

Meta says it's facing $1.4T in penalties in teen mental health case - a sum equal to tech giant's valuation https://t.co/QMH8wACQop

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@LaMotta248 They slightly miss Earth on their return trip and through a Superman II time rules, wind up in the 1970’s

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@allie__voss This is so true and somehow no matter how far your creative brain can create hypotheticals, society will constantly outdo your preparation with something even more absurd.

[Josh Riggs @JoshRiggsMS]

@MrJulianR1 Andrew Stanton has spoken about his love for silent films and how they are the purest form of storytelling—I saw the way these scenes play in the film as an argument for his thesis.

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BOC: *sees Freshman All-American team*

“I’d like you play for me”

“Are you talking to me”

“I’m talking to all of you”

[Robbie Faulk @robbiefaulk1878]

JUST IN: Louisiana Tech standout pitcher Thomas Allen has committed to Mississippi State, he tells @State_1878.

Another Freshman All-American is headed to Starkville as the Diamond Dawgs beat out Arkansas, LSU and Ole Miss.

"They cared about me and they want to develop me into the best pitcher in the country.” https://t.co/zDnmoSJCFL

[Caleb Smith @CalebJSmith]

This was the lesson—poorly remembered—of the 2013 shutdown. It may feel good for elected leaders to gin up anger and division. But if you can’t deliver, voters will (rightly) hold you accountable.

Better to be truthful than to be angry. Though possible to be both!

[Josh Riggs @JoshRiggsMS]

@Alexzachary305 There ya go

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

Sources: Memphis is trading No. 16 pick Bennett Stirtz to the Oklahoma City Thunder for two second-round picks.

[Josh Riggs @JoshRiggsMS]

@courtmattison Turning to the light???

[Alex @ajak1033]

The Spurs know how to TAKE the lead, they just don't know how to HOLD the lead. And that's really the most important part of the lead: the holding

[Josh Riggs @JoshRiggsMS]

@redsteeze Spaceballs: The Popcorn Bucket

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Politicians are known to stretch the truth, but this bit from Tony Brothers website might be among the worst

[Memes @PardonMyMeme]

Whoever is running against Tony Brothers in the City of Norfolk in 2028 you have my unwavering support

[Josh Riggs @JoshRiggsMS]

Ten years ago this kid would’ve made the rounds of every celebrity talk show

[O’Shea Jackson Jr @OsheaJacksonJr]

I saw it. Now you have to see it. His name is Samuel. And he…is a king.

[Josh Riggs @JoshRiggsMS]

@AnnaSpiegs @CourtMattison walked so DC could run

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“There are no maverick molecules in the universe.”

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Greatest College Baseball venue in the world

[SEC Network @SECNetwork]

JACOB PARKER GRAND SLAM TO TIE IT 🔥

THE DUDE IS ROCKIN' 📈 @HailStateBB

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@Marc_DAmico Worst announcers I’ve ever heard.

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A fantastic read about a transformative leader in sports written by one of the best beat writers in Basketball.

[Noa Dalzell 🏀 @NoaDalzell]

NEW STORY: Joe Mazzulla rejects the Coach of the Year award. We all know that by now.

But what does that actually mean?

“The whole idea of this thing is that everything’s bigger than us."

On his faith, evolution, and the bigger picture:
https://t.co/ivh3SiI7i0