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Real: Here for It, #335

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! I dunno, y'all, I think they're serious about the Real ID thing this time. Every time I've flown for the last six years, I've seen those signs at the TSA checkpoint

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Potions: Here for It, #334

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! I'm not so much a hypochondriac as I am someone who finds deep satisfaction in stacking coupons at CVS for various products, tinctures, and medications to the point where I am basically leaving the store with a

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Live: Here for It, #333

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! I have been in LA for almost a week and now I look like this: The Griffith Observatory is, I believe, the home that Melanie Griffith bought with the money she made from Working Girl. It's high

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Blue: Here for It, #332

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Today is the day that I look forward to every year. And almost every year, I forget about it until it's here. I think the reason is I never know when it's coming, or even

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Meal: Here for It, #331

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! I'm at a destination wedding in Mexico today and that means this evening I get to play my favorite game: What Did Past Eric Think He Wanted to Eat?! It's really delightful, isn't

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Drive: Here for It, #330

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Yesterday, one of my brothers texted me a link to my own Instagram story and wrote "Why didn't someone tell me that you have that amazing dog?!?" I appreciate that Stephen (normally very chill, lowkey

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Break: Here for It, #329

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Look, I'm going to be honest with you--I do not know what is happening with that Australian breakdancer Raygun and I do not agree with it, spiritually, but one thing is for sure and that's

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Sport: Here for It, #328

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! There is never a time in my life when I'm more gleefully confused than I am when I'm watching the 'lympics. Like, right now I'm watching Simone Biles spin and flip on

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Ten: Here for It, #327

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! I took myself on a little adventure this weekend. Real talk, though: I feel like everything I do is a little adventure. Sometimes I go to the grocery store and I'm blasting The Notebook on my earbuds

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Tea: Here for It, #326

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! I love when I get to introduce two friends I like very much in hopes that they'll like each other, too! This rarely goes badly but even when it does, wow what a show! One such intro

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Bot: Here for It, #325

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! I am convinced that my rental management company has replaced their property maintenance person with AI. I don't know nothin' 'bout nothin' but I don't think ChatGPT is exactly helpful in the

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Preach: Here for It, #324

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! 💡My forthcoming advice column has a new email address! Send questions to eric@askingeric.com or submit them anonymously here. I'm packing to go to Pittsburgh for a conference. Pittsburgh is one of my favorite cities despite

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Open: Here for It, #323

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Last night we opened my new play! I love openings because they're the moment when we, the creative team, hand a play over to an audience. It is the beginning of a thing that has had so

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Tech: Here for It, #322

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Once again I am writing you from Tech for a new play. This is not a popular opinion, I'm sure, but I love tech week. This is the time in a play's production when we

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Green: Here for It, #321

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Today is my birthday! As a special treat, tomorrow I will be blocking out the sun for a few minutes over much of North America! Also, I have something to give you for my birthday! I have a new

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Dome: Here for It, #320

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Okay, one more story about Italy and then I will go back to my regular programming (recapping My Best Friend's Wedding for the 90th time). On our second day in Florence, we decided to go to the

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Ciao!: Here for It, #319

Ciao, sono R. Eric Thomas. Da Internet? CIAO! I am writing this to you from Italy! What a lark! Well, technically, by the time I'm done this I'll be writing on the plane, and whenever you read this I'll be back in America (crowd

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Recs: Here for It, #318

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Or, should I say, bon jor no (sp?)! I am writing to you from Italy! Well, no, that's technically not true. Whenever you read this, I'll be in Italy but I am actually writing to

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Nuts: Here for It, #317

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! I started seeing a new ENT because I've been having some problems with, y'know, breathing. I saw an ENT about a decade ago and got what is officially referred to on my medical records as

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Niche: Here for It, #316

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Last night my friends Byron and Lawrence held another one of their Soup Parties, which readers of this here digest may remember as the Best Thing I Have Ever Done. I ran into them out and about the other

New: Here for It, #315

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! I am starting to think that I will not be a new version of myself this year. I've never really been a New Year/New Me person anyway. I always want to be but there are a

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Celebrate: Here for It, #314

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! We had a little to-do at the house this week. Nothing big. I bought a lot of champagne but it turns out people don't go in for champagne like that. I don't really know what

ANN!: Here for It, #313

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the Ann Patchett Fan Club? Hi! AAAAAGH! As you may be aware, last Monday I got to do an event in Baltimore where I was in conversation with Ann Patchett of the Ann Patchett fan club and--I say this completely without hyperbole--my

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Giving: Here for It, #312

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Look, I'm not pointing any fingers but it seems that Friendsgiving has been getting earlier and earlier every year. Online I started seeing people gathered at their friends' houses for an evening of bonding and Beaujolais

Drizzle: Here for It, #311

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Well, y'know, I love to vote. First of all, to have an opinion about something is a terrific use of one's time. And then to be compelled to have an opinion as a way to