newsletter

Leftovers: Here for It, #285

I am making Thanksgiving stuffing again today because I am an adult and no one can stop me.

newsletter

Film: Here for It, #284

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Yesterday I watched Margin Call, which is a movie from 2011 about a Goldman Sachs-like finance company that sees the writing on the wall at the beginning of the 2008 financial crisis. I love watching tense lil financial movies even though

newsletter

Double: Here for It, #283

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! When I went to go vote on Tuesday and told the poll worker my name, she looked me up and said “Robert Thomas? You already voted by mail.” But, reader, I did not vote by mail because mailing things stresses me

newsletter

Phans: Here for It, #282

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Greetings from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where the citywide mood is whatever the spiritual opposite of a disaster movie is. Like, we have all the outward signs of a disaster movie--streets closed off by flashing police cars, hoards of people choking traffic, the

Road: Here for It, #281

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Hey folks, how ya doing? Me? I just drove across the country and boy are my arms tired! Actually, we drove across the country last week and I'm writing this from Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta on a different trip, but time

Flannel: Here for It, #280

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! David and I went to a Death Cab for Cutie concert this week and it was such an exciting experience! The first thing you need to know is that, going in, I was completely unfamiliar with the collected works of Mr.

Pickle Security: Here for It, #279

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Yesterday, I went down to Baltimore to sit on a panel and, as I was coming from the train station to the museum where the panel was being held, I passed an outdoor event called The Big Dill, which is billed

newsletter

Oh, Hello: Here for It, #278

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Oh my goodness, hello! I've missed you! It's been so long! (In case you're legit like "Okay, who are you and how did you get into my house?" the long and short of it is this is my weekly newsletter where

Mirror: Here for It, #277

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! I was standing in the new Moynihan Train Hall in New York City, hovering near a line that I thought was the line for my train but about which there was no signage yet. I often navigate the nation's Amtrak stations

newsletter

Kings of B'more is out now!

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! It's a Tuesday so you know that either means I'm late with the email or I have a book out. It turns out the answer is... both. Kings of B'more [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669791/kings-of-bmore-by-r-eric-thomas/] , my new YA novel,

newsletter

Board: Here for It, #276

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! There's that moment in Mrs. Doubtfire where Daniel (Robin Williams) is dressed as Mrs. Doubtfire, interviewing for the job as nanny with Sally Field (I don't remember her character's name but all Sally Field characters are named Sally Field to me

newsletter

Scones: Here for It, #275

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! I'm in Pittsburgh doing research for a project so this will be a short lil number today. I gotta say--I love Pittsburgh. The way the city has transformed some of the post-industrial spaces, the juxtaposition of the hills and the buildings

Paid-members only

thread

Wed. thread: In which the passes multiply

Comments: Here for It, #274

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! I am a little bit itinerant right now because I'm staying on my parents' couch in Baltimore while David and I are selling our house (yes, the one we bought two years ago) (yes, everything is fine) (it’s a long

Line: Here for It, #273

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! A few weeks ago I woke up in Philly on a truly stunning Spring day. The sun was super-bright, the sky was super-blue; it was warm but not hot; plants were starting to jump out of the ground but somehow it

newsletter

Wed. thread: Inn which there's Comfort

Ransom: Here for It, #272

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! We start rehearsals for my third premiere play of the year, Crying on Television , in two weeks and I'm very excited and also very tired. I'm trying to get myself ready to go back into another rehearsal process. Which right now

newsletter

Dazzling: Here for It, #271

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This morning I went to church for Easter and, if I do say so myself, I was looking v. cute despite being at the 9 am service which is v. early for me to be seen in public in a non-Zoom

Paid-members only

thread

Wed. thread: In which the call is waiting

newsletter

Tattoo: Here for It, #270

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! I don't have any tattoos. I've thought about it on and off for years but I'm not a very aesthetically-aware person so I don't trust myself to pick a tattoo that is actually not terrible. I think I know what looks

newsletter

Eggs: Here for It, #269

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Oh my goodness, what a week! (Yes, I know it's only Tuesday. But the fact is I wrote this on Monday and Monday had already been a week. Also I'm talking about last week. And every week before that. What a

Paid-members only

thread

Wed. thread: In which we say less!

Stars: Here for It, #268

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Now you know I don't go in for a whole lot of astrology research. Nothing against it. Live and let live, I say. I just don't understand--the star signs and what they mean and the position of the planets and whatnot.

Paid-members only

thread

Wed. thread: In which we soak up the sun

newsletter

Focus: Here for It, #267

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Personally I love daylight savings time because I am a huge fan of arbitrary chaos. The sun is pulled up outside your house, honking the horn, yelling "If you don't get your behind up, I swear I'm going to freak out!