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Cause a Scene: Eric Reads the Week, #57

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: potty humor [http://bit.ly/2DL6S1a], Allison Janney is a superhero [http://bit.ly/2DK1NGc], an interview with a quilt [http://bit.ly/2DKKa9a], and Fox News Oscar summaries [http://bit.ly/2DGwlsi]. Yesterday my mother and

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Breathe: Eric Reads the Week #56

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: doggos and catfights on [http://bit.ly/2mZknzz]The Bachelor [http://bit.ly/2mZknzz], shark attack in DC [http://bit.ly/2mZwcWz], and a day of lip-service [http://bit.ly/2n0ECNm]. I don't think I

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Image: Eric Reads the Week, #55

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: SO [http://bit.ly/2DdubiN]. MUCH [http://bit.ly/2Df7xXr]. OPRAH [http://bit.ly/2DcIa8G]. Plus, commentary on hope and shit [http://bit.ly/2DgXf9q], Black Panther [http://bit.ly/2DcuIBP]tickets [http://bit.ly/2DcuIBP], and

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Shock: Eric Reads the Week, #54

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: a [http://bit.ly/2AENFYA]Scandal/HTGAWM [http://bit.ly/2AENFYA] crossover [http://bit.ly/2AENFYA], Tiffany Haddish for all the things please [http://bit.ly/2ABbikt], and everything is embarrassing [http://bit.ly/2ABLdC1]. I am

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What Now?: Eric Reads the Week #53

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: winning the War on Christmas [http://bit.ly/2C2rjRY], the Grinch calls from Mar-a-Lago [http://bit.ly/2BZkhO1], Kylie's pregnancy announcement [http://bit.ly/2C2uZmL], and Track Changes shade [http://bit.ly/2C1vaiv]. In December

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Mixed: Eric Reads the Week, #52

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: a message for the aliens [http://bit.ly/2BKloVT], Titanic [http://bit.ly/2BM0TIc]conspiracy theories [http://bit.ly/2BM0TIc], the conclusion of Thirstmas [http://bit.ly/2k4ILyA], and Disney World shade [http://bit.ly/2BLPJDu]. I

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: Eric Reads the Week, #51

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: Rep. Maxine Waters' epic tweet [http://bit.ly/2k6ovwa], Omarosa's dramatic exit [http://bit.ly/2k5u1PV], the first six days of Thirstmas [http://bit.ly/2k4ILyA], and previewing the new [http://bit.ly/2k6JpeF]

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Re-memory: Eric Reads the Week, #50

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: an epic clapback from Atlanta [http://bit.ly/2iKgIDc], Sam Smith is doing the most in front of Patti Labelle [http://bit.ly/2iLXQDT], the secret meanings of celebrity Christmas trees [http://bit.ly/2iLYnpn], Bey goes

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Free: Eric Reads the Week, #49

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: Halloweentown at the White House [http://bit.ly/2ntqRK3], we're all princesses now [http://bit.ly/2nlxYnw], Patti Labelle is the best thing in Washington [http://bit.ly/2nnYzQN], and a new piece in the

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Rising: Eric Reads the Week, #48

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: a Thanksgiving essay about food [http://bit.ly/2Bdl3Gc]; a turkey pardons a turkey [http://bit.ly/2Bftl0t]; and Obama learns to meme [http://bit.ly/2BdXzkq]. But first, TV [http://bit.ly/2BdQaBC]! I'm

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Thirst Journalism: Eric Reads the Week, #47

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! I'm writing a book! I'll tell you about that plus Blake Shelton [http://bit.ly/2iy3KZV], my time on the [http://bit.ly/2ixqJUL]Notorious RBG [http://bit.ly/2ixqJUL] workout [http://bit.ly/2ixqJUL]

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Mystery!: Eric Reads the Week, #46

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! I saw the movie about the mustache that solves crimes this weekend. It was very exciting! I'm very interested in the facial hair detective genre. Murder on the Orient Express is just so much. Look at Kenneth

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Too Much: Eric Reads the Week, #45

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Why is it that sometimes we love a song so much that we listen to it until we hate it? That's a dumb instinct for a human being. What evolutionary purpose does it serve for me to

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Worth It: Eric Reads the Week, #44

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! My mother likes to tell this anecdote about going to the supermarket with me when I was a little kid. I was old enough to walk and so I followed along beside the cart, randomly pulling thing from the

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Casual: Eric Reads the Week, #43

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Stephen Sondheim thinks the Oklahoma! was originally about gay cowboys and I have been obsessed with that thought every waking minute of the week. Okay, so I read the excellent profile Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote about Sondheim in the [https:

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Going Places: Eric Reads the Week, #42

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Everybody in Minnesota wants you to come visit. We are, rather improbably, in Stillwater, MN, at the most picturesque, Victorian realness bed and breakfast, The Rivertown Inn. Everybody I've spoken to would like me to invite you

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Low-Tech: Eric Reads the Week, #40

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! A few years ago my mother got me and my brothers little black leather-bound books in which to keep our internet passwords. You could tell that they were for keeping your internet passwords because the cover said "Internet

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The Truth!: Eric Reads the Week, #40

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Listen, I need to tell you the hard truth about fajitas. You are probably not prepared to hear this but, whatever, hold on to your butts because I'm going to let the whole place out. Whenever David

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City Sounds: Eric Reads the Week #39

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! David and I still getting settled into our new kitchen. It's not really a kitchen yet; it's a room full of boxes with a stove. Our movers, in all of their infinite wisdom, packed our

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Everyday People: Eric Reads the Week, #38

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! If you think about it, Hello Dolly! is really just a musical about one woman's relationship with her favorite restaurant. Perhaps it's been a while since you saw the Barbra Streisand movie or the Bette

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Exuberance: Eric Reads the Week, #37

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Honey, this has probably been the longest, strangest week of my already long, strange life. On Monday, David and I woke up at a cabin on a lake (we went there voluntarily. Like on vacation. It's not

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Games: Eric Reads the Week, #36

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! I have not won a single board game this weekend and, frankly, it feels like a justice issue. I think I like playing board games. I KNOW I don't like losing. Every time I play a board

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Ghosts: Eric Reads the Week, #35

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Four years ago this week, the blog Humans of New York posted this photo with the following caption: "Julia Child would have been 101 last week. I celebrate her birthday every year. This year I cooked some smoky

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Both Sides: Eric Reads the Week, #34

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! The morning I discovered I could order two brunches was probably the high point of my adult life. If Oprah ever asked me what my "Aha Moment" was I'd immediately answer "Ordering two brunches!

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Lift Off: Eric Reads the Week, #33

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week I took a break from my life to get in touch with my life. I spent the week in L.A. at the Lambda Literary Writers Retreat working on my playwriting. I used it as an opportunity