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Film: Here for It, #284

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

Nov 20, 2022 4 min read

Double: Here for It, #283

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

Nov 13, 2022 5 min read

Phans: Here for It, #282

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

Oct 23, 2022 4 min read

Oh, Hello: Here for It, #278

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

Sep 18, 2022 5 min read

Kings of B'more is out now!

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.

May 31, 2022 3 min read

Board: Here for It, #276

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

May 22, 2022 5 min read

Scones: Here for It, #275

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

May 16, 2022 4 min read

Wed. thread: Inn which there's Comfort

Apr 27, 2022 3 min read

Dazzling: Here for It, #271

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

Apr 17, 2022 5 min read

Tattoo: Here for It, #270

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

Apr 10, 2022 6 min read

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

Apr 5, 2022 6 min read

Focus: Here for It, #267

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

Mar 13, 2022 6 min read

Tech: Here for It, #266

Tech: Here for It, #266

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This crazy thing happened at the parking lot outside the theater this week. Hello and welcome to CarTalk, apparently. I love that there's 9,000 theater- and book- and TV-related things going on in my life and

Mar 6, 2022 7 min read

Wed. thread: In which everybody wants to be a cat

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Wed. thread: In which everybody wants to be a cat

Mar 2, 2022 2 min read

Tow: Here for It, #265

Tow: Here for It, #265

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! My car was towed the other day and I want to preface this by acknowledging that it was absolutely my fault. And also, equally important, I am not interested in taking any responsibility for my actions whatsoever. I deserved

Feb 27, 2022 6 min read

Think: Here for It, #263

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! On Friday, I was standing on a street corner, waiting for the light to change, minding my own Black business. I was deep in thought, trying to work out some questions I had about a character's backstory

Feb 13, 2022 3 min read

Skate: Here for It, #262

Skate: Here for It, #262

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Yes, the rumors are true. I have been receiving numerous frantic calls from world leaders, persons of note, and assorted potentates all asking if I will please compete in the 'lympics and restore glory and honor to our

Feb 6, 2022 5 min read

Spy: Here for It, #261

Spy: Here for It, #261

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Back when I was in college, there was this pair of plays running in England called House and Garden, both by Alan Ayckbourn. I was obsessed with them even though I had no way of seeing them, I barely

Jan 30, 2022 6 min read

Shoe: Here for It, #260

Shoe: Here for It, #260

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Y'all, I have been on the battlefield, fighting valiantly to avoid being drawn into this national controversy around the M&Ms. Alas, like a full candy bowl three days before Halloween, it's irresistible to

Jan 23, 2022 5 min read

Glasses: Here for It, #259

Glasses: Here for It, #259

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! It occurs to me that we may be past the golden age of novelty eyeglasses with lenses made from the digits in the year. It was a flame that burned so hot throughout the 90s but, like other hits

Jan 16, 2022 4 min read

Year: Here for It, #257

Year: Here for It, #257

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Baby New Year does an annoying little tap-tap-tap on my office door even though the door is mostly closed and has a little Post-It note affixed to it that reads Don't start none, won't be

Dec 19, 2021 6 min read

Where: Here for It, #255

Where: Here for It, #255

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! I am writing this from the past! If all is going according to plan, as you receive this I'm flying back from someplace called "The Equator"? Now, while I don't believe in "

Dec 5, 2021 4 min read

Year: Here for It, #254

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Every year I think about sending end-of-year letters. I want to believe that I am an end-of-year letter person. I truly, in my heart of hearts, think that I am absolutely the kind of person who organizes a photo

Nov 28, 2021 6 min read

Over: Here for It, #253

Over: Here for It, #253

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! I am obsessed with the cultural ceremony around a new Adele album. We spend most of our lives being (or at least pretending to be) well-adjusted, even-keeled, and generally over most of our exes but the minute she drops

Nov 21, 2021 5 min read

Niche: Here for It, #250

Niche: Here for It, #250

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Happy Mariah Carey Eve [https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a34535818/mariah-carey-not-yet-season/], everyone!* I don't really watch anime, which is a personal failing that I must answer to the Lord about, so every year on Halloween when

Oct 31, 2021 5 min read

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