Daniel B. Thompson
@dbttheater.com
Performing arts nonprofit type. dead inside, queer, pedantic - yes, I'm great at parties.
Contact for work stuff: www.dbttheater.com or directly at [email protected]
Contact for work stuff: www.dbttheater.com or directly at [email protected]
robert irwin voice: oh woaw
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 AM
robert irwin voice: oh woaw
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GALADRIEL: (glowing green) In place of a hard roll, I would have whole wheat—beautiful and terrible to behold!
DELI GUY: #3 on wheat.
G: (coyly) You offer it to me freely.
DG: No, Galadriel. You have to pay. Every day with this
DELI GUY: #3 on wheat.
G: (coyly) You offer it to me freely.
DG: No, Galadriel. You have to pay. Every day with this
October 15, 2023 at 4:56 PM
GALADRIEL: (glowing green) In place of a hard roll, I would have whole wheat—beautiful and terrible to behold!
DELI GUY: #3 on wheat.
G: (coyly) You offer it to me freely.
DG: No, Galadriel. You have to pay. Every day with this
DELI GUY: #3 on wheat.
G: (coyly) You offer it to me freely.
DG: No, Galadriel. You have to pay. Every day with this
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NOT A ASS OUT PASS OUT PHOTO They didn't have to do my guy like that
The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: bottles were smashed and alcohol pooled on the floor.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor
A raccoon broke into a closed Virginia liquor store and drank alcohol from the bottom shelves over the weekend.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 4:34 AM
NOT A ASS OUT PASS OUT PHOTO They didn't have to do my guy like that
It could be worse, you could be in Montello, Nevada.
December 3, 2025 at 6:43 AM
It could be worse, you could be in Montello, Nevada.
Re: Tom Stoppard and Harold Pinter
![Image of a letter from Harold Pinter to Tom Stoppard, reading:
05 November 2001
Sir Tom Stoppard
C/o The Development Dept
Royal National Theatre
South Bank
London
SE1 9PX
Dear Tom,
Thank you for your invitation to host a fundraising dinner in the private room of a top London restaurant.
I would rather die.
All the best,
Yours,
[Signature: hand-signed "Harold"]
Harold Pinter](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eazymooavqiqedwewpimb33g/bafkreigefmndc7piy6mdqbpvlegdpyivparpobqhhpsy3w5v5a6dckepuy@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Re: Tom Stoppard and Harold Pinter
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if this is a medical emergency please hang up and deal with that shit on your own. gross.
December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
if this is a medical emergency please hang up and deal with that shit on your own. gross.
The amount of reverence I'm seeing from non-theater people for the plays of Tom Stoppard is interesting. It reminds me of the difference between how theater people & laypeople relate to Shakespeare's plays.
November 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The amount of reverence I'm seeing from non-theater people for the plays of Tom Stoppard is interesting. It reminds me of the difference between how theater people & laypeople relate to Shakespeare's plays.
Yes, I recline my seat on an airplane, I ride coach and is uncomfortable as hell. Why are y'all so weird about it when it's literally a standard function and has a range of motion of like, two inches?
November 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Yes, I recline my seat on an airplane, I ride coach and is uncomfortable as hell. Why are y'all so weird about it when it's literally a standard function and has a range of motion of like, two inches?
In which my niece aptly expresses how I feel about enforced family photos at holiday gatherings.
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
In which my niece aptly expresses how I feel about enforced family photos at holiday gatherings.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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I gave my mom what I thought was a soup-themed bath bomb some years back, but it was actually soup. She had to call my dad in to get her out of the greasy tub.
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I gave my mom what I thought was a soup-themed bath bomb some years back, but it was actually soup. She had to call my dad in to get her out of the greasy tub.
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Hermandad, Homenaje a Claudio Ptolomeo por Octavio Paz, traducido del español por Eliot Weinberger
Brotherhood, Homage to Claudius Ptolemy by Octavio Paz, translated from the Spanish by Eliot Weinberger
Brotherhood, Homage to Claudius Ptolemy by Octavio Paz, translated from the Spanish by Eliot Weinberger
August 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Hermandad, Homenaje a Claudio Ptolomeo por Octavio Paz, traducido del español por Eliot Weinberger
Brotherhood, Homage to Claudius Ptolemy by Octavio Paz, translated from the Spanish by Eliot Weinberger
Brotherhood, Homage to Claudius Ptolemy by Octavio Paz, translated from the Spanish by Eliot Weinberger
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"Gather close and hear my last words: if anyone sings a hymn at my funeral, you're all disinherited."
November 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"Gather close and hear my last words: if anyone sings a hymn at my funeral, you're all disinherited."
After attending a particularly cringe-inducing graveside service, I am now seriously including a production details & schedule packet in my will with a requirement to retain a professional stage manager, as well as a style guide with approved designs and typefaces for memorials/headstones/etc..
November 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
After attending a particularly cringe-inducing graveside service, I am now seriously including a production details & schedule packet in my will with a requirement to retain a professional stage manager, as well as a style guide with approved designs and typefaces for memorials/headstones/etc..
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/13 Why? For proximity to power. For prestige. For attention.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
/13 Why? For proximity to power. For prestige. For attention.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
me, to my cat in the yard: hey, go poop inside, don't poop outside
person walking by on the other side of the privacy fence: tf?
person walking by on the other side of the privacy fence: tf?
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
me, to my cat in the yard: hey, go poop inside, don't poop outside
person walking by on the other side of the privacy fence: tf?
person walking by on the other side of the privacy fence: tf?
Today, state and city leaders announced plans for a nuclear plant in my hometown out of nowhere. To say that the locals are surprised and confused is an severe understatement.
www.abc4.com/news/northern-utah/landmark-nuclear-energy-utah/
www.abc4.com/news/northern-utah/landmark-nuclear-energy-utah/
www.abc4.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Today, state and city leaders announced plans for a nuclear plant in my hometown out of nowhere. To say that the locals are surprised and confused is an severe understatement.
www.abc4.com/news/northern-utah/landmark-nuclear-energy-utah/
www.abc4.com/news/northern-utah/landmark-nuclear-energy-utah/
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predatory men are an enormous tax on women’s productivity (and happiness)
November 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
predatory men are an enormous tax on women’s productivity (and happiness)
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November 16, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Ah yes, political ideology, a famously black and white topic, a switch that is either on or off. If you're not living in a right-wing totalitarian police state, then it's not *really* fascism, Tom says, because words don't matter and everything is made up.
My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
November 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Ah yes, political ideology, a famously black and white topic, a switch that is either on or off. If you're not living in a right-wing totalitarian police state, then it's not *really* fascism, Tom says, because words don't matter and everything is made up.
(I left the LDS church a long time ago and there's little overlap in my current values with their doctrine, but I'm from an old Utah Mormon pioneer family, so I sometimes share things because most people's awareness of the Momos is skewed and usually totally out of context. Not an endorsement!)
November 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
(I left the LDS church a long time ago and there's little overlap in my current values with their doctrine, but I'm from an old Utah Mormon pioneer family, so I sometimes share things because most people's awareness of the Momos is skewed and usually totally out of context. Not an endorsement!)
While we're on the topic of Mormons, it was always funny to tell people outside Utah that I was ordained to the priesthood of Aaron as a deacon at age 12, a teacher at 14, a priest at 16, and ordained an elder in the "high priesthood of the holy order of God" at age 18.
November 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
While we're on the topic of Mormons, it was always funny to tell people outside Utah that I was ordained to the priesthood of Aaron as a deacon at age 12, a teacher at 14, a priest at 16, and ordained an elder in the "high priesthood of the holy order of God" at age 18.
I'll be honest, I wasn't really aware that there were Christian churches that did this for regular worship. Seems pretty un-Christlike! I grew up Mormon and you showed up at their chapel unprompted, they'd fall over with joy. Many negative things about that organization, this is not one of them.
If your church is turning away people who show up to your doors in good faith, you don't have a church. You have a very expensive book club with scarcely any wine.
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I'll be honest, I wasn't really aware that there were Christian churches that did this for regular worship. Seems pretty un-Christlike! I grew up Mormon and you showed up at their chapel unprompted, they'd fall over with joy. Many negative things about that organization, this is not one of them.
I have reached the age/point in my career where parents post pictures of their kids who were youth performers in shows I've worked on, and it's, like, a photo of a whole-ass adult.
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I have reached the age/point in my career where parents post pictures of their kids who were youth performers in shows I've worked on, and it's, like, a photo of a whole-ass adult.
Brightest I've even seen the aurora borealis tonight in Northern Utah.
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Brightest I've even seen the aurora borealis tonight in Northern Utah.