David Thompson
@dhwthompson.com
Honestly, I’m mostly just relieved that I’ve got an alibi for this one. The last one broke out on what was supposed to be my last day at GDS, and people joked that I’d gone to rather extreme lengths to avoid giving a speech.
November 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Honestly, I’m mostly just relieved that I’ve got an alibi for this one. The last one broke out on what was supposed to be my last day at GDS, and people joked that I’d gone to rather extreme lengths to avoid giving a speech.
As someone who recently started another Satisfactory run, this is delightful and good.
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
As someone who recently started another Satisfactory run, this is delightful and good.
Hubris guides us all
Spin and smash the danger rocks
Winter’s chill wind blows
Spin and smash the danger rocks
Winter’s chill wind blows
November 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Hubris guides us all
Spin and smash the danger rocks
Winter’s chill wind blows
Spin and smash the danger rocks
Winter’s chill wind blows
Oh dear. I’m going to have to dive back into Satisfactory, aren’t I?
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Oh dear. I’m going to have to dive back into Satisfactory, aren’t I?
As someone who picked up an emergency packet of dark chocolate Hobnobs yesterday, I feel you.
October 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
As someone who picked up an emergency packet of dark chocolate Hobnobs yesterday, I feel you.
Yeah; same here on the first point. I’m still running my home game in full 2014 mode, and haven’t even picked up most of the 2024 books yet.
October 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Yeah; same here on the first point. I’m still running my home game in full 2014 mode, and haven’t even picked up most of the 2024 books yet.
Well, I’m pleasantly unsurprised to see at least one D&D book in there. I’d have picked the same one.
October 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Well, I’m pleasantly unsurprised to see at least one D&D book in there. I’d have picked the same one.
Well, today I learned that particular pronunciation exists, and I am very relieved that I get to play my British English card and opt out of it.
If you need me, I’ll be over here with my aluminium and my herbs.
If you need me, I’ll be over here with my aluminium and my herbs.
October 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Well, today I learned that particular pronunciation exists, and I am very relieved that I get to play my British English card and opt out of it.
If you need me, I’ll be over here with my aluminium and my herbs.
If you need me, I’ll be over here with my aluminium and my herbs.
To think, with just one or two billion dollars in funding, the next Juicero could be within your grasp.
October 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
To think, with just one or two billion dollars in funding, the next Juicero could be within your grasp.
Do you deliver to Redmond, by any chance? Because I have found in myself a sudden unmet need for whisky ginger chocolate chip cookies.
October 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Do you deliver to Redmond, by any chance? Because I have found in myself a sudden unmet need for whisky ginger chocolate chip cookies.
Little-known fact: his full name is Theodore Talkington III, of the Worcester Talkingtons.
October 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Little-known fact: his full name is Theodore Talkington III, of the Worcester Talkingtons.
Woah, such fluffy buzzy bois! 😍
September 30, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Woah, such fluffy buzzy bois! 😍
It is. It’s long and painful, and early studies suggest it can persist for decades.
Even worse, sufferers who have children almost inevitably pass it on to them.
Even worse, sufferers who have children almost inevitably pass it on to them.
September 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It is. It’s long and painful, and early studies suggest it can persist for decades.
Even worse, sufferers who have children almost inevitably pass it on to them.
Even worse, sufferers who have children almost inevitably pass it on to them.
I’ve spent a big chunk of time preparing this weekend’s D&D session, because a world in which the good guys can actually fight back is much easier to think about.
September 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I’ve spent a big chunk of time preparing this weekend’s D&D session, because a world in which the good guys can actually fight back is much easier to think about.
They do indeed. I’m sorry today has been one of them.
September 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
They do indeed. I’m sorry today has been one of them.
It is. It has been for a while now.
September 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It is. It has been for a while now.
Well stabbed. Hope you feel better soon.
September 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Well stabbed. Hope you feel better soon.
Hey, you’re back this side of the world. I’m not sure whether “welcome back” or “I’m sorry” is more appropriate.
September 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Hey, you’re back this side of the world. I’m not sure whether “welcome back” or “I’m sorry” is more appropriate.
I have learned it is usually wise to trust Alaskans when it comes to fish.
Even when they occasionally take umbrage at the idea that salmon is something you pay for, rather than just hoicking it out of the nearest sea.
Even when they occasionally take umbrage at the idea that salmon is something you pay for, rather than just hoicking it out of the nearest sea.
September 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I have learned it is usually wise to trust Alaskans when it comes to fish.
Even when they occasionally take umbrage at the idea that salmon is something you pay for, rather than just hoicking it out of the nearest sea.
Even when they occasionally take umbrage at the idea that salmon is something you pay for, rather than just hoicking it out of the nearest sea.
Welcome to the club, thank you for writing this, well done for getting it published, and—as you so eloquently put it—dang.
September 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Welcome to the club, thank you for writing this, well done for getting it published, and—as you so eloquently put it—dang.