<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Daniel Thomas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Australian writer, actor & filmmaker.]]></description><link>https://thespliceco.wixsite.com/dannythomas/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:47:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://thespliceco.wixsite.com/dannythomas/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Night I was a Lonely Astronaut]]></title><description><![CDATA[Standing between two elves, a Kung Fu master &#38; a Cowboy, I placed the plastic Astronaut helmet on &#38; waited in anticipation. The vision panel fogged just as they called showtime. Vision impaired, walking in slow motion toward the ballroom, I just hoped the helmet wouldn’t split in two as I entered. As an Aussie performer in Germany, there have been a few bizarre nights like this, working at events, where I’ve felt a long way from home. The astronaut had lost his capsule &#38; weaving between the...]]></description><link>https://thespliceco.wixsite.com/dannythomas/post/the-night-i-was-a-lonely-astronaut</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691dc344f5cdcb8137dc04a8</guid><category><![CDATA[Life Abroad]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:19:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/931b60_8eea2c56a31c4916b386c4c1cef70bd1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_896,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Daniel Thomas</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fatherhood Rewrote my Rockstar Dream]]></title><description><![CDATA[There was a time I wanted to be famous and believed it held the answers.In  pursuit of it, I left Australia for London, drumsticks in hand. After a wild and unglamorous ride, I found true rock stardom changing nappies instead of cymbals, a quieter stage, but a truer one. One Halloween in London, white face paint trickled into my eyes beneath the stage lights. I wondered whose ingenious idea it was to dress up as zombies… probably mine. Keeping the beat with one arm, I wiped my face with a...]]></description><link>https://thespliceco.wixsite.com/dannythomas/post/fatherhood-rewrote-my-rockstar-dream</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691dc043f44eff6b372e63ad</guid><category><![CDATA[Life Abroad]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:08:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/931b60_6ecb42f73a664d74b48eee4e3d9fd431~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_896,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Daniel Thomas</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Day I Missed a Dream Call While Drawing Escalators]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sitting across from my boss, a giant shopping mall floor plan scrawled with red pen between us, I slouched back in my seat. He hovered over the plan, examining an area where the escalator had been demolished, caught in a tirade of over-analysis. He demanded that I spend the rest of the day on a drawing that the builder had already said he didn’t need. I tried to argue the case, but it was lost in translation, and there was no point in challenging his authority, especially as he was wearing...]]></description><link>https://thespliceco.wixsite.com/dannythomas/post/the-day-i-missed-a-dream-call-while-drawing-escalators</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691dbd0cf44eff6b372e5c59</guid><category><![CDATA[Life Abroad]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:56:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/931b60_3587f2b636b047f1b25ef0ffb899dcba~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_896,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Daniel Thomas</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>