Chris DeLuca

Spinning What Now while reading. A+

Britney Howard's What Now vinyl album cover, which depicts a lush flowery field and a cool Brittney, a full black woman wearing sunglasses and sporting a big Afro. She wears a flowing colorful dress. The cover is on a display shelf along with a Gameboy and a Batman figure above a stereo.

A record player with a clear yellow vinyl record playing on it.

The rooftop greens are coming along. 🌱

A felt bag filled with dirt and little green leaves poking out. A wine bottle of water protrudes from the first.

Why is it cold again? I just put away my long underwear. And by that I mean underwear I’ve had for a long time. Which I still have out. Never mind.

I am very excited to report we now have plants on our roof 🌱

Media Diet: February–April 2024

It’s been a while since my last media diet post—three months, I was horrified to learn. There’s a lot to get through, so I’m taking a whirlwind tour on this one. There’s no … Read more

Had a really fun Cat’s Cradle show at Players Theater last night. Thank to everyone who came out!

Overheard in Tompkins square park.

I called Jerry and I’m like blah blah blah stay the fuck away from me.

Very excited for our Cat’s Cradle Improv Show. It will be epic.

The view from the hunters point ferry.

The water spread out with Manhattan in the background. The triboro bridge is in the far distance. Everything has a washed out, greyish quality.

Beautiful day at the hunters point ferry landing. ⛴️

The New York city skyline over the water. There’s a big white serrated roof above the outdoor space. It’s a dock. There’s umbrellas. People kind of around.

A black and white cat standing on a couch with mouth open, clearly howling.

I cat sit for my friend the past week. This is Leia, she’s real old, real sleepy, and her meows are yowl-screams that sound like a grown man. 🐈‍⬛

I biked from Bed Stuy to Astoria yesterday. It took about an hour, over mostly protected bike lanes. I’m still sore. 🚴🏻‍♂️

Listen, our monthly Cat’s Cradle improv show is going to be sick. Come on out if you can. The funniest way to spend your evening, or your grumpiness back.

I was randomly thinking about 3 Doors Down today, specifically this line from Kryptonite.

If I go crazy will you still call me Superman.

That means the singer’s SO calls them Superman as a pet name.

There’s no way that isn’t sarcastic.

“Hey babe, do you have any Tylenol?”
“Sure thing, Superman.”

Fun web toy from McSweeney’s: Millennial CAPCHA.

Read the word “vituperation” today and was flummoxed. Turns out it means, “bitter and abusive language.” The more you know 🌈

I saw Paul F. Tompkin’s Variatopia last night at the Bell House with friends. Really fun show. Lighter on stand up, and a surprising amount of eclectic music.

God help me, my daily text editor/IDE is Neovim, but I started using Emacs as an orgmode only app. I was using a limited orgmode in Neovim before, so who knows which is more of a lift.

TIL that the Friday the 13th Part 3 theme is a bop.

Astoria on a clear sunny day.

Residential brick two and three story buildings with a wide street running h through the foreground. Taken from a high angle. A bright blue sky takes up most of the top of the image.

My friend Ania made a website that gives you a pep talk.

TIL that the tabindex attribute must not be specified on a dialog element. The more you know. 🌈

From Maria Farrell and Robin Berjon’s piece on rewilding the internet.

The clear-felled forests were replanted, ready to extend the boom…It was a disaster so bad that a new word, Waldsterben, or “forest death,” was minted to describe the result.

Worth a read.

My friend Ania sent me this photo, reminding me that this happened, and this will never not have happened.

Me, a bald white man a few years ago with a stubbly beard and glasses, slouched in a chair with one hand raised like I'm going to shake the air's hand. I'm wearing a tight white tank sleeveless undershirt. The room behind me is messy. A large black cat sits in front of me. In front of the cat is a Pathfinder roleplaying GM screen.