Paul Cram’s Anecdote on Evites in the New York Times

By Henry Alsford for the New York Times article How the Internet Has Changed the R.S.V.P. With ease come presumption and murk. Take, for instance, the modern R.S.V.P. The Internet has allowed a host or event producer to painlessly publicize his or her event to sultans and skateboarders in minutes, the digital invitation beaming on …

Happy Discovery Cooking: Pirate Rum-Vanilla Spiced Pecans

Riffling through the back-of-the-cupboard recesses for a jar of Cinnamon to add to my batch of spiced pecans, my hand happens on a forgotten glass bottle of homemade pirate rum-vanilla that I made as a part of family Christmas gifts last year. (Purportedly, like a fine cheese, it get’s better with age.) With a satisfying …

7 Horror-esque Curiousities That Make Unique Gifts

The number of oddities on the internet abound. Here’s a small collection of items that I have found that are scary-themed. I have no affiliations with any of the product manufactures or anything, these are just things I’ve found interesting. 1. Filthy Men’s Dyed BriefHave you ever wanted to wear “clean” underwear that look like …

NYC Museum Patron Mimics Paul at MoMA

Joe of New York recently emailed a photo from MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) in NYC. Standing next to the photograph art piece “Two Friends, 1975” by Canadian artist Stan Douglas. Paul was hand-picked to be a focal point for the “historical” re-creation art piece. Douglas is well-known to the art world for his politically …

Good Read – Ghost Story “The Screaming Staircase” Lockwood & Co Book 1

In this ghoul-filled month of October, it’s appropriate that actor Paul Cram’s reading a book that turns out to be a macabre ghost story. It’s the latest young adult fiction by Jonathan Stroud The Screaming Staircase. The first in (hopefully) a long series of Lockwood & Co. books to be penned by Stroud. The book …