Social Media Diet: How I committed Facebook social suicide
A reader caught wind of the fact that I socially bailed on Facebook in 2011, and asked me to share the story. Conveniently, I documented the process on my personal blog. I’ll be sharing the three posts this week, as part of a series called Social Media Diet.
How I created Christmas, Whovian-style
What do you do if you’ve got a ton of Doctor Who knickknacks, a bare Christmas tree, and a cat named Pandora? You create the ultimate Doctor Who cat toy! Here’s how I created Christmas, Whovian-style…
Reviving my adolescent terrors: the Fear Street books are coming back
I just read that R.L. Stine plans to revive his Fear Street series next year and holy shit you guys: I don’t think I’ve recovered from my first go around with the books back in the day.
Becoming an indie publishing house is effing amazing, and not as hard as it looks
Did you work on your novel this NaNoWriMo? Wondering what to do with your masterpiece now? I teamed up with my author-husband as his editor and publisher on his first novel and I’m ready to share everything we learned along the way with my fellow Offbeat Homies. Whether you’ve just finished your opus or just got a really good start, here’s how to take the next steps and publish your own novel.
5 British comedies and soaps you should watch when you need a break from zombies, meth, and fantasy
I don’t own a TV, but I’m the queen bee of streaming the shows I love to watch online, either via Netflix, Hulu, or some kind of third party. I’m not a fan of some of the bigger shows that are either on TV right now or recently ended (Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones), so when Parenthood skips a week (heeeey network TV) or I’m all Grey’s Anatomy-ed out, I head over to Netflix and start watching funny British comedies instead.
MASTICATE this Dalek cake!
Imagine how excited I was to see this amazing, homemade Dalek cake pop up in our Offbeat Home Flickr pool. Go ahead… imagine… NOPE! Wrong, I was even more excited than you just imagined. So I asked Offbeat Homie Gem to exterminate elaborate on how she created this bad boy.
Keep the Breaking Bad-ness going in your hearts and homes with these science-y home goods
Breaking Bad — everyone’s favorite meth-themed TV show — is coming to an end this Sunday. I’m sure a lot of you are going to morn the loss of having all that science-y, chemistry, craziness piped through your entertainment system. So what if you just incorporated some of it in your home decor?
Ever wonder what a TARDIS tastes like?
Apparently it can now taste like whatever you want it to with Think Geek’s TARDIS gelatin mold set! Obviously blue Jello is the way to go if you’re making a TARDIS gelatin mold. But did you know this baby can also make a tiny TARDIS cake!? Look at the delicious cuteness…