October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM).
This is a huge deal for women, mamas, children — all families actually. b5media’s Home & Dining Channel really wanted to honor this event in some way, so today most of the blogs in the channel are posting very special posts on the subject of breast cancer awareness.
One of the primary goals of the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Association is to raise awareness about the importance of early detection in the fight against this disease. Early detection involves a lot but one key component is making sure you remember to do …read more

Is Offbeat Homes really my favorite blog?
As in blogs I write; not read because that would be a whole other discussion. I think about this a lot because most professional bloggers I know do have more than one blog. I think that there are some pros and cons to playing favorites.
Is it even fair to play favorites? How do you judge one blog over another when content varies so drastically? And what about job stability. How will your other employers like it when you blurt out, “Guess what? My other blog rocks so much more hard core than the …read more

In the form of a hip Theobromine Molecule T-shirt!
Oh yeah.
That’s right, one of my girls in the Home & Dining channel is holding a fly chocolate contest. All you have to do to enter is find a wacky chocolate something and tell Heather about it at her delicious blog Chocolate Bytes.
It’s an easy way to win a fun prize. Now if a certain offbeat girl were to enter what would she use. We’ve established before that chocolate livable structures are rare… hmmm, I think I like this fellow. This candy guy is far less gross than the other entries so …read more

Onward with the great Home & Dining channel posts!
Deborah over at Simply Thrifty covers how to save money. But so do lots of blog. What makes Deb’s blog the best is how she’s always incorporating green-friendly tactics; which of course Offbeat is a fan of (and me). She’s got a great post right now about the new Nalgene water bottle — you have to see its fresh design.
Other memorable post as of late include ways to recycle soap bits (which we all have) and 66 ways uses for vinegar. Quick tip about me; I hate vinegar it’s insanely fascinating to …read more