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Seven rice tossing and send-off alternatives for a very dramatic exit

Looking for alternatives to rice throwing at the end of your ceremony or reception? Glad you asked. Here are some bitchin’ ways to give your guests a reason to throw stuff at your face. You know they want to…

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A Gorn groom, Super Freak dancing, and a Bender card box

Everyone in the Offbeat Flickr pool pulled out their crazy hats with dancing, masks, funky socks, carrying each other around, and general mayhem. It was ultra fun this week for geeks, nerdfighters, and Futurama fans. Check out the full moon madness in this week’s Monday Montage.

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Vintage snack: lots of pink, a yin yang cake, and the offbeat gene

A lot of our vintage wedding submissions are gorgeous and offbeat in their own ways, but sometimes we run across one of those early pioneers in DIY and bucking tradition. This wedding in 1985 boasted a pink outfit, a pot luck dinner, a homemade yin yang cake.

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Love at high altitude: a ski wedding near Mount Rainier

These two are outdoorsy folks and decided that a ski resort was the place they wanted to make their union official at 6,872 feet. What they ended up with was an unbelievably blue sky, crisp mountain air, and amazing photos, all before the resort even opened!