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The Extra Point: Flex those games!: A few years ago when the NFL started Flexing their schedule to accommodate the more important and interesting games, I thought it was kind o...

Typically anything Google is easy to soak up and enjoy but the recent roll out (in beta form) of the Google + platform was circulated like wildfire then seemed to cool just as fast. Invites to join Google+ seemed in demand and sought after. I jumped on the bandwagon, started playing around and couldn't figure out what it was, or what it did. It seemed a common question - what is this thing? Is it just Facebook, but by Google? As a result the fervor about Google + seemed to quiet just as quickly. Well apparently I'm not just imagining it. Last night, an engineer at Google posted a bit of a rant about Google + and how Google was failing it. Rather than post it though to his internal teams it was posted to the public. Clearly an error Mr. Yegge quickly took his post down but not of course before some folks read, saw, reposted and paraphrased his rant. If you are lightly interested and would like some highlights - here's a good article from LinkedIn If you are deeply interested and want to read the whole kit and caboodle - here't he full text. Oh and lesson learned . . .once you put it out there - it is OUT there. Beware of what you do on the interwebs :) Happy Friday.

The Extra Point: The Maternity Marathon: Ok - this isn't the typical Extra Point blog post as I typically focus on big sports and events. But when I read this story, it was too inte...

There are a lot of reasons that the dinner I made tonight is awesome. . . 1. It's a very aromatic dinner and I love when cooking all day makes the house smell wonderful 2. It's a DREARY and RAINY day. There's something about a cozy dinner on such a crappy day that makes the cold and gray seem ok 3. It was 100% provided from local farms, my CSA and a livestock farm I have been buying our beef from lately So what did we make? Pot Roast - slow cooker awesomeness. Crashed Hot potatoes - thank you Pioneer Woman. Green Beans - nothing fancy, just blanched German Apple Cake - in honor of the hilariously rad Octoberfest celebration we went to last night. And to give you the run down: The Sirloin Tip roast was provided from the McElhaney Farm The Potatoes were from the Dillner Family Farm CSA (the rosemary used in this recipe was grown by yours truly) Green Beans were from the Dillner Family Farm CSA The Apples and Eggs for the cake were provided from the Dillner Family Farm CSA Between the pot roast and the apple cake - the house smells SO awesome.

Perhaps the best part of the day however, was Libby helping me to make the cake. She kept stirring the batter saying "This is so exciting!"



I have long awaited the day when she can really do stuff with me in the kitchen. Today was the best!!