THIS IS CRAZY!!!!

As many of you know, I have been keeping a close eye on the privacy changes FACEBOOK has been incurring. I read up on all the techno blogs, research articles, and try to find all the information out there in order to pass the word and try to keep all of our personal stuff private. Facebook's new Instant Personalization is confusing at best........I'm not sure if this was purposeful or if the peeps at facebook are just stupid, but they have made it as complicated as possible for you to make sure all your info stays private. Previously I have posted how to set your settings in order to do this, how to opt out of the Instant Personalization, among other settings.......but just discovered today that even doing this doesn't protect you from sharing your information with the partners of facebook. In order to do that, you must BLOCK each and every partner's application. As of today, they have 3 partners. Whenever they partner up with anyone new, you must BLOCK them too. If you don't believe me, pay attention to the friend's list on each of the partners site, any of your friends that haven't BLOCKED the app will show up. Hopefully the peeps at facebook will be making changes for better privacy, the head guy announced they were working on it.......but until then you might want to go in and block the apps, just to be safe. It's crazy when you think you have all your info set to PRIVATE and discover that it wasn't as PRIVATE as you thought it was. Basically whatever your "likes" are, they are viewable for the whole world to see.......even if it was something that you would rather not share with everyone. I read a good analogy on one of the privacy sites........"it's like your best friend promising not to tell your secretes and then blabbing them to the whole class!!".......................................................We are very vulnerable in this day and age, but I think we are here to stay, people don't want to give up their facebook, their iphones, their laptops.........so the next best thing is to stay as up to date and knowledgeable as possible. I will certainly try my best to keep you all "IN THE KNOW"..........You might want to "follow" me and the network blog on my FB home page too to make sure you don't miss anything;-). http://networkedblogs.com/3xmiY

Thanks yall, stay safe on the net!!!
PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY!!!!
1st.......Make sure you have opted out of the Instant Personalization privacy setting. Make sure ALLOW is UNCHECKED....................
2nd.........Go to the page for Microsoft Docs, click Block Application on the page, click Block Application on the pop-up, and click Okay on the next pop-up.
3rd..........Go to the page for Pandora, click Block Application on the page, click Block Application on the pop-up, and click Okay on the next pop-up.
4th...........Go to the page for Yelp , click Block Application on the page, click Block Application on the pop-up, and click Okay on the next pop-up.
That's all the partners so far, but I will be sure to post updates of new partners as they join.

How to Opt Out of Facebook’s Instant Personalization Electronic Frontier Foundation

Oh, and FYI, there is a new book coming out called The Facebook Effect, I know I am a nerd to be excited about this, but my geekiness is yall's gain because you know I will blog about all the good parts;-)

http://www.amazon.com/Facebook-Effect-Inside-Company-Connecting/dp/1439102112

Brian's Key Lime Pie

Brian finally made his Key Lime Pie last night! We have been so busy with school winding down that he really hadn't had time to do it before. I had to use the kitchen the last two nights to bake cookies and brownies for the kids bake sale and Art Show. It was well worth the wait!!! Honestly I don't think you can compare these two........they are totally different in taste and either you love Key Lime or you don't..........I love them both so I really enjoyed eating both of them.......of course I am partial to mine since I made it;-) His presentation was really good.......he even did a design on top............So I guess it is up to yall in cyberspace to let me know which one looks the best!!!

Both were yummy!!
I'll get his recipe tonight and post it on here!!

The "Pie Cook-Off"

It was a nasty weather weekend.......rainy, storming with thunder and lightning. Of course on days like that all you want to do is lay around and eat. Brian and I decided to have a "Pie Cook-Off". He was going to make Key Lime Pie and I was making Chocolate Cream Cheese Peanut Butter Bars Pie. He ended up not making his.........we got so full on mine........but he is making it this week so the contest is still on!! I'm posting the recipe below, but I did do a few alterations for my recipe. Since we were having a "Pie" contest, I decided to turn the "bar" recipe into a pie recipe. The base of the pie was supposed to be peanut butter cookies pressed into a square, so I just molded it into a pie crust cookie in my pie pan..............and followed the rest of the directions as is. Oh my, was it delicious. I'm going to have to diet all week to loose the pounds from this weekend!;-) Honestly, I don't think Brian will be able to beat me on presentation, but I promise I will be fair and take just as good of pics with his......honest!!

It was a big hit with the kids......Brady even said "Mama, you make good stuff!" best complement ever~

Cookie Base and Topping
1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® peanut butter cookie mix
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon water
1 egg

Filling

1 1/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
2/3 cup crunchy or creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup whipping cream


1. Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. In large bowl, stir cookie base and topping ingredients until soft dough forms. Shape 6 (1-inch) balls of dough. On ungreased cookie sheet, place balls 2 inches apart; flatten in crisscross pattern with fork.

2. Press remaining dough in pan. Bake cookies and base 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 10 minutes. Reserve cookies for topping.

3. In small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips and butter uncovered on High 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted and stirred smooth. Spread evenly over bars. Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.

4. In medium bowl, beat cream cheese, peanut butter, powdered sugar and whipping cream with electric mixer on low speed until blended. Beat on high speed about 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Spread over chocolate layer.

5. Crush reserved cookies; sprinkle over cream cheese layer. Press in lightly. Refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes. For bars, cut into 9 rows by 4 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.

ENJOY!!!!