In 1965, Chilton, a small publishing house in Philadelphia, released Frank Herbert's Dune, which taught us all that we should beware of heroes....

Hope we all keep this in mind and rely on our own judgement given the zealots on the left and the right that seem to increasingly dominate culture and politics in the US and around the world. Those who believe that they are "ordained" to lead are truly dangerous. Check out this short clip from an interview done with Herbert late in his life:

This week's perspective on 1965 happenings. Mary Quant's miniskirt changes fashion forever ...

and I remember dancing and lip-syncing in the basement so Sloopy would hang on ...

Lots of implications from the Facebook Places launch yesterday. More to come on that. For now, log in today and update your privacy settings relating to places and check-ins..

While you are at it, review and update your app privacy settings...

Have a great weekend everyone!!!

A while back, I picked up a case of plantar warts. They are stubborn buggers and numerous treatments have failed to beat them so far.  Most times they are just mildly annoying, but on a few occasions they have cracked and really caused discomfort. During one of these periods last year, I stopped by our local CVS looking to stock up on fresh doses of sialic acid.  Spent a few minutes getting guidance from the pharmacist. When I showed it to him, he said to hold off on the acid treatments and that he had just the thing.  He took me across the store and pulled a square green metal can off the shelf.  I was introduced to a great 100+ year old broduct from Vermont, Bag Balm.

Bag Balm was invented over 100 years ago in Vermont to help dairy farmers deal with the effects of wind, cold, rain and snow on their livestock.  It has used the same branding and packaging for all that time. It is a wonderful American-made product.

Nice tip that has surfaced up in a couple of places.   Notifies you when your account is accessed from a new device.

Go to your account settings and update it so it flags you!

This Monday's perspective...  Sometimes you just need to keep perspective...

Have a productive and profitable week everyone!