Stuff from my in-box, 19 Nov 08

1) Latest recall notice from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC):

1. Children’s Hooded Jackets with Drawstrings Recalled by R&D International Due to Strangulation Hazard
2. Target Recalls Dive Sticks Due to Impalement Hazard
3. Brownie’s Third Lung Recalls Air Compressors Due to Drowning Hazard

2) Studio Forbes made me drool with these Piet Hein Eek tables.

3) Notice of the 7th Annual Wine Cask Sparkling Wine Fest on Saturday, Dec. 13. Sign me up!

4) Reminder from the SB Botanical Garden that it will be holding its 15th Annual Holiday Marketplace this weekend.

5) Tim forwarded me this blurb about GM’s Viagra bill from our pal, Bill D.

Lifestyle drugs — chiefly Viagra — are costing General Motors $17 million dollars a year and the cost is passed along to car, truck and SUV consumers. The blue pill is covered under GM’s labor agreement with United Auto Workers, as well as benefit plans for salaried employees.

GM executives estimate health care adds $1,500 to the price of each vehicle but they do not break out how much of the premium is caused by erectile dysfunction expenses. GM provides health care for 1.1 million employees, retirees and dependents and is the world’s largest private purchaser of Viagra.

Filed under NaBloPoMo, blahblahblah | Comments (4)