Month: September 2016

News Squib#2

Digital tablet on newspaper concept for internet and electronicIt’s Squib Saturday. Time to share the best, most interesting (or most entertaining, or most outrageous) tidbit of information I’ve gleaned from all the stuff I’ve read this week. Today: Keeping Up With The Joneses

 

 

Most everyone has heard the phrase, “keeping up with the Joneses.”  It’s a snarky idiom for those who attempt to match the lifestyle (usually upscale) of friends and neighbors in order to be as socially acceptable. Ever wondered how or where the phrase originated?

On 80-acre Estate

3-_largeI can’t say I ever wondered about it very much, but then the Wall Street Journal illuminated me. That set me off on a mini-Google search for more info about Wyndclyffe Mansion which was put on the auction block this week as a “three-story ruin of a historical mansion.” (Photo left) Continue reading “News Squib#2”

News Squib#1

Vintage black typewriter with old books and flowers on wooden tIt’s Squib Saturday. Time to share the best, most interesting (or most entertaining, or most outrageous) tidbit of information I’ve gleaned from all the stuff I’ve read this week. Today: Watch Out Big Pharma, You’re Going the Way of Big Tobacco

 

 

It’s about time, and better late than never:  Suffolk County (the one that covers the easternmost end of Long Island where I live) has put eleven big pharmaceutical companies in its crosshairs. It is suing the opioid manufacturers for, among other things, fraudulent and misleading marketing to promote the use of painkillers like OxyContin and Percocet. The biggest of the pharmas is Purdue Pharma L.P., which manufacturers OxyContin,  an “opium-like painkiller” which is “highly addictive and dangerous.” Continue reading “News Squib#1”