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THE story of 2020

        THE Story of 2020 THE story around the shop this year, obviously, as it was for literally every other person and business on the planet, was Covid.  Some of our team have had friends and family … Continue reading

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Book Spotlight for December 2020

Our Book Spotlight might not shine on every book, but is shines on some of the books we think are the most interesting and useful out there.  For the last decade we’ve featured one book per month, but the chaos … Continue reading

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Tidbits for December 2020

Greetings, In these last two weeks of the most surreal year our country has seen so far, normality seems about as believable as Santa Claus.  Our lives have been upended by disease, our economy destroyed, our government is in tatters.  … Continue reading

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Dwyer Local Business Buying Guide

Please help your friends and neighbors during these Covid Holidays! Facebook friend Mary A. had a good idea… “I’m planning on buying as many Christmas gifts as I can from friends’ pages and local shops this year. Whether it’s candles, … Continue reading

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What’s Wrong With My Car?

Diagnosing vehicle problems requires more than a code reader or gut feeling The Car Talk guys did the automotive world a bit of a disservice.  They led people to believe complex automotive problems can be accurately diagnosed in 4 minutes … Continue reading

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Shop Talk for November 2020

Tom Dwyer Holiday Schedule Vehicle maintenance may not be high on your priority list during the Holiday season, but your vehicle may have other ideas.  If you need an appointment with us in November or December, here’s our schedule… Open … Continue reading

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Death by Denial

Greetings, “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.” Trump’s chilling remark hasn’t been tested literally (as of today), but the reasoning behind it has.  5th Avenue is in a city … Continue reading

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Book Spotlight- How we got here, what’s happening, where we go

        Origins Of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt “How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times, even if they are different and perhaps less … Continue reading

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Popcorn Shorts for November 2020

Just like it says, Popcorn Shorts is about the kind of things we think are really interesting, but don’t really need a large article to explain them.  From the sublime to the ridiculous, check in here for crunchy bits of … Continue reading

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Health Notes- The absolute worst pain you can experience

There’s a joke that “minor pain is any pain happening to someone else”.  OK, it’s not a great joke, but it points out the relativity of pain.  Nothing compares with the pain of a stubbed toe until you break an … Continue reading

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