Author Archives: tomdwyer

Health Notes- Nothing Is More Important Than YOUR Health!

Why have a “Health” column in an auto shop newsletter?  Because YOU are the most important part of your vehicle, so keeping your vehicle “safe, breakdown-free, and operating at its best” starts with YOU.  It turns out that Health is … Continue reading

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Book Spotlight- Leading You To The Reading You’re Needing

We love books at Tom Dwyer because books give us time to think in a world where time (and thought) is an all-too-rare commodity.  Books give authors all the time they want to marshal their best thoughts, and readers all … Continue reading

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Humorousness- A Full Year of Jeers, Sneers, and Cheers

Our world changes around us every day and in some very scary ways.  Of course it’s always been that way, and if these shocks are now scarier and more frequent… well, Humor is still our best defense.  None of us … Continue reading

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Popcorn Shorts- Short Stories That Will Keep You Crunching

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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News To Make You Furious- A Year Of Rage On Just One Page!

In today’s world a column called “News To Make You Furious” may seem superfluous, but we think it’s important.  It started on the 10th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster when Greg Palast went to the crash site to see … Continue reading

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Tom’s Tidbits- We’ve been in Sellwood 30 years. With your help, we’ll be here 30 more!

Greetings, Why would any sane person start their own business?  The romantic notion is of a driven entrepreneur working well over 80 hours a week against long odds, to avoid working 40 for others.   Their mission is sustained by a … Continue reading

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Keith Tucker is back in the What NOW?!! Toons drivers’ seat!

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30 years in Sellwood! It’s been 30 years in Sellwood. Let’s do 30 more!

On October 7, 1987, Tom Dwyer wrote the first rent check for a tiny part of a building at SE 6th and Tenino, “at the East End of the Sellwood Bridge”.  Things have changed a little since then… the Bridge … Continue reading

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Here’s What Effective Journalism Looks Like A feel-good story about things working like they should. Sort of.

People can only act to fix things in our world when they know about them, but it seems like solid, actionable information gets lost these days in a blizzard of drivel. That’s why a recent story from 60 Minutes and … Continue reading

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Where The Rubber Meets The Road Tire Basics boot camp

Did you know we sell tires?  We do, and we have for many years. Among the many other features of our shop, we’re an “America’s Tire” dealer, so from Avon and Bridgestone to Uniroyal and Zenna, we have a full … Continue reading

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