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8211 SE 6th Ave
Portland, OR 97202

8am - 6pm Monday - Friday
Office Only: 8am - 11am Saturday

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From vehicle maintenance to community issues, Tom covers what matters to drivers in Portland.

Drew’s Kitchen- Asian-style Peanut Noodles

Last month Drew doused us in the gooey cheese of Switzerland with his Classic Cheese Fondue recipe.  This month it’s

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Shop Talk- Your oil level is YOUR responsibility!

We’ve had some clients return for their 4000 or 6000 mile Minor Interval Service with little or no oil registering

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Health Notes- What’s good for GM may not be good for you

Genetically Modified (GM) foods aren’t popular in Europe, where bans and restrictions are common.  Here in the US, we can’t

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Sellwood Bridge Update- An explosive Bridge Update!

Now that the big Shoo-Fly move is history, construction on the new bridge is settling down to a normal routine. 

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Book Spotlight- “Kids For Cash” by William Ecenbarger

Our “News To Make You Furious” column this month brought you stories about For-Profit Prisons, and the centerpiece example of

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Humorousness- 30 glimpses of the real Portland

Last month’s “Humorousness” brought you jokes about Oregonians.  This month we’ll hit even closer to home with BuzzFeed’s list of

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Tom’s Tidbits- Death from above… Drones are here to stay.

Greetings! Drones are the latest profit driven tool of the military/industrial/congressional complex.  In some ways it’s surprising that it’s taken

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What NOW?!! Toon for March

   

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Popcorn Shorts for March

Just like it says, Popcorn Shorts is about the kind of things we think are really interesting, but don’t really

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News To Make You Furious- Prison For Profit- The low price of your liberty

Profit is great.  Enlightened self-interest is a spectacular motivator that drives our economic system.  Nothing incentivizes a behavior like making

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News To Make You Furious- With Liberty and Justice for those who can afford it

Two things increased our ire this month, and it doesn’t take a very close look to see that they are

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Popcorn- BP spill almost returns to the news

Ahh, the agony of irony!  Two stories in the continuing saga of the BP destruction of the Gulf of Mexico

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