Category Archives: Features

What NOW?!! Toon for Feb-Mar 2018

Posted on March 28, 2018 by tomdwyer

Posted in 2018 Feb-Mar NL, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters, What NOW Toons | Tagged bolton, keith tucker, toons, trump, war | Comments Off

What NOW?!! Toons- Year End Toon Blowout!

Posted on January 3, 2018 by tomdwyer

We’ve thrown down a gauntlet that no other shop has picked up… as far as we know we remain the only auto repair shop in the country with our own political cartoonist! The artist who makes that boast possible is … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 Dec-Jan, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters, What NOW Toons | Tagged cartoons, keith tucker, satire, toons, what now toons | Comments Off

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

Posted on November 17, 2017 by tomdwyer

Posted in 2017 Oct-Nov, humor, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters, What NOW Toons | Tagged cartoons, keith tucker, toons, what now toons | Comments Off

Where The Rubber Meets The Road Tire Basics boot camp

Posted on November 17, 2017 by tomdwyer

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 →

Posted in 2017 Oct-Nov, Feature Articles, Features, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters | Tagged all-season rating, basics, bridgestone, buying tires, compare, comparison, continental, cooper, cost per mile, dunlop, feature articles, features, fit, fuzion, goodrich, hankoop, hercules, kelly, kumho, manufacturer, michelin, nexen, nokian, pirelli, speed rating, tire basics, tire rating, tire rotation, tire size, tire size numbers, tires, traction, treadwear, uniroyal, warranty | Comments Off

Keith Tucker’s What NOW?!! Toon GUEST ARTIST!

Posted on September 27, 2017 by tomdwyer

Keith Tucker, our in-house political cartoonist, is on sort of a working vacation this issue. He’s on deadline to put the finishing touches on a book documenting his work on “Jem and the Holograms”, a 1980’s … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 Aug-Sep, humor, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters, What NOW Toons | Tagged holograms, jem, jen and the holograms, keith, keith tucker, toons, what now toons | Comments Off

A De-Fishing Story- James Magmer’s hobby combines fishing, environment, and art

Posted on September 27, 2017 by tomdwyer

“My Dad always loved the outdoors and just hated seeing the trash left behind by thoughtless people. He taught me to always leave the environment better than I found it. Always.” That lesson has stayed with James Magmer, our longest-term … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 Aug-Sep, Feature Articles, Features, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters | Tagged art, ASE certified, environmental, feature articles, features, fishing, james magmer, lures, magmer, rivers, technician, trash, trashfishing | Comments Off

Humorousness- Recognizing the IgNobelity with our own Quiz

Posted on September 27, 2017 by tomdwyer

It’s Humorousness time again, and for this slightly odd newsletter that means Science time. In September the Annals of Improbable Research held the 27th First Annual Ig® Nobel Prize Ceremony and Lectures to announce its Ig Nobel Prizes, awarded for “ten unusual or … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 Aug-Sep, humor, Humorousness, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters | Tagged contest, economics, fluid dynamics, humor, humorousnesses, ignobel, ignobel prize, medicine | Comments Off

Keith Tucker’s What NOW?!! Toon for June and July, 2017

Posted on July 27, 2017 by tomdwyer

Posted in 2017 June and July, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters, What NOW Toons | Tagged fraud, keith tucker, kobach, trump, tucker, voting | Comments Off

Humorousness- Boy Scouting in the Trumpocracy PLUS- Our first Humorousness contest!

Posted on July 27, 2017 by tomdwyer

If you’re a fan of dark humor then the daily string of cringe-inducing facepalms from the Trump administration can be its own kind of fun. Nothing exemplifies this more than Trump’s recent abuse of 40,000 boys at the 2017 Boy … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 June and July, humor, Humorousness, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters, Politics | Tagged boy scouts, humor, humorousness, trump | Comments Off

News To Make You Furious- Jeff Sessions plays “Dukes of Hazzard” for real

Posted on July 27, 2017 by tomdwyer

What made us Furious in 2014? A little-known law enforcement technique called “Civil Asset Forfeiture”, an abusive aberration of justice allowing police to stop people and seize their property without charging them with any crime, then switching the basic presumption … Continue reading →