Category Archives: 2020 November
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Kyle’s Kitchen- Cranberry Apple Stuffed Pork Loin
Drew’s retirement has meant the Kitchen has been quiet for the last month… no clashing pans, no sizzling sauces, no laughing or talking over good food. We can’t have that, though, and even in CovidWorld our virtual Kitchen has room … Continue reading
You have an appointment with the Department of Reality Studies!
“My ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Do you believe that? We don’t. Basic science, even basic consensual reality, seems under attack these days. Science and education are increasingly something for the ‘elite’; something to be distrusted by … Continue reading
Welcome to THE FUNNY PAGE!
THE FUNNY PAGE If you never read our monthly Humorousness column, you see the problem… no one else ever read it either. That’s a shame, too, because there was some pretty funny stuff on it. Once in a while. Well, … Continue reading