Category Archives: 2021 July

Asset Recycling

Posted on July 22, 2021 by tomdwyer

Asset Recycling Private companies taking over the assets WE paid for… what could possibly go wrong? Buried deep within the stalled infrastructure package is a vague list of possible ways to pay for it. Somewhere on that list is something … Continue reading →

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Longtime Client Passes Major Milestone

Posted on July 22, 2021 by tomdwyer

Longtime Client Passes a Major Milestone Which gives us a chance to explain our 15-years-old-and-newer policy It was late on a busy Friday afternoon when Client Paul G. asked us to look at his car… RIGHT THEN. Paul’s 2001 Subaru … Continue reading →

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Tom’s Tidbits- Pigs… In… SPAAAAAACE!

Posted on July 22, 2021 by tomdwyer

Greetings, For my 9-year-old best friend Greg and I, the Moon was the center of the Universe in 1969. We built the models and listened to the news, and our whole school was transfixed by a black-and-white TV in the … Continue reading →

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Book Spotlight- The Trump-Tell-All Final Parade of Shame

Posted on July 22, 2021 by tomdwyer

A wave of Trump horrifying Trump anecdotes hit the airwaves this month. It’s not that he did anything new, it’s that at least six new political tell-all books are about to hit the shelves. Trump himself has been a pathetic, … Continue reading →

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Shop Talk- Sellwood’s Dick Samuels passes

Posted on July 22, 2021 by tomdwyer

Comment of the Month This month’s Comment is a whole article by David Ashton at the Sellwood Bee, recognizing the passing of Richard Samuels. Dick was the owner of the Oregon Pacific Railroad, the short-line railroad that operates in … Continue reading →

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Health Notes- Sleeping your way to Health

Posted on July 22, 2021 by tomdwyer

The new science of sleep: Everything we know about how it affects your health and brain Dr. Matthew Walker on ScienceFocus.com, Jul 2021 (from the article) “There is no major health system within your body or … Continue reading →

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Popcorn Shorts for July 2021

Posted on July 22, 2021 by tomdwyer

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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Kyle’s Kitchen- Watermelon Lemonade

Posted on July 22, 2021 by tomdwyer

Watermelon Lemonade We’re coming up on peak summer in Oregon with a fire the size of Rhode Island, severe drought conditions for years, and still recovering from a thousand-year heat smack. All of us could use a cool and refreshing … Continue reading →

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You have an appointment with the Department of Reality Studies!

Posted on September 21, 2020 by tomdwyer

“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 →

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Welcome to THE FUNNY PAGE!

Posted on March 31, 2020 by tomdwyer

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 →