Category Archives: 2024 March
Tom’s Tidbits
Tom’s Tidbits- YOU know when investigations should start. And when they should stop. Greetings, The effort to impeach Joe Biden seems to be ending not with a bang but an embarrassing whimper, and for all the wrong reasons. … Continue reading
Come Meet The Next Generation of Auto Technicians
“Almost” Tom Dwyer Service is NOT Tom Dwyer Service! “It’s never enough”, mourned Tom Dwyer, owner of the premiere independent auto repair shop in Portland. “We keep hiring the best in the business but our clients keep demanding more. It … Continue reading
Shop Talk- When and how to check for recalls on your vehicle
When and how to check recalls on your vehicle We just missed a promotion from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the fine folks who do their best to keep us safe on the roads. When a vehicle (not … Continue reading
Kyle’s Kitchen- April Fools Day Chocolate Bunny
Entertain the adults and disappoint the kids… all at once! Ingredients: Directions:
Book Spotlight- “Profiles In Ignorance”
Andy Borowitz is a strong go-to author for April Fools! “Profiles In Ignorance” by Andy Borowitz (Publisher’s Comments)- Andy Borowitz, “one of the funniest people in America” (CBS Sunday Morning), brilliantly examines the intellectual deterioration of American politics, from Ronald … Continue reading
Health Notes- Learning from Essential Oil fan fiction
In 2021 we ran across a posting from an essential oil advocate describing an event that theoretically took place in a park but almost certainly happened in their head instead. We added a few observations of our own and included … Continue reading
Popcorn Shorts for March 2024
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
”Idiot lights”? Only if you don’t understand them!
Posted on July 11, 2013, updated Feb 2022 Some people call them “idiot lights” but they’re more properly called “dashboard warning lights”… they’re the Christmas Tree display of lights that come on every time you start your car. If everything’s running … 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