Category Archives: 2025 March
Tom’s Tidbits- Who are we? Who do we WANT to be?
Greetings, The first two months of America’s New Golden Age don’t seem to have brought a renaissance quite yet. Instead, they’ve brought confusion and fear as America’s government, values, history, community, ethics and more have been up-ended with no specifics … Continue reading
Shop Talk for March 2025
Comment of the Month This month’s Comment from Roxanne G. thanked us for something we just can’t promise to everyone… “I had an 8a appointment and was pleased to have my car finished (oil change) by noon so I could … Continue reading
Book Spotlight: The Fallacy Detective” by Nathaniel Bluedorn
“The Fallacy Detective” by Nathaniel Bluedorn The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Six Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning, by Nathaniel Bluedorn Review from Amy Butler on MrsWriteBalance.com DISCLOSURE: I RECEIVED THIS COMPLIMENTARY PRODUCT THROUGH THE HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW. Of all the … Continue reading
Penn, Teller, & Kyle’s Bleeding Cakes
Kyle’s Kitchen- Penn, Teller, & Kyle’s Bleeding Cakes If there’s any better day to share this recipe than April Fools it could only be Halloween, but we don’t want to wait till October to tell you about it! The original … Continue reading
Popcorn Shorts for March 2025
Popcorn Shorts Cool stuff that’s too small for a big article 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 … Continue reading
Health Notes- A break from your smartphone can reboot your mood
A break from your smartphone can reboot your mood Allison Aubrey on NPR’s Morning Edition, Feb 2025 If you order up coffee on a mobile app while scrolling your social feeds, or can’t stop watching videos and reading news articles … Continue reading
The Top Car Mechanic Scams to Avoid
The Top Car Mechanic Scams to Avoid …with a little commentary from Tom Dwyer. We ran across an article on Mechanic Scams by Timothy Boyer on Torquenews.com that described 7 of the most typical scams you’re likely to run across … Continue reading
We’re making a few changes at the shop
Get to know the new Tom Dwyer Corporate Auto Services Wonderland! by Charles Letherwood, special to “Your Car Matters” “I wrote the first rent check for Tom Dwyer Automotive Services on October 7, 1987, almost thirty-eight years ago.” We sat … 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