Category Archives: Newsletter Columns
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
Who are domestic enemies? The ones that want to steal your vote
Greetings! Federal employees take an oath to support and defend the Constitution “against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” It appears in the oaths of Representatives and Senators, members of the military, and most police organizations. (Interestingly, a President’s oath doesn’t … Continue reading
Popcorn Shorts for October 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
Goodbye Drew!
One of our longest-serving Service Advisors heads into the sunset. There’s pretty high personnel turnover at most repair shops, but not so much at Tom Dwyer Automotive Services. In an industry where job length is measured in months our folks … Continue reading