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Keith Tucker’s Toons for 2019
We’re pleased and proud to have Emmy-award winning cartoonist and illustrator Keith Tucker contribute one of his “What NOW?!!” Toons for our newsletter each month. Here’s his offering to close out the year, followed by all his Toons for 2019. … Continue reading
Holiday Shopping Extravaganza
Amid the bustle and rush of Holiday shopping it’s too easy to forget the most important people on your gift list… your mechanics! After all, what have your spouse or kids done for you lately? Bet they weren’t out there … Continue reading
Drew’s Kitchen- 2019 Wrap-Up
You’ve seen Drew Pearson behind the desk as one of our longest-serving Service Advisors, but you may not know that he’s been the ‘Drew’ behind ‘Drew’s Kitchen’ since our newsletter began about 15 years ago. Many of his older recipes … Continue reading
Popcorn Shorts for December 2019
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 sublime to … Continue reading
News To Make You Furious for December 2019
We started our News To Make You Furious column in simpler times. 2010 brought the 20th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster, and investigative reporter Greg Palast seemed ready to recognize the event even if the rest of the Media … Continue reading
News To Make You Furious- Even more of the iceberg is revealed
The News is rightly consumed with the White House dumpster fire and impeachment drama. Every day brings new revelations about petty people perverting the basic processes of government for their own narrow greed. As we dwell on this abomination it’s … Continue reading
Tom’s Tidbits- You make everything we do possible.
Greetings, This month marks a major milestone in our Referral Reward Program. We’ve donated to hundreds of non-profit groups so far, and our donation total just passed an amazing $27,000! I say “we’ve donated”, but it’s really “you’ve donated” because … Continue reading
What NOW?!! Toon for August, 2019
We’re committed to the environment. So what?
It affects every part of our business! What’s the biggest contributor to atmospheric carbon dioxide? It’s not belching smokestacks or farting cows, it’s your car. Well, probably not your car individually, but in 2010 NASA announced that road transportation had … Continue reading
SkyNet Takes The Wheel- Brakes aren’t the problem with self-drivers… it’s when to use them
NIGHTMARE SCENARIO: You’re driving down the road when a child darts out in front of you. There’s no room to brake, but as you start to swerve you see the jogger in the other lane. No way around it, either … Continue reading