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2011 October

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Tom's Blog

From vehicle maintenance to community issues, Tom covers what matters to drivers in Portland.

Tom’s Tidbits- Going Postal

Greetings! I conducted a personal survey of friends and family, asking “what do you think about the current situation with

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Keith Tucker’s October 2011 “What Now?!!” Toon

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News To Make You Furious- OCCUPY Movement Spreads To Portland

“News to Make You Furious” is usually about the appalling things going on around us that no one pays any

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Popcorn- Driving Laws by State

Whether you’re planning an out-of-state road trip or an out-of-state move, the vehicle laws of the other states probably fall

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Popcorn- Free Fall Research Page

You decide to try skydiving for your birthday, but you get a little too excited and the last thing you

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Popcorn- Heat your house with a hair dryer

One of the best ways to reduce energy use is conservation, and people are catching on.  As just one example,

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Popcorn- Rainy Day Fun: Popsicle Stick Bombs

There are too many people with too much time on their hands, and too many of them post their doings

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Popcorn- Australia’s Evil Anti-Dwyer

We hope you know how hard we work for you to enjoy your experience with Tom Dwyer Automotive.  If you

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Book Spotlight- “Into the Buzzsaw: Leading Journalists Expose The Myth of a Free Press”

As we’re writing this, it is Day 13 of the “Occupy Wall Street” protest.  People who are fed up with

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Sellwood Bridge Update- Crumbling bridge is focus for MoveOn.org rally

It’s been a busy month for the bridge, and there’s more on the way.  MoveOn.org and Rebuild The Dream were

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Drew’s Kitchen- Sea Scallops With Sherry and Saffron Couscous

This simple seafood recipe first appeared in the 2001 “Martha Stewart Living”, but has been a strong player in Drew’s

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Health Notes- The shocking truth about “fresh-squeezed” orange juice

(Reprinted from Mercola.com, August, 2011) If you buy orange juice at the store, you may lean towards the kind that

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