So the clock in my shop died … or did it just need new batteries?!? Who cares, I made a new shop clock! I took the thin outer pieces of the 100+ year old oak I broke down a couple of months ago and made an asymmetrical, modern, rustic, eclectic, colorful, something-or-other clock. At least …read in detail
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It was a bright, cold day in April
“The history of storytelling isn’t one of simply entertaining the masses but of also advising, instructing, challenging the status quo.” —Therese Fowler As a trained historian I am supposed to be used to telling stories, or at least interpretations of the evidence in a logical yet pleasing narrative.  I must admit however that I have been …read in detail
Television and Electronics Cabinet
After you come to grips with the fact that monks do watch television … While at the abbey for a little vacation, the abbot asked if I would build a new electronics cabinet for the monastery. Since he is the one that pays the bills, it was one of those “offers you cannot refuse.” I …read in detail
Yeah, I Went to #WIA2015 … It Was Kinda Cool
What in the tar-nations is going on around here? Â Two blogs in one week, not to mention their updates. Â If I weren’t the one running this show, I would probably have unsubscribed already. Now that we have cleared out the riffraff, they know who they are, I just wanted to let everyone know that I …read in detail
I Wore a Beard Before Beards Were a Thing
So … I learned a new word this week: lumber-sexual – what part of the seedy underbelly of the Internet did he fall into without us?. According to Urban Dictionary, he (not being a misogynist, it is gender specific) is defined as “a metro-sexual who has the need to hold on to some outdoor based …read in detail
So You’ve Heard of a Lazy Sunday, How About a Lazy Week?
In this week’s blog, I thought it might be interesting to take you on a journey through my week in woodworking. The only problem with doing that is that it was a completely unproductive week – we think it has to do with the fact that we were talking unionizing and the ‘Man‘ just cut …read in detail
Happy Paper Anniversary! Paper, Really?!?
On the first day of the month of November, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and thirteen at 1:01pm, central daylight savings time, the first ever MonkWerks video was uploaded to YouTube – and he is still as melodramatic as ever. So Happy Anniversary! If you will indulge me for a minute – …read in detail