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Dr. Dvorak

Dr. Jim Dvorak is Vice President Academic and Professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

New patio table

A while back, the lovely CJD asked me to make her a little table for the patio that she could set next to her chair. Here it is. It's made with cheap lumber (= pine) and a lot of pocket screws. 😛 If you look close, you will see flaws in both the w...

Replacing an oven lightbulb

Our oven lightbulb burned out (no pun intended), so I replaced it. It is about as simple a #DIY job as one can do. How many PhD's does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Apparently only one.🙂

It's a great day!

Not only is it "Friday, Jr.," it's new (to me) books day! Friends, if you are in the Greater Toronto Area and need books, contact Bernice at READ On Books. She can get you pretty much anything you need (not to mention that she's just an awesome pe...

Blower fan barely blowing air in your car?

On our drive from The Farm to Tulsa, at about Kansas City, we noticed that the A/C was not cooling the car as it should. Actually, as it turned out, it was not a problem with the A/C but a problem with air flow out of the vents. Even with fan on h...

Moving the cows

Before hitting the road for Oklahoma, we had one last farm activity (that took only a couple of minutes).

My favorite place on the planet

Here's a view of the outbuildings at The Farm.

'08 Astra Oil Pan Resealed!

You've probably heard me talk about it before (on my YouTube channel), but in case not . . . the oil pan (a.k.a., "sump") on my 2008 Saturn Astra was leaking. It was to the point that I was giving my car a good oil undercoating and I could smell i...

Father's Day Gift from the Kiddos

An obstruction wrench set with both metric and SAE. Thanks Sydney and Hagan!!(I'm a sucker for tools)