I can cut glass!

The Professor found an old picture that she wants framed and hung up but the problem is it is 16½x20½. That means it won't fit in a standard 16x20 inch picture frame.

Getting some frame molding and making the frame is easy but I needed a piece of glass that was the correct size.

I found an old storm window I had stashed away in the corner of my basement and I pulled it apart. Then I dug out my "always-fail" glass cutter and thought about cutting the glass but then I remembered the last time I tried to cut glass.

I have scars from that event.

So I decided to study up a bit before making my attempt and I found numerous videos of people cutting glass. They all go basically the same way:

Okay, first put the glass down on a flat surface.
Then use the glass cutter to score the glass.
Now snap the glass at the score line.

As I recall, it was at that point that the glass shattered in my hands...

But, being an idiot who will try anything twice, I set the glass sheet down on the table, put my framing square on the line I wanted to cut and ran my glass cutting wheel across the glass. Then I slide the glass over to the edge of the table, put on a pair of thick leather gloves (hey, I'm an idiot, not a moron) and proceeded to...

...snap the glass along the score line!

I couldn't believe it, it went just like it was suppossed to go and didn't explode in my hands like the last time.

I repeated the process to give me the final dimensions and it went just as well as the first time.

So now I have a piece of glass that will fit the print nicely. Tomorrow I will run over to Lowes to pick up some framing molding. Then it's a matter of cutting the molding to length with nice 45° angles, gluing & pinning it together and once the glue dries, staining to match the woodwork in the house.

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I wanted to talk about this incident.

The SouthWest passenger plane was cleared to take off while the FedEx cargo plane was landing. This was in visibility of less than 2 miles.

The SouthWest pilots could not see what was going on behind them and the FedEx pilots couldn't see the SouthWest plane until they were almost on top of it.

At one point the FedEx plane was only 77 feet above the ground. The tail of a Boeing 737 is 57 feet above the ground. That means the bottom of the Fed Ex (FX1432) plane was only about 20 feet above the tail of the SouthWest (WN708) plane.

The FedEx plane was traveling at 161mph as it was landing when the pilot suddenly radios he is "on the go", jams the throttles full forward and initiates a go-around to avoid crashing into the SouthWest.

If it wasn't for those FedEx pilots, this would have been a devastating crash, killing hundreds of people.

And this is all the direct fault of the air traffic controller in the tower not paying enough attention to what was going on in his area of control.

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Time to make some dinner.

Enjoy these links:

• Key line in this story: "It has gone too far and it’s hypocritical. How can you keep Pete Rose out and have a sportsbook at the Reds stadium."



• Tommy Flanagan is up to no good, again.



• What a nice guy.



• I'm no longer a fan of Saturday Night live because, well, the humor is geared towards people who are young & hip & able to stay up past 9:30. But this made me laugh out loud. Particularly the part at the 1:40 mark.



• Oh Canada.



• I believe the proper pron term is "glory hole".

A bit cold

I woke up at 3:45 this morning (that's normal for me) and decided to check the temperature. This is what I found:

That's damned cold.

I didn't check the wind speeds but I could hear it and it was loud.

Welcome to New England.

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The Professors car is in the shop because apparently some mice chewed through a vacuum line.

So now I have multiple mouse traps liberally coated with peanut butter sitting in our garage and I'm hoping to eleiminate as many meeses as possible.

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There will be some golf on my tv and some chicken on my plate this evening.

While I do that, you can do these:

• China is missing a "weather balloon"...



• Key line in this story: "Stay warm, stay safe and we’ll see you on the mountain (just not today)!"



• Only in Florida.



• Attention criminals: Don't leave your beverages at the scene of the crime.



• Here's your Naked Guy In The News story.

The floors are done

This morning I put the final transition down, completing The Vets floor project.

Don't misundertand, she did 99% of the work on her floors, I just did the transitions and I didn't even do everything with them. I just cut them, she stained them and urethaned them.

Basically, she did everything, I just used a saw and a nail gun for a few minutes.

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At 2:00 this afternoon, it was 12°.

At 4:00 this afternoon, it was 9°.

They say it's going to be -7° at midnight tonight.

Add the 18 to 25 mph wind and that is what is known as f'in cold.

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The NHL has reached the all-star break so the Bruins are off until February 11th when they will face off against the Capitals..

Thanks goodness I still have plenty of DVRs to watch.

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I'm going to figure out what to make for dinner and then make it. After that, it's DVR time.

While I do that, you can do these:

• Oh Canada.



• Things are out of control in Canada.



• I guess us good lookin' people can go maskless.



• I would like to point out that this happens every year. We call it "winter".



• Apparently it is against the law to pound pork in Iceland.



• Truth-averse is my new favorite phrase.

Oops.

I forgot to write up a posting today

I did manage to get one of the transitions installed

I may have gotten sawdust all over her floor...

She finished putting a coat of urethane on the other pieces and tomorrow I will install the transition between the dining room & the kitchen.

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The Bruins won last night, beating the Maple Leafs 5-2.

Tomorrow they play the Capitals at 3:30 so I should be able to watch all of that game no problem.

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I'll try to remember to write something up tomorrow.

I'll also try to remember to include links.

Lazy day today

Today was a bit of a lazy day. Really, all I did was run over to campus (my old job) and hang out with some folks.

When I was working there, I walked every day. Our department admin, Gail, saw me and asked if she could walk with me. Eventually, another guy, Greg, saw us and he joined in.

When I left there, the admin asked if I would still walk with her so every Wednesday I go over and we walk for a bit. Sometimes Greg joins in

Mostly we chit-chat and today Gail said it was too cold so we all sat around her office chit-chatting for an hour or so.

Next week we will walk.

Unless it's too cold.

Or raining.

Or snowing.

Basically, the weather has to be perfect for us to walk.

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Yes, there will be hockey this evening.

Yes, I will try to stay awake to watch all of it.

Yes, I doubt I will make it to the end.

I am tired...

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Here are some links that you can check out:

• Something tells me that most social media sites don't have a good handle on censorship.



• Attention criminals: You should avoid snowy areas.



• Another reason I'm glad I stopped riding motorcyles.



• Australia: What doesn't try to kill ya, just wants to have sex with you.



• Key line in this story: "We couldn't believe what we were seeing."



• This is why you don't let your kid use your phone.