Rode the fixed gear today. I made sure I pumped up my tires nice and hard to avoid the problems I had last time I rode the fixie. I also took some advice from Read-It (BF censors the actual name of the site???) to unscrew the valve core, apply a bit of blue loc-tite and screw the core back in. That should help prevent the core from coming out next time I use a screw-on frame pump. I also know how to depressurize the pump hose before unscrewing it. All this would not be necessary if those stupid cores didn't come out.

I need to learn that if the needle on the thermometer on my house is pointing at a number less than 10C, I should wear long sleeves.