This weekend’s College Football Index: 1
Clemson didn’t play this week (which means they neither won nor lost). South Carolina was so close to upsetting the number four team in the country that the loss hurts.
Gregory Pittman
Welcome! This site is more a hobby than anything else. I like to keep a hand in coding HTML and CSS, so this is my playground. Don't take anything you read here too seriously; it's just my opinion.
- Husband to an amazing choral director
- Dad to 7: 3 bio, 2 step, 2 canine
- High School assistant principal (by way of the choral music classroom for 20 years)
- Professional musician
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- Hobbies: Reading, television and movies, photography, fountain pens, LEGO®, and weather
Recent Ruminations
When your ambition outpaces your systems, you crash. It’s inevitable.
Church, A. (Guest), Sparks, D., & Schmitz, M. (Hosts). (2025, October 21). Less But Better (No. 241) [Audio podcast episode]. In Focused. Relay.
This weekend’s College Football Index: 2
South Carolina may not win another game this season, but a Clemson loss is like a spoonful of sugar.
I did not need these donuts, but I ate them like I did.
For months, my vehicle’s dashboard has insisted my front left tire was low on air, while all the other tires were showing full pressure. Every time I checked, though, the pressure in that tire was fine. After an oil change and tire rotation, the dealer confirmed my car was safe to drive, chalking it up to an aging pressure monitor. A $250 replacement didn’t seem worth it. I figured I could live without it and just check my tires the old-fashioned way, like we did before computers took over cars.
Tonight, I checked all of my tires and discovered the dashboard had been right all along. Sort of. The sensor wasn’t wrong; it was mis-mapped; the real culprit was my left rear tire, and it was dangerously low on air. Like 15 PSI!
So not only was the sensor misidentifying, the dealer never filled the tires during the rotation. That’s if they rotated the tires at all. 🤬
This weekend’s College Football Index: 1
It was a better showing against LSU than I expected, but still a loss.
My wife and I are watching “The 1% Club,” and they just made a mistake. They said the word “own” has only one vowel. But, did you know that w can function as a vowel? And it functions as a vowel in “own.”
My experiment with Navidrome is ending. It’s a great idea, but too limiting in comparison to other available options. I also tried Roon; it’s so close yet so far away. I will either stick with Apple Music or go with Vox, which lets me combine and intermingle my own music files with a Qobuz account.
This weekend’s College Football Index: 3
South Carolina moved to 3 and 2 on the season with pretty solid play all around. Clemson didn’t play this weekend, so I’ll leave the index at a 3.
I am not yet very impressed with Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine. But you can tell it has been a while since we’ve seen the potential for a landfalling storm here.