tablues.net

testdrivinglife.blogspot.com

Test Driving Life: October 2013

http://testdrivinglife.blogspot.com/2013_10_01_archive.html

Sunday, October 27, 2013. Nissan JUKE NISMO - Affordable Little Piece of the Racetrack. The Nissan JUKE is a strange little animal. It's a sporty compact crossover, with wheels at the corners and a high window line. Its face is not pretty. But it's practical, seating four and carrying nearly 36 cubic feet of gear when the seats fold flat. NISMO stands for NIS. The lightweight alloy wheels on the JUKE NISMO are 18-inchers - an inch larger than the standard JUKE's, and their spokes are sprayed a two-tone g...

testdrivinglife.blogspot.com

Test Driving Life: Writing

http://testdrivinglife.blogspot.com/2014/03/writing.html

Monday, March 3, 2014. I guess I take writing for granted. But today, a colleague asked me about it. She is eager to start writing, but doesn't know where to begin. I said, "You can start a blog in 10 minutes," but also went on to talk with her about what she wanted to write, and why. What is writing, anyway? Now, you're a writer. Much of the armored vehicles including technicals. And marauders have the ability to scavenge destroyed enemy vehicles to. Upgrade their firepower. Team Fnatic MSI took. Subscr...

testdrivinglife.blogspot.com

Test Driving Life: Bentley GTC: Mission Incredible

http://testdrivinglife.blogspot.com/2007/10/bentley-gtc-mission-incredible.html

Wednesday, October 17, 2007. Bentley GTC: Mission Incredible. 8220;Good morning, Mr. Schaefer. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to drive our Glacier White Bentley GTC from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Tomorrow.”. I chauffeured my teenage son to his weightlifting group. His pals surrounded the car and started snapping away with their cell phone cameras. All of the 14-year olds knew exactly what the car was, but had never seen one in the flesh. My tester was upgraded to the premium Mulline...

testdrivinglife.blogspot.com

Test Driving Life: The Beatles: My Musical Inspiration - 50 Years Later

http://testdrivinglife.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-beatles-my-musical-inspiration-50.html

Saturday, February 8, 2014. The Beatles: My Musical Inspiration - 50 Years Later. This Sunday marks the 50. Anniversary of the Beatles’ appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. When Paul McCartney counted out the beginning of All My Loving. I was hooked. And why not? To a boy approaching his 11. Birthday, they were heroes – cool, powerful, and they seemed to be having a great time together. Besides that, the music was brilliant. Music critics started opining about their use of unusual chords and...Grade dance...

testdrivinglife.blogspot.com

Test Driving Life: July 2014

http://testdrivinglife.blogspot.com/2014_07_01_archive.html

Saturday, July 19, 2014. When I started Test Driving Life in 2007, I just wanted a place where I could speak my mind. In 2011 I blogged daily as an experiment. By early 2014, I apparently had run out of gas, and so March 3 was the last post before this one. I'll tell you where I've been. I've been on a crusade to avoid using blood pressure medication! The method was to lose 25 pounds by quitting eating sugar, supplemented by walking 5 miles a day. Let's hear it for the fantastic Fitbit. This photo (I'm o...

testdrivinglife.blogspot.com

Test Driving Life: November 2013

http://testdrivinglife.blogspot.com/2013_11_01_archive.html

Sunday, November 24, 2013. 500L - More Fiat for your Family. Big 500L looms behind 500. After a long absence, Fiat returned to our shores a couple of years ago with the cute little 500. About the size of a MINI Cooper hardtop, the pint-size retro two-door hatchback is cute and fun to drive, and has proven economical and reliable so far. Well, for 2014, the new 500L. As I drove around I was surprised that nobody was staring at me. Did they think it was a regular 500? Couldn't they tell it was much bigger?

testdrivinglife.blogspot.com

Test Driving Life: December 2013

http://testdrivinglife.blogspot.com/2013_12_01_archive.html

Sunday, December 29, 2013. My Friend Lowell is Gone. I knew it was coming, but when Lowell Moulton died yesterday, I let out a big sigh and didn’t want to believe it. It wasn’t long ago that we were playing music together in the congeniality of the Odd Fellows monthly blues jams. As in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. I had the privilege of preparing and bringing Lowell dinner one night, and we played some music together. On another occasion, I drove him to San Francisco for a medical appointment. I a...I&#82...

testdrivinglife.blogspot.com

Test Driving Life: Getting healthy!

http://testdrivinglife.blogspot.com/2014/07/getting-healthy.html

Saturday, July 19, 2014. When I started Test Driving Life in 2007, I just wanted a place where I could speak my mind. In 2011 I blogged daily as an experiment. By early 2014, I apparently had run out of gas, and so March 3 was the last post before this one. I'll tell you where I've been. I've been on a crusade to avoid using blood pressure medication! The method was to lose 25 pounds by quitting eating sugar, supplemented by walking 5 miles a day. Let's hear it for the fantastic Fitbit. This photo (I'm o...

testdrivinglife.blogspot.com

Test Driving Life: Trip back to Spring of 1967 - Courtesy of SiriusXM Channel 6

http://testdrivinglife.blogspot.com/2015/05/trip-back-to-spring-of-1967-courtesy-of.html

Saturday, May 9, 2015. Trip back to Spring of 1967 - Courtesy of SiriusXM Channel 6. I often listen to Lou Simon's Satellite Survey on SiriusXM. The weekend or the repeat Wednesday at 6 pm Lou recreates the top 40 from that week in a particular year. The best part is the bottom of the survey, where the songs live that, if they never rose into the top 10, rarely if ever get airplay. By the Seeds. How long since you've heard THAT one? For today, though, it's two hours of classics- from my favorite part of ...

testdrivinglife.blogspot.com

Test Driving Life: Classical Afternoon with the Prometheus Symphony Orchestra

http://testdrivinglife.blogspot.com/2014/01/classical-afternoon-with-prometheus.html

Sunday, January 26, 2014. Classical Afternoon with the Prometheus Symphony Orchestra. My wife just sent me an article about the decline in interest in Classical music. That may well be so, but that wasn't what I saw in Oakland, California today, when I attended a packed church to hear three renowned classical pieces. I play in an orchestra myself, so I like to go hear this music performed whenever I can. I have several friends in the Prometheus Symphony Orchestra. As a bassist, I chose to sit where I cou...