http://gawain.org/blog Learning to drive upside down... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The day of the Haitian earthquake we had stopped to pray several times for the victims, the families and the rescuers. My wife occasionally sees visions when she prays. She saw two that day. The first was of what she thought was a woman's face peering out from the rubble. ... http://gawain.org/blog/2010/01/18/haiti/ I'll be at Puckett's Grocery in downtown Franklin this Friday night (yes, the day after Thanksgiving) playing some great blues, funk, fusion and more with Ace of Blues. It's gonna be fun! The food at Puckett's is great (if you still have any room left over by then) and the atmosphere ... http://gawain.org/blog/2009/11/23/ace-of-blues-black-friday/ I think I'd have to say that autumn has always been my favorite time of year. Here in Tennessee it arrives more gently than in my home state of Connecticut, but the foliage can be just as nice. This year we've had a bunch of rain, (OK, a little too ... http://gawain.org/blog/2009/10/22/fall-in-tennessee/ [caption id="attachment_596" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Lucas Luhr in the Audi R15 TDI during Friday practice for the 2009 Petit Le Mans (click to enlarge)"][/caption] Here's Lucas Luhr again, this time during Friday during practice, Turn 1 at Road Atlanta. The Audi R15 TDI had been freshly polished to a mirror sheen and ... http://gawain.org/blog/2009/10/01/audi-r15-practice/ Here's a picture I took during Saturday's Petit Le Mans. This is Lucas Luhr. When I took this picture Lucas was cruising by in his Audi at a stately 130mph or so with his foot solidly planted to the floor. In traffic, I should add. Why on earth was he ... http://gawain.org/blog/2009/09/28/what-is-lucas-doing/ Here's a few highlight pictures from Road Atlanta during Friday's practice and qualifying sessions. [caption id="attachment_555" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Copyright © 2009 Gawain Reifsnyder"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_556" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Copyright © 2009 Gawain Reifsnyder"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_557" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Copyright © 2009 Gawain Reifsnyder"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_558" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Copyright © 2009 Gawain Reifsnyder"][/caption] There's more to come, so ... http://gawain.org/blog/2009/09/26/petit-le-mans-friday-1/ When I was in school, math homework was my nemesis. The seemingly endless (and at the time, seemingly pointless) repetition drove me crazy. As a kid, I wasn't given much sense of the practical usefulness of any of the things I was being taught. I had much more important things ... http://gawain.org/blog/2009/09/21/geek-dad-vs-normal-dad/ [caption id="attachment_501" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Copyright © 2009 Gawain Reifsnyder"][/caption] Ever heard the old adage “I'd rather be lucky than good?” Sign me up. I must be luckier than that little green leprechaun on the front of my cereal box. While fishing for bass at an undisclosed location (Don't ask. I won't ... http://gawain.org/blog/2009/09/09/id-rather-be-lucky-than-good/ [caption id="attachment_468" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Copyright © 2007 Gawain Reifsnyder"][/caption] Once again the calendar has rolled around to one of my favorite times of the year. The crisp fall air, the smell of race gas, the howl of a twin-turbocharged V-12 on the boil… The Petit Le Mans is one of the most ... http://gawain.org/blog/2009/09/04/2009-petit-le-mans/ [caption id="attachment_443" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="The “Led Sled” Copyright © 2005 Gawain Reifsnyder"][/caption] I decided to start my midlife crisis early. I got a sports car. You might argue that my midlife crises actually began when I was 17 and got my first streetbike, but I digress. Since 2005 I've been the ... http://gawain.org/blog/2009/09/03/hypermiling-a-sports-car/