For lunch every day, Pines has a Hebrew National frankfurter, around 4 p.m. every afternoon he has a slice of salami which he tests for "flavor, grind & nuance.
In classical music, for instance, the pianist Maurizio Pollini's crystalline virtuosity in the studio doesn't prepare a listener for the daring, even reckless feats of musical imagination on which he tests that virtuosity in concert.
He explains that, since "Kill Bill," he's been putting into each film "big scenes" with which he "tests [himself]": These challenge-scenes, I don't just want them to work, I want them to be the best of their kind.
The bacteria levels for which he tests would be, by race day, under the maximum levels allowed, he said Friday, after conducting his final analysis of the water near the course.
His idiotic contribution to the future of cinema, which he tests out at a screening of his no-budget opus, "The Garden of Degradation," is to bring a smoke machine into the theater, which produces watery eyes and coughing fits among the invited guests.
He stars in movies, and reality TV shows, including I Want to Work for Diddy, an Apprentice knock-off in which he tests would-be employees by making them complete important tasks, like, say, sourcing him a slice of cheesecake, in Manhattan, at 2am.
He prescribed herbal supplements, which he tested himself for impurities, to help boost her immunity.
Beside the locked door was another door, which he tested and found open.
It was an odd gig, in which he tested out some new songs.
He designed a rocket and a catapult system to launch it, which he tested on Zambian Independence Day.
The same year, though, he conducted another poll, in which he tested responses to a more subtle difference.
