Where's Baxter?

Haven't seen him around much at all these days! Off to bigger and better things? Or porch material?

not sure... I am getting ready to surpass his post count if he does not return soon

He's not in my porch! He did go on to bigger and better things, or at least more local for him with a bunch of "real" coworkers instead of a bunch of names he only saw on interoffice messaging, because he got a job with the newspaper in Kansas City, where he lives. Telecommuting across several states is tough, and he made it work for a good long time, so no hard feelings there. He still peeks in on us from time to time and helps when we have a "Hey Baxter!" problem.

Margie

He helped me out a bunch of times. Thanks, Baxter.

oh.. that is a shame to lose him.....

I concur

He's here somewhere.

Wow, that picture KILLED my bandwidth! (I want that 80's GMC pickup for $1900...) I like Baxter, he was cool E36 M3.

[SPOILER]

Just for the record... second deck, steam boat

i want the top gear monster truck chock full of rednecks ready to beat things up and such

I guessed burning purple race car.

Haha, that pic is awesome. Where's it from? BTW there seems to be another Stig (spoiler alert!) in the #12 demo derby car. Which is real? NO ONE KNOWS. Why are the demo derby cars RHD?

It's from the Where's Stig book

http://www.amazon.com/Top-Gear-Wheres-Matt-Master/dp/1846078083

Holy crap, how did I not know "Where's Stig" existed? That's so cool I just went and ordered it.
Okay, Amazon had used copies for 77 cents, but still...

Best of luck to ya Baxter, cheers!

II now know what I want for my barfday.

So, OK, yeah, I'm a little late seeing this.

Like Margie said, the Kansas City Star was knocking, and I answered the door. Apparently the magazine industry wasn't volatile enough for me and I felt the need to go back into the newspaper industry, where things are really going tits-up.

That said, I've always loved papers, I have a lot of old friends at the Star, and it's never dull.

Very busy, though. Since spring of this year, I've launched:

Judging the Royals-- http://royals.kansascity.com
The Midwest Democracy Project -- http://midwestdemocracyproject.org
Saving 17,000 Kids -- http://saving17000kids.kansascity.com (a big special project about the utterly berkeleyed kansas city school district and what they're doing to try to unberkeley it)
Don't kill the Melllinger -- http://mellinger.kansascity.com ( a blog for one of our columnists)

Plus a couple of redesigns and other smaller stuff. So very busy. I'm still checking in when I can, though.

I think it's cool that anyone was interested in my whereabouts (assuming anyone still is, six months later)

Of course we're interested, we're family.

pinchvalve wrote: Of course we're interested, we're family.

indeed...and Baxter is that uncle that tickles you for just a few moments longer than whats appropriate

Glad to hear all is well. You headed south for a vacation this weekend? Tim has made it clear Margie is to be nowhere near cement mixers over the next few days, so youre good there.

I am, actually, but not to the challenge. Got a big Gretsch guitar event in Nashville I have to go to. With a little luck, I'll be bringing home another guitar or amp in the Miata.

4cylndrfury wrote:

pinchvalve wrote: Of course we're interested, we're family.

indeed...and Baxter is that uncle that tickles you for just a few moments longer than whats appropriate Glad to hear all is well. You headed south for a vacation this weekend? Tim has made it clear Margie is to be nowhere near cement mixers over the next few days, so youre good there.

Wait, what?

Mom, should I unload the pickup?