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Chris Baker

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About Me

My name is Chris Baker. I currently live in Austin, Texas. I was raised in Moundsville, West Virginia. I also lived in Columbus, Ohio, for six years and Port Townsend, Washington, for six months. Home | Browse | Search | Invite | Film | Mail | Blog | Favorites | Forum | Groups | Events | Videos | Music | Comedy | Classifieds

My Interests

books, Internet, Wikipedia, business, neuro-linguistic programming

I'd like to meet:

Natasha Bedingfield, Hilary Duff, Debbie Gibson, Mischa Barton, Rachel Bilson, Herb Kelleher, Hines Ward, Richard Branson, Mary Lou Retton, Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw, Hayden Panettiere, Shiri Appleby, Mark Cuban, Michelle Trachtenberg, Julia Stiles, Justin Raimondo, Dave Matthews Band, Kirsten Dunst

Music:

almost everything

Movies:

Mister Roberts, My Girl

Television:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, very little

Books:

too many

Heroes:

Thomas Jefferson

My Blog

Cho Shot My Cousin

The news is often just something that we see on television or the Internet. It's sound, images, and some motion. More and more today, it is just a panel of pundits with agendas expressing opinions as ...
Posted by Chris Baker on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:42:00 PST

Where I buy gas in the Austin area

Here is the short list of places where I will buy gas in the Austin area: Payless, 183 South about a half-mile south of 71Mom's Payless, Wm Cannon, east of 35Texaco, Redbud and Westlake (expensive)7-1...
Posted by Chris Baker on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PST

Marty is still Marty

I didn't watch any of the game actually, but Florida managed to crush Ohio State. It definitely looks like Urban Meyer has arrived. It should possibly be his second national championship. He had an un...
Posted by Chris Baker on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:10:00 PST

Bill Cowher Retires

Chuck Noll shortly retired after the 1991 season. The Steelers had finished a disappointing 7-9. Noll's retirement was probably long overdue. His prime years were the 1970's when he won four Super Bow...
Posted by Chris Baker on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:31:00 PST

football report

After declaring the Steelers season over, the Black and Gold suddenly got some of their swagger back. Of course, it was too late. A 6-2 second half was offset by a 2-6 first half. The two second-half ...
Posted by Chris Baker on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 08:27:00 PST

The Blue and Gold

While the Steelers have been a disappointment, my college team has done about what I expected. The West Virginina Mountaineers have only one loss this year. That was to Louisville on the road. Ulimate...
Posted by Chris Baker on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:10:00 PST

Steelers' season is over

Yesterday, I officially declared the Steelers's season to be over. It was obvious after a humiliating and embarrassing loss to one of the NFL's worst teams. Pittsburgh is 2-5 with Denver, New Orleans,...
Posted by Chris Baker on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 05:36:00 PST

Good-bye, Tercel

On 20 September 1996, I had a dream come true. RW Bradford told me that he wanted me to intern at Liberty magazine. It had been a dream of mine for over a year. Since attending a seminar at the Founda...
Posted by Chris Baker on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:43:00 PST

my visited states map

create your own visited states map...
Posted by Chris Baker on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:18:00 PST

FREE Playboy magazine

For quite a few years, I have been receiving Playboy magazine free of charge. I am not sure how it started. But I did purchase a back issue of the magazine a few months before the subscription started...
Posted by Chris Baker on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:07:00 PST