It has come to our attention that another car blog which will remain nameless has reported that Murilee Martin will be leaving TTAC to work for High Gear Media’s Motor Authority blog. Though Murilee will be writing one post per week for MA, his/her excellent contributions at TTAC will continue unabated (the report in question has since been corrected).
In fact, I am looking forward to meeting the legendary Ms Martin in person for the first time at this weekend’s Sears Pointless edition of the 24 Hours of LeMons. Fans of TTAC and Ms Martin located in the San Francisco Bay Area are encouraged to come down to Infineon Raceway to check out the sights, sounds and yes, even the smells of LeMons racing, as well as to meet TTAC’s Editor-in-Chief and Senior Junkyard Editor in person. Hope to see you there!
Since it’s my rule to never miss an opportunity to hype Cars In Depth, I want to go on record to say that Murillee is also not leaving Cars In Depth.
The most recent posts with Murilee’s 3D photos (you can view them in a variety of 3D and 2D formats):
24 Hours of LeMons – Massive Photo Galleries From Houston
Murdered Out Edsel Looks Mean
This post is of Murilee’s choice of photos from the Houston LeMons race along with his own inimitable comments:
2011 Gator-O-Rama 24 Hours of LeMons in 3D
Ms.?
Running joke.
San Diego!? It’s times like this I wish I didn’t live in French Polynesia.
Are there other times?
Um, why did you say “his/her”?
It is an old Jalopnik joke.
WARNING: Link leads to Jalopnik and the layout may cause severe intestinal distress.
It’s an admittedly tired joke about Murilee’s gender-bending nom de plume. Apologies for any confusion.
Ed, I don’t know if it’s a sign of decline or not, but I made reference to “Ms. Martin” over at Jalopnik and one of their commenters asked me if I knew that “she” was a he.
Ronnie, I think that commenter was making a joke.
Ray, perhaps. I tried to respond telling him that I have voice verified Murilee’s gender but I’m having trouble posting to the redesigned site. Some comments get through, others get error msgs, and still others get error messages but still get posted.
I thought s/he was leaving because s/he had been arrested by the PC police, or ATF, or sumpin’ or other for having too much fun.
Any jokes that originated at the other site should be relegated to the dust bin of history.
Ummmmmmmm was it Churchill who said the “Arseheap of history.”? (Sticks out tongue and runs away.)
Congrats!
What’s up with this Mr./Ms. crud? Anyone with a subscription to Hot Rod knows Murilee Martin’s real identity is [redacted].