Category Archives: Random

One On The Books For October…

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Max Sidman

Last year I didn’t post to this blog for an entire month (May, to be exact), so there’s a giant, soul-sucking 30+ day hole in this site’s archive, and I promised myself I would never let that happen again because…well… … Continue reading →

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The View from Up Here

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Max Sidman

I’ve been busy lately. Busier than usual. In addition to everything else I’m wrapped up in — which essentially boils down to working and being a father to my daughter — I went back to school, which has turned out to … Continue reading →

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Photos: July 11, 2010

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Max Sidman

All photos taken at Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland, CA, with Motorla Droid  & Canon S90.

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Photos: July 1, 2010

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Max Sidman

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Photos: June 27, 2010

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Max Sidman

All these photos were taken with a Motorla Droid, using the FxCamera app’s Toy Camera & Poloroid settings.

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Photos: June 19, 2010

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Max Sidman

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What $1.75mil Gets You in Oakland, CA

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Max Sidman

Even though I’m not balling anywhere near this level, we stopped by this open house on the Oakland / Piedmont border today, just because we drive by this place pretty much every day, and hardly any of the house is … Continue reading →

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See, Hear…

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Max Sidman

Over the last year or so I’ve been going back and forth with the hipster blog grotto known as Tumblr. I was trying to make something fly over there, and I finally realized that don’t really like it, and the … Continue reading →

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Dock Ellis & The LSD-Fueled No-Hitter

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Max Sidman

Pittsburgh Pirates’ pitcher Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter on acid. I’ve heard this story a million times, but always as MLB lore, never from an official of the league, never from a television sports historian, and never from another professional … Continue reading →

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Whisky Fest ’09

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Max Sidman

I don’t get out much these days (though this month certainly seems like an exception to that rule) but that doesn’t mean I don’t maintain a couple of innocuous vices. I like to take a drink in the evenings, and … Continue reading →

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