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Good god, I haven't laid eyes on
this website in  nearly two years!
 
Why have I been so busy?
 
Getting certified to
teach in five new
subject areas
 
I'm almost through
a Psychology program
at San Francisco State
(eight months from certification)
 
After 19 years in Oakland,
I moved to Concord, due to...
 
... A very happy,
still-somewhat -new
relationship with Erich
 
 
 

Erich, 2005
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Together since 6/21/2005

If you don't get it, you're at the wrong website
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...click on The Chimp to go someplace more appropriate
 
GEORGE W. BUSH isn't always wrong.
He said that if Gore won the election, we'd
have war, scandal and a lousy economy.
Sure enough, 
Gore won...
and that's exactly what we've got.
 
 

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Just give Boy George a good click right in the bruise! You'll like where it takes you!

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WELCOME
to still another damn website cluttering up
the vast virtual strip mall of cyberspace
 
Everybody's got a webpage. This is mine.
Terry"MAX"Minton
... most of my friends call me MAX
 
Okay, I stole the name of my website from
Minton's Playhouse, the coolest, hottest jazz club
in jazz-age Harlem, the place where Charlie Parker
invented be-bop. I wasn't there, but I figure if PeeWee
can have a playhouse, I can have a playhouse...
 
Max is a stolen name, too -- 
I picked it up from Max Prince, a character I once
played on stage.  friends who saw the show said
"You aren't playing Max, you ARE Max!" and the
name stuck. I could have been called worse -- I've
also played Oscar, Henry, Mel, Felix, Fagin and
Daddy Warbucks. So let's just call me MAX...
 

MINTON'S PLAYHOUSE ,1948
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Thelonious Monk and the boyz

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Snap Shot:

  • born October, 17, 1953 in KC, MO
  • grew up in Blackwell, Oklahoma 1960 - 1973
  • graduated University of  Oklahoma, 1975
  • married, divorced 1975 -1989
  • taught drama, English and gifted education in Kansas and New Mexico 1975 - 1986
  • moved to San Francisco Bay Area in 1986
  • live in Oakland, CA, 15 minutes from downtown San Francisco  (moved to Concord in 2006)
  • taught high school drama in an Oakland southside suburb (changed to Independent Study in 2004)
  • came out publically and established California's first schoolwide gay/straight alliance in 1996
  • have done about 60 stage productions as director, actor or writer
  • two biological daughters, Clarissa and Sophia, both born in summer of 2000
  • Summer of 2003, first son -- Diego -- born
  • January, 2004, finally made good my escape from SLHS. Began teaching Independent Study at Lighthouse ISC. LOVE it!
  • May 5, 2004, twins! That's it -- no more babies! I'm starting to feel like a Mormon. (plese keep in mind, though, that all the babies live with their moms. )
  • Met Erich through a Democratic political website, and we've been together since June, 2005

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6/13/2003
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a word on
DIVERSITY
My life is filled with people who live their lives
outside the mainstream of white male privilege.
It's a complex issue. My closest friends are a
Black straight man, a gay Filipino, a white Lesbian,
a Black Latino, a Chinese FTM transexual, a gay
Black man, a straight male Jew,
and a straight white woman.
Who's missing?
Dang, Erich's the token white guy in my life.
 
For more on issues of diversity, racism and
white privilege, check out my other website:
 

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semi-recent photo of Max
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September, 2002

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Sorry -- the news update page was discontinued about a hundred years ago, but you can click on it to see what used to be news. I don't know why you would want to, but you can if you wish.

What's NEWS ?

 
 
Key words in Max's life:
teacher Oakland Melungeon
writer  director jazz books gay
Sondheim movies dogs Oklahoma
theater Blackwell San Francisco
Picnic Bear kids psychology sex
Kansas actor San Leandro freethought
activist counselor OU tattoo gifted
racism homophobia high school
justice enneagram love
 
 

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Max 1992

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$10.00

SITE UPDATES
I have not updated this
website in centuries
(how's that Dean campaign going?)
but will be working on it
in the weeks to come

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CLICK on me

 
SICK OF ALL THE LIES?
Click on The Ralphing Man to read about what's going on in our fucked up world. You can't find out from Diane Sawyer.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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 "Hey, Monkey-Boy --
 what webpage drives
 you totally ape shit?"
 click on Monkey Boy
 to find out

The TRUTH will set us ALL free!
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CLICK HERE!

LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR
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LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR
LIAR
Talk about a
Herculean task!
Imagine tallying the lies
of the Bush Administration!
Click on the photo above
for a good attempt!