It began as the GODFATHER OF MATH, evolved into the GOODFATHER OF MATH. Now this. Go figure...

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES ... Music is the mathematics of the gods=PYTHAGORAS ... Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
I cannot live without the oxygen of laughter = DAWN POWELL ... !!! ... But laughter cannot survive without the hydrogen of gravitas = PAUL OLIVERIO
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Monday, February 27, 2017

CarPeo Set Piece ... [#51] ... Captain Scallion's Art Club Band

________________________________________________________________________________________________


© Mrs. CarPeo
 Captain Scallion
Eclipsing
Sgt. Yellow Pepper

But we defer to
The Beatles 

(with an advert
that can be deleted
   after five seconds).

[#52]
is
here. 
________________________________________________________________________________________________


The Long Awaited Return Of Adan And Eva

________________________________________________________________________________________________





"I think I found fleas,"
 said Adan, while scaling
 Mount Big Cheese.

 Eva's feet dig into
 a Cheesy cheek.

She was not 
 feeling 
 meek.

 She was thinking:
"I can't wait to 
 hump his rump."
 ***

"His Cheesy hair"
  exclaimed Adan
  looks like a wizened
  Italian Trump.

"Your mind,
  as always"
  said Eva,
"Is under the bus
  and all you really are
  is jealous."


 
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Footnote
THE LONG AWAITED RETURN OF ADAN AND EVA
is the copyrighted property of LCSoL.

Photograph + animation by Mrs. CarPeo.

Text by Mr. CarPeo.
________________________________________________________________________________________________


Tangents Are Everywhere ... [ pST #7]

________________________________________________________________________________________________


© Oliverio

The next
Superimposed Text page
is
here. 


p = Photoverio
________________________________________________________________________________________________


Sunday, February 26, 2017

Message On A Sandbag ... [ pST #6]

________________________________________________________________________________________________


© Oliverio

The next
Superimposed Text page
is
here. 


p = Photoverio 
________________________________________________________________________________________________


The Vertical Church

________________________________________________________________________________________________


© Oliverio

The congregation
is non-sectarian.

Church members
are not held together
by common faith.

What they have 
in common is
a physical feature:

All members are
six feet six inches
or taller.

There is no crucifix
in the Vertical Church.

There is only
a basketball hoop.

The Pastor's name
is "Coach."

Today's sermon:   
Transcending the D-League

Pews are made of 
splintered wood
because no one 
wants to sit
on the bench.

But there is no ball.
Only hope.

    
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Footnote
THE VERTICAL CHURCH is the copyrighted property
of the Lewis Carroll School of Logic.
________________________________________________________________________________________________


Friday, February 24, 2017

Yesterday's Photograph Of A 1976 Image

________________________________________________________________________________________________


© Oliverio 
Friendship Beach, Rocky Point
 (2017/1976)
________________________________________________________________________________________________


A Photograph From Virginia + A Poem From Vonnegut

________________________________________________________________________________________________



Sweet wraith,
Invisible mist of . . .
I am—
My soul—
Wraith lovesick o’erlong,
O’erlong alone:
Wouldst another sweet soul meet?
Long have I
Advised thee ill
As to where two souls
Might tryst.
My soles, my soles!
My soul, my soul,
Go there,
Sweet soul;
Be kissed.
Mmmmmmm.

Cat's Cradle


This link connects to
entire text of
CC
________________________________________________________________________________________________


A Multiplication Of What Titian Painted Almost 500 Years Ago

________________________________________________________________________________________________



Titian (12x) 
Pope Paul III and his Grandsons
(1545)

QUESTION:
If the grandsons of a Pontiff
were than acknowledged as such
then today, there must be
legitimate descendents
of a Pope.

Are such people
stockholders of the Vatican?

...
advisors to Pope Francis?

Or are they
just plain folks?
Peter ... ...  Paul ... ...  and ... ... Murray       
________________________________________________________________________________________________


The Prez Wants Our Nuclear Weapons To Be ... Top of the Pack

________________________________________________________________________________________________


Why does Donald Trump
look so natural
in this infernal
image? 




In the United States,
every four years we have
a Presidential election
BUT
on November 8, 2016
there was no 
Presidential Election.

What we had was
a Suicide Mission
spellt
T-R-U-M-P

     
The next
GoFather/Trump
page is
here.  
 _______________________________________________________________________________________________


What Is A Dad To Do ... A Poem For Michael

________________________________________________________________________________________________

What is a Dad to do
when every work day
is a hell hole of teenagers

though some call it a classroom

What is a Dad to do
when every home day
is a battlefield with three
gender opposites

though some call it family

What is a Dad to do?

1.
Squirrel away every bent
syllable and verb
until another poem
is born

though some call it esoterica

What is a Dad to do?

2.
Squirrel away every dollar
without budget collar
and at season's end 
of every hellhole
say Hello Europe
with three gender
opposites

He goes through hell
to give them a taste
of heaven

3.
and the comfort
to call him 
Terrible


________________________________________________________________________________________________


Photoverio © (#234): She's Got Her Eyes On You

________________________________________________________________________________________________


© Oliverio
________________________________________________________________________________________________


Thursday, February 23, 2017

Did You Hear The One About The Teacher Who...

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Had a student who ditched
his Math class for the last two
months of the semester
But gave the student
 C+ as a final grade
???

The student wasn't 
ditching school,
he was just
spending
his Math time
in the print shop.

The student was doing
computer work instead of
solving equations.

The Math teacher was chummy
with CW, whose print shop
did work for fifteen schools
in the area in addition
to printing weekly
advertising circulars.

The Math teacher was not
mad at CW for harboring
one of his students.

Quite the contrary!

CW allowed the student
to use his printing facilities
for a "special project."

Of all the triangles
not named for Pythagoras,
THE PASCAL TRIANGLE
is the most important,
the most intriguing,
and the most practical.

It is also incredibly easy
to understand and,
visually, is very delightful.

If I wanted to be abstruse,
I would use the following
formula to explain
Blaise Pascal's
masterpiece:
But I would rather
just show you what
Miguel Cardenas created
for me to receive a C+
final grade for a class
he ditched for two months. 

This image is 
one-eighth
actual
size.

It is the first 20 rows
of the Pascal Triangle.
  
   
I was so proud
of Miguel Cardenas,
his art work became
patio decor when I moved
to Virginia.

Five of my little neighbors there,
none older than ten, were very curious
about Pascal's Triangle. 

I asked them to figure out
where each number came from
and they did so on their own:

Each number is the sum
of the two numbers above it.

Unless it is at the end of a row
in which case, the number is one.

I did, however, explain to them
Pascal's Hockey stick.


Not until their ages had doubled
would the five Virginia children
ever have learned about
Pascal's Triangle
if it had not been for
MIGUEL CARDENAS
of South-Central
Los Angeles. 


________________________________________________________________________________________________
Footnote
Here is an enlarged detail
from Pascal's Triangle:

 _______________________________________________________________________________________________


Jammin' The Blues With Eight Screenshots In Thirty Seconds

________________________________________________________________________________________________










Jammin' The Blues
  
The most MUST-SEE
jazz video ever
created

________________________________________________________________________________________________


The False Dichotomy

________________________________________________________________________________________________

The classical orchestra and the jazz combo are fixed images of polar opposites.

Solid structure and loose improvisation may fit on the same musical globe but have the proximity of the north and south pole.  

Or do they?

THE CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA:      
Fifty chairs  set  in perfectly curved rows and columns  containing fifty tuxedoed musicians segregated by instrument: violins/violas in one  section,  cellos/double bass in  another;  upper-register wind instruments in the mezzanine, lower-register in the rear of the stage.

Behind them, tympani/percussion is placed diametrically opposite the Conductor. 

For every chair, a music stand with sheets of symbols demanding absolute obedience. 

What  is  the end product of this assemblage?
 
It is the music that the Gods listen to 
when they takes the phone off the  hook.  

The musicians will probably sip champagne after the concert.

 
THE JAZZ  COMBO:    
A piano,  drum kit,  and maybe a microphone for the stand-up bass player are set up on a small stage with poor lighting. Maybe a chair if the band contains a guitar and  maybe mikes for the horn section,  if there is one.

Possibly a singer will tell a tale of sexual promiscuity. Hopefully the club owner will pay everybody. 

What is the end product of  this  assemblage? 
 
This is the other music the Gods listen to 
only now they pull down the shades and tap their feet. 

The musicians will probably smoke a joint between sets.
 
And  the Gods  laughs  olympically at  the so-called  “improvising” of  the jazz band. As  if the musicians were making it up out of thin air when they’ve spent entire lifetimes preparing the sounds they are creating. 

Can this music function without a “Conductor”?
Definitely!

Drumsticks are transformed batons that become the two hands of a clock and every drummer is Father Time’s alter ego. 

And Father Time wears a Conductor's suit.
    
   
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Footnote
Originally written in 1998, THE FALSE DICHOTOMY is the copyrighted property
of both the LCSoL and The Neither/Nor Journal.
________________________________________________________________________________________________


You Never Know Who You Will Meet (Comic Releif #1618)

________________________________________________________________________________________________


Charles Barsotti


OR
Who you will miss

  Liza Donnelly     
________________________________________________________________________________________________


His Mother And Father Also Attended Shortridge High School

________________________________________________________________________________________________





BUT
Kurt Vonnegut
was not a true
Snarfield




AND
hyperlinklessly
(but factually)
I will tell you this:
Kurt Vonnegut
graduated high school
in same year that
Scott Fitzgerald died
and J.D. Salinger had 
his first story 
published.

This was not a coincidence.

It is just the way 
the literary ball
bounces.

So it goes. 
________________________________________________________________________________________________


Pat. E. O. Klicka ... In B + W ... With Grat E. Tude To Me K. Deeze

________________________________________________________________________________________________




© Oliverio (3x)

10507
7.20.16 


________________________________________________________________________________________________
Footnote
Pat E.O. Klicka  is the copyrighted property
of the Lewis Carroll School of Logic.

 _______________________________________________________________________________________________


Wednesday, February 22, 2017

CarPeo Set Piece ... [#50] ... Call Me "Furious Yellow"

________________________________________________________________________________________________


© Mrs. CarPeo

But Mr. Leitch knew me
when I was
Mellow 

[#51]
is
here. 

________________________________________________________________________________________________


   

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

CarPeo Set Piece ... [#49] ... This Is Not A Painting

________________________________________________________________________________________________


© Mrs. CarPeo

Airborne
While singing Valentine's Day
song for my Better Half 


The next CarPeo Set Piece is
here.
________________________________________________________________________________________________


Double Your Reading Pleasure On Their 92nd Birthday

________________________________________________________________________________________________

I would like to say

Happy Birthday!

premiered exactly 
ninety-two years ago,
today.

The first cover
looked so nice,
I can see it twice! 
  ________________________________________________________________________________________________


Monday, February 20, 2017

A Presidential Debate About A Round White Thing

________________________________________________________________________________________________

In honor of President's Day,
the question is asked:
Which President threw out
the BEST First Pitch
???


The tradition of a President
throwing the First Pitch
of  a baseball game
dates back to
but MLB.com presents
video of every President
since John Kennedy
doing so.

As for the bold italic
question above:

I never thought I would say this but

He is the only pitching Prez
who did NOT make the catcher
move out of "his crotch"
to catch the ball.

________________________________________________________________________________________________


Rorschach Page #16: Not A Beauty Contest Winner

________________________________________________________________________________________________


© Oliverio
White Fish in the Black Sea

My next Rorschach page is  here. 
________________________________________________________________________________________________


Saturday, February 18, 2017

CarPeo Set Piece ... [#48] ... Loops And Scoops

________________________________________________________________________________________________


© Mrs. CarPeo

The next CarPeo Set Piece is
here. 
________________________________________________________________________________________________


Thursday, February 16, 2017

We've All Been There (Comic Relief #1609)

________________________________________________________________________________________________

With/without
this logjammed freeway,
we all know these road signs
  ↓                        

Michael Crawford
________________________________________________________________________________________________


This Is Not ... This Is ... [TIN/TI #39]

________________________________________________________________________________________________




  ⬆ 
THIS IS NOT 
Wilfrid Brambell.


THIS IS
Wilfrid Brambell.
 




Wilfrid Brambell
is an actor
beloved by one and all
in Great Britain.


The first image
is an actor
beloved by one and all
 in the United States.

He is
–quite obviously–
Wilford Brimley.


In the United States, Mr. Brambell
is best known for portraying
Paul McCartney's Grandfather in 

________________________________________________________________________________________________


Hauntingly Reproduced Word Pillow: Powell's Powerful Palabras

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Good artists borrow, great artists steal.
But the greatest artists are the ones

These photographed words
[palabras en espanol]
about
Dawn Powell 
are from
this book:

 Happy Googling
and happier Hyperlinking
to one and all, especially those
who click
here.

The next Dawn Powell page
is  there.
________________________________________________________________________________________________


Photoverio © (#233): Midnight Pips

________________________________________________________________________________________________


© Oliverio

It

all

began

with

a

little
 
green

thing
________________________________________________________________________________________________


Monday, February 13, 2017

What Bob Dylan Had To Say About His Need For Mama

________________________________________________________________________________________________

...
to keep away the dead
I need a dump truck mama 
to unload my head
 ...

Bob Dylan


________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

They Are Not... (Comic Relief #1604)

________________________________________________________________________________________________

They are not the peasants:
they are the TFA
(Trumped Fools of America)
       
Charles Barsotti 

The next 
GoFather/Trump page
is
here. 
________________________________________________________________________________________________


Sunday, February 12, 2017

Trump Must Hate MSNBC Less Than He Hates TIME Magazine

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Despite the implication
of the quotation marks,


But last week,

The next
Donald Trump page
is
here.
________________________________________________________________________________________________