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

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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
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Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Maybe We Need To Be Careful About ... EQUALITY

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Because
the man 
who invented
the EQUAL SIGN,
died in debtor's prison
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A Hazy Memory

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Closer Thy God
to ME
*** Photograph by R.C. Arsenault ***
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Monday, August 11, 2025

Slang-O-Verio

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Featuring Indisputaby The Best Sidewalk Cafe In Long Beach

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© PhotoVerio #930.5
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Sunday, August 10, 2025

Regarding The Last Four Pages ...

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If my pictures
can do the talking
then my mind 
can go out walking

And wherever it wanders,
I can call "home"
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© Paul Oliverio ©
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PhotoVerio #930: What's Up, Dock?

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The Title is a Pun
© Oliverio
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PhotoVerio #929: Slice Of A Flower

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© Oliverio
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Saturday, August 9, 2025

PhotoVerio #928: Localized Anger

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© Oliverio

 

BUT I'd rather 

think of it

as an advert for

the greatest magazine

ever available

for humor

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PhotoVerio #927: Impeachment, Naturally

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© Oliverio
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Thursday, August 7, 2025

While Listening To ... THE EXPERIENCE

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I'm the one who has to die
when it's time for me to die

But cry for me
not one tear
—give a big jeer—

For one of my
stupid tricks:
I just plagiarized

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And I've Got Three Grammys

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I've got three Grammys
because one of my Grampys
married twice
and that's nice
!!!
 
© Paul Oliverio ©
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I've Got Five Emmy Nominations

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I've got  five Emmy Nominations
and I keep them in a jar

That way I'll always know
where they are
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© Paul Oliverio ©
 
It
continues
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Wednesday, August 6, 2025

PhotoVerio #926: Pointillist Beach

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© Oliverio
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PhotoVerio #925: Hello New Jersey, Goodbye New York

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© Oliverio


3000 miles 
to 
Long Beach
+
the end of my
bachelorhood
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Defining This Blog In Exactly Ten Lines Of Verse

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This, that 
or the other thing
 
Rock, Jazz,
 Bach or Swing
 
Never in need
of an autograph:
 
Can't say the same
for a laugh
 
Or a quality
photograph
 
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© PAUL OLIVERIO © 
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