PhotoVerio #979: Security Guards At The Stucco Garden

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© Oliverio ©

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Confessing A Criminal Theft

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The only time

I was ever

(consciously)

in a stolen car,

it was taken 

from this driveway

 BUT 

the theft occurred 

(at least)

40 years before

this picture was taken

 

It was approximately midnight

when  the mastermind of the theft

decided to steal his 

Mother's car

 

His co-conspirators

included a future 

distinguished detective

of the Suffolk County

Police Department

 

+

a future blog-o-holic

 

The car was returned 

to this driveway

—unmarked— 

within an hour

 thus qualifying

the theft 

as a

JOY RIDE

 

I knew this house well

and was a welcome guest

repeatedly

throughout

the remainder of

the 20th Century

 

I "proved" 

some time ago

that the family that lived 

in this beachfront home

also owned the property

where Citifield

now exists

 

AND 

I MUST ACKNOWLEDGE

that my psychoanalyst

is presently as terrified of

"the mastermind"

as he was forty years ago 

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© Paul Oliverio ©

 

 

Mea Culpa 

Mea Culpa

Mea Maxima Culpa 

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Wanda And The Brothers

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No way this image 

gets "PhotoVerio" status

 

My Father's military jacket 

was inherited by his hippie

offspring

 

Sam Oliverio 

 saw no military action 

during World War II

 

He told me 

his specialty was 

"boiling water"

+ 

causing grief

for his Commanding Officer

by inviting as many girls

as possible

into his barracks

 

"But that all stopped

when I met your mother"

 

© 

This photograph was taken 

in Cedarhurst, New York

at the home

Father Frank "inherited"

from my Grandparents

 

He was their youngest son

and my dad 

was their eldest son

 

The vertical line

at top of image

is part of a crucifix

 

Nine other crosses

 adorned the walls of 

214 Grove Street 

  

Wanda was 

the Priest's caretaker

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Bleached Cubism With Curvature + Tar Space

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© PhotoVerio #978.5

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PhotoVerio #978: Johnny Guitar Magneto

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 Modeled after

"Johnny Guitar Watson" 

© Oliverio ©

 

Video has 

deleteable advert  

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The Grateful Son (Comic Relief #6732)

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M. C. Stevens 

And thanks again, Mom and Dad, for raising me

as an account executive instead of a wolf 

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Every Nation Has Some Form Of Royalty

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The one and only one 

King

this country 

has ever needed

Elvis Presley

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 Shake, Rattle and Roll

 

 

Video may have

deleteable advert  

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My Psychoanalyst And A GREEK PIZZERIA

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Southern Florida

has a large

loud and proud 

Greek population

and the reason 

my psychoanalyst refers to

"Pytha"

is because of a restaurant

called

PYTHERIA

 

The walls of this Greek Pizzeria

are adorned with photographs

of satisfied customers,

including a party of ten

hosted by local resident,

Coco Gauff

 

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 One piece of advice

Dr. Raft gives me is

"Never, ever stop listening

to good music"

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The Rain In Spain

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The rain in Spain 

has nothing on 

Long Beach terrain:

we had four days of rain

last week 

+ four more 

scheduled for 

this week 

 

 

The skies are crying

because 2025

was a shameful year

for human behavior

BUT 

this year began with

a rain-be-damned

spectacular

Rose Bowl Parade

 

© PhotoVerio #977.5

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Two Academy-Award Winners In Exile

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Woody Allen 

must wear a disguise

to attend 

New York Knick basketball games

 

Will Smith

—the actor, not the Dodger— 

must wear disguises

to be admitted to 5-Star Restaurants

but he looks fetching

in a red gown

 

And Woody easily passes for

a fat Jewish bald man

with a limp 

 

They met

at a Pickle Ball court

in Central Park

—undisguised—

because anyone

on the courts 

resembling a celebrity

is considered nothing more 

than an attention-getting 

cheap trick

 

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According to the

Institute of Inane Results,

Mr. Allen and Mr. Smith

are working on a sequel to

Purple Rose of Cairo

 

The title is

The Purple Grape of Jericho Turnpike 

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It is the reverse 

of Purple Cairo:

an audience member

—named Cortez— 

walks into the movie screen

and all hell breaks loose

in the film

 

In reality, 

Cortez

 is 

a hard-core gangbanger

on Long Island 

who will shoot anyone

capable of criminal behavior

  

Virtually every character

in the movie

fits that description  

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The 

Woody Allen/Will Smith 

collaboration

is a "Work-In-Progress"

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Hopefully,

the Institute of Inane Research

will keep us updated 

on its progress

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© Paul Oliverio ©  

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PhotoVerio #977: Chairs + Shadows

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© Oliverio ©

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Add Your Own Caption ... #285714

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© PhotoVerio #976.5

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PhotoVerio #976: Cubism

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 © Oliverio ©                         2012

 

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The Most-Photographed Waterfront Statue In Long Beach

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The Lone Sailor

© PhotoVerio #975.5

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Mayo Madness

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It has always been easier

to say what 

I am going to do

than to do

what I say

 

For example,

the other night

when I said

"Tomorrow, I will 

smear my face

with mayonaisse,"

I sincerely meant it

 

At the precise moment

I made that statement,

I could feel

the slithery sensation

of 

a smooth creamy substance

caressing my skin

 

I envisioned the reaction

of people at work,

confirming their suspicions

about me

 

"It's part of an experimnt

for the CIA, I swear"

 

My boss would say

"Kramer is ill.

We'll have to send him home"

 

I was really excited that night,

just thinking

about tomorrow

 

BUT

when "tomorrow"

became "today,"

the idea of coating my face 

with mayonaisse

seemed totally preposterous.

 

So I just ate a quick breakfast

and packed a sandwich

in a brown paper bag.

 

Someone remarked at lunch

—after I finished my tuna sandwich—

"Kramer,

you got some mayonaisse

on your cheek"

 

I just laughed and said 

"Thanks for telling me"

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© Paul Oliverio ©

1978  

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