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
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

The 212th Bullet ... Devils + Angels

________________________________________________________________________________________________   

 If
you never learn 
how to avoid
the Devil's tricks
then
no army of Angels
will protect you from
demonic behavior 
 ***
 
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Footnote
is the copyrighted property
of LCSoL
________________________________________________________________________________________________

A Godhead NOT Meant To Be Worshipped

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Not worshiped
but appreciated
as a practical
Savior
PhotoVerio #889.5
________________________________________________________________________________________________

PhotoVerio #889: Dancing Trees

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Botanical Boogie Woogie
© Oliverio
________________________________________________________________________________________________

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

It's APRIL FOOL's DAY ... And I Am One

________________________________________________________________________________________________

—Because of this book—

***
Never before
have I read
an Ed McBain novel
so slowly:
46 pages in 36 hours
 
I've read
thirty of his books,
virtually all
within two days
 
 Page burners?
YES
but each one
was very satisfying,
 exhilarating,
+
knee-slappingly
delicious story telling

At the present rate,
will take me
a month of Sundays
to finish
 as if 
were wearing
and pulled the damn thing down
to cover my eyes
 
But
—hypothetically—
let me say 
this about that:
 if 
YOU
paid money
to take a course
entitled
Survey of 20th Century
American Fiction
and 
it did not include
ED McBAIN
or 
or any other
of his
 
T
H
E
N
 
YOU
too
are 
an 
 !!!
 
________________________________________________________________________________________________

Monday, March 31, 2025

PhotoVerio #888: Bi-Lingual Self-Portrait

________________________________________________________________________________________________


Wednesday Morning
3AM
Muy Feo


ME
Without
Starbucks,
Sudoku
or
Cigarets

© Oliverio           Pronto volvere a ser Guapo
________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sunday, March 30, 2025

I Am Honored To Have My Parents Alongside Joe Louis ...

________________________________________________________________________________________________



 
And the original 
"Golden Boy"
as photographed by
the legendary
who also shot
a collage of photos
of Jefferson HS concerts
including me dancing
with a student
who is presently
a police sheriff

Let us not exclude
the photo of
his most vibrant model
sandwiched between
church photos
taken by his wife
—Marie Jensen—
who doubled as 
Otto's brain trust
________________________________________________________________________________________________

PhotoVerio #887: Joggerless

________________________________________________________________________________________________

 
A waterfront view 
from Long Beach's
third-most-stunning
perspective

© Oliverio
________________________________________________________________________________________________

A Story Told By ... Professor McKinley Morganfield

_______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
Two Jewish teenagers
wrote a song
for a large
Black woman
who was sometimes
known as
"Mrs. Five by Five"
because her girth
resembled that of
another singer:
[Jimmy Rushing]

 
The song was recorded
and is described as a
12-bar Blues
 
You ain't nothin' 
but a hound dog
Been snoopin' 
'round my door
You ain't nothin' 
but a hound dog
Been snoopin' 
'round my door
You can wag your tail
But I ain't gonna 
feed you no more
!!!
 
The lyrics describe
a man who
made love to
every woman
except the only one
who put up restraint
***
unsuccessfully
 
This woman was 
 
But in 1956,
the two Jewish teenagers
were no longer teens
and the same song 
was recorded
by a white boy from 
Tupelo, Mississippi
 
The title of the song is 
and the unspoken truth
about the white boy is this:
 
Elvis Presley 
shook the musical world
by its Rock n' Roll roots
when he sang
Hound Dog
because 
he virtually changed no lyrics
but 
[as mentioned above]
the song was written from
a woman's
point of view
 !!!
 _______
 
In  arcane 
+
Academic Circles,
we believe:
 
Hound Dog
is the first 
Rock n' Roll classic
from a tranny's
point of view
 
 
QED
 
The professor
sincerely hopes
no one takes offense
to the slang term
—tranny—
used for someone
crossing
the sexual boundary  
_______________________________________________________________________________________________

Saturday, March 29, 2025

Una Delle 300 Fotografie

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

©©©©  
PhotoVerio #886.5
I visited Italy
in 2008
and these
bleached
+
demonic
cutie pies
were one
of 300 photographic
souvenirs
I brought home
© OLIVERIO ©
 
________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thursday, March 27, 2025

My Personal Mount Rushmore ... Revisited

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Very Hazy
Except In 
My Memory
 
This photograph of
four Oliverio brothers
recently appeared in 
my photo file
without my knowing
how it got there
 
The original 
"Personal Mount Rushmore"
appears below
the GoFather blog pages
atop a section
I named
"South of the Border"
_______________________________________________________________________________________________

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Is It Because They Call It THE FAR SIDE?

________________________________________________________________________________________________



Before being swamped
with fame and fortune,
Gary Larson
lectured at 
the Existentialist Institute
of Fried Philosophers
(in Oyvay, Ohio)

But the students
preferred 
the dashing
Professor Camoose
and they threatened
the un-handsome
Professor Larson
with seal-plated
chicken feathers
 
Luckily,  Larson 
escaped the danger
by climbing through
an underground 
skylight
 

As an elbow-patched academic,
his last words were
 
GARY LARSON


👄👄👄
👃👂👀Lay Lady Lay👀👂👃
👄👄👄
________________________________________________________________________________________________

The 211th Bullet ... For The Clean Lick Of Their Patter

________________________________________________________________________________________________   

 Even
the pick of the litter
have to be
potty-trained
 ***
 
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Footnote
is the copyrighted property
of LCSoL
________________________________________________________________________________________________

The 210th Bullet ... Catnip Catastrophe Cure For Eight Legs

________________________________________________________________________________________________   

 When it's raining
cats and dogs, 
 fill two bowls with 
Purina product  
***
 
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Footnote
is the copyrighted property
of LCSoL
________________________________________________________________________________________________

Monday, March 24, 2025

PhotoVerio #886: LaGuardia Airport Flight Path

________________________________________________________________________________________________

© Oliverio
at Suffolk Community College 
concluded that
the driver of this NYC
sanitation truck
earns five times
the salary paid to
the drivers of
the NYC school busses
stored in 
the adjacent yard
***
 
If you've never been
anywhere near
LaGuardia Airport
or its flight path,
consider yourself
lucky
but please read 
the comment
below  
________________________________________________________________________________________________

Four Reasons This Month Is Half "Dedicated" To My Dentist

________________________________________________________________________________________________

When this 
"three-year-old" 
patient told his
 Egyptian dentist
his nickname for
the Doctor was GOD,
the dentist laughed
 
At that time,
he introduced me to
Fixodent
and I have followed 
his instructions
religiously
I could not be happier
with the results
despite the fact 
that this
"chain-smoker"
still has issues with
the 6-letter-word
beginning with
phl
and rhyming with
gem
 
When I asked if he liked 
American Jazz,
Dr. Rezkella's
exact words were 
"It would be 
impossible not to"
 
He quickly mentioned
Duke Ellington + Louis Armstrong
    then just as quickly
resumed 
the dental work

But 
his next NEW patient
may be the Jordanian
who owns 
exactly 
one block away
from his office
 
I qualify
the fourth reason 
because my 
Jordanian friend
"hates music"
of all kinds
***
 
By necessity,
the first comment below
is mine
but feel free
to add to it   
  
________________________________________________________________________________________________