IT Happened On My Father's 110th Birthday ...

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My Father's 110th birthday

was three days ago

and Mrs. CarPeo

was 

incredibly tolerant

of my tear-stained

behavior

 

BUT

the most profound memory

is not pretty:

 

Wordle

is an extremely popular

word-guessing puzzle

to which I am addicted

 

It appears daily 

in the 

New York Times

+

my third 180-day streak

of correct answers 

and 99% ranking

came to an end

!!!

 

 

 

Schitt Happens 

  

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PhotoVerio #1008: Milan At Midnight

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Bring me 

the Head of John The Baptist

© Oliverio         December 2008

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The Rose On My Nose ...

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The rose on my nose

makes me stand 

on my toes

© Mrs. CarPeo ©

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CHANGES: A Song By PHIL OCHS

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PHIL OCHS

 

 

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More Than One Way To Kill A Treee

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© PhotoVerio #1007.5

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PhotoVerio #1007: Three Sisters

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Academy Award Nominee

© Oliverio

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This Is NOT My Former Dance Partner

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Except in my dreams 

!!!

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Censorship Is The Thing Flattering My Guilt Or Innocence

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If I were to lie to you

—without your knowing—

and call you 

INTELLIGENT

at the same time,

you would naturally be

grateful to me

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© Oliverio ©

 

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"STOP"

 

said

Gertrude Hoppe

also known as 

Cat E. Clism

  

"Never again will you

disparage

ARTIFICIAL 

INTELLIGENCE

 

"It rules the world

and every word/deed

of President Trump

 

"It is nothing new

and has been with us

since the first politician

convinced his followers 

that Planet Earth 

  was shaped like 

a pancake

—syruped by sunlight—x

 

"Will you obey  

this restriction 

or

should we convict you

    now?"

 

My response was

overwhelmingly

in favor of

obedience

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BOTH YELLOW NAMES

HAVE HYPERLINKS  

 

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PhotoVerio #1006: Morning Moonshine

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3/4/26                                    5:40AMpst

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What Did I Know And When Did I Know It?

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In 1967,

I knew who 

"em Booze"

was

 

It was a Sunday morning

when my Father

drove me to Willets Point

 

He gave me $40

and said

Let's go Jets

 

This was to be 

the only football game

I attended at Shea Stadium

 

Joe Namath, 

Matt Snell, and Larry Grantham 

were the team leaders

 

But the star of this game was

Emerson Boozer,

who would lead the league 

in touchdowns

that year

 

There is no memory of

anyone chanting "BOOZE"

to acknowledge him

 

But 

I had a general admission ticket

and 

there were shouts of

Sock It To Me 

from black men

who also had

general admission 

tickets

 

At the end of the following season,

the New York Jets 

won the Super Bowl

 

That following year,

one of the funniest shows

in the history of network television 

premiered:

 

 LAUGH-IN

made the phrase

Sock It To ME

universally famous

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PhotoVerio #1005: Midnight Songbird Outside My Door

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© Oliverio ©

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All Letters Praising The President ...

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 All letters 

praising the President

must be addressed

to this box

© PhotoVerio #1004.5

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PhotoVerio #1004: Veiled Woman

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© Oliverio ©

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PhotoVerio #1003: Turntable

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© Oliverio ©

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So Glad That February Is Over ... !!!

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February 

was a trying month

and 

I am about to go

on trial

for crimes

I may have

—or may not have—

commit

 

But

nothing more about that

until TUESDAY

 

I need a day of rest today

and will do

nothing more than

post some

of 

my photographs

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