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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Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Source Of Poem From Previous Page

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The
1968 
Suffolk County
Community College
was entitled
IMAGES
 
Editor
had a successful 
career
in Hollywood
with his most 
famous role
as a bar owner in
FIGHT CLUB
 
But I told him
my most memorable
moment
of his screen time 
was in
CHEERS
where 
he terrified
mailman
Cliff Hagen 
 as depicted
on his 
link 
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Tilted 1968 Poem + Source On Next Page

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© Oliverio ©

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Tuesday, July 21, 2026

PhotoVerio #1059: Parking Lot-Flavored Pretzel

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© Oliverio ©
 
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1973 Award-Winning Story

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A Great Day
For The
Beach
 
 
Mr. Limp
was a lonely
old man
who believed
nothing was true
until he could
disprove it
*
 
One sunny afternoon,
his neighbor said
It's a great day
for the beach,
wouldn't you
say so,
Limpo?
*
 
That is not true 
and I'll 
prove it
to you
said Mr. Limp,
whose nickname was
"Limpo"
*
 
To demonstrate
the strength
of
his contrariness,
Mr. Limp shook
the mighty apple tree
that grew in his yard
for close to
a century:
 
Lightning bolts
blossomed
from all its branches
and
thunder
thrashed through
the air
*
 
Rain splattered upon
Limpo
and his neighbor
and their 
entire
neighborhood
*
 
The Emergency 
Storm Patrol
arrived
with all its
modern
foul weather
devices:
 
Two men operated 
the 
Satchmo Suction Hose
that sucked
all the rain
out of the sky
 
The Musical 
Lightning Box
was ignited
to convert
thunder + lightning
into
beautiful music
that filled the air
 
The Saffron 
Sunshine Retriever
signaled to the sun
to 
come out of hiding 
*
 

You're right, neighbor
It is a great day
for the beach,
exclaimed 
 Mr. Limp   
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© Oliverio ©
 
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The award was presented
by 
Linda Marie Oliverio:
 
she bought cocktails
for the author
four of his buddies
(two of whom
were secretly in love
with my sister) 
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Sunday, July 19, 2026

But Gold Is Such A Beautiful Color ❗❗❗

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Comic Relief #7068.5 
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If Oliverio Were Given A Dubious Achievement Award

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*** 
 
Oliverio 
would be 
awarded for
his re-reading
Jules Feiffer's
crime fiction
parody
 
Naturally,
Paul 
had forgotten
101 percent
of 
a 300-page
novel
BUT
the second reading
involved
more than
fifty times
of picking up 
the book
and 
putting it 
down again
for reasons
too strange 
to mention 
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Bitterly ... Hooda Helami Humps JULES FEIFFER

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If you can't
eliminate the mother,
eliminate 
the Mother Tongue
*****
 
JULES FEIFFER
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 The world 
is 
full of
laughs
people
who 
talk in halfs:
 
Half 
of what they say
is 
jibberish
and 
the other half
is spoken into
the palm 
of their
left hand  
 
© Hooda Helami ©
Alter Ego #142857 
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Saturday, July 18, 2026

My Book + Excerpts = 0 Links + 1/2 Truths + Apology

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Apology 
to
Richard Wright
for being snared 
by my
"artificial intelligence"
and
John Lee Williamson
is 
a neglected genius 
 
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Friday, July 17, 2026

PhotoVerio #1058: Green-Eyed Intimacy

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© Oliverio ©
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Thursday, July 16, 2026

He Won't Bite If You Feed Him Chocolate

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He
is a sucker
for
© PhotoVerio #1057.5 ©
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PhotoVerio #1056: Nameless Thumbnail Collage

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© Oliverio ©
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Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Keezletown ... Inebriatedly Without Hyperlink

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Vincent King
told me this story:
 
For 
every thousand people
who know RICHMOND
only one knows
KEEZLETOWN
because
 
Mr. Richmond
+
Mr.Keezle
 had
a horse race
to determine
which one 
would get
the Shenendoah
county seat:
 
Keezle was so drunk,
he fell off his horse
 
Vincent 
is the deceased father
of 
my parents'
8
Great-Grandchildren
and
I miss
my living sister's
husband
dearly 
 
  

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Pope Leo's Alternative Headgear

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 He'd 
rather be 
wearing a
baseball cap 
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Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Ten Addictions + Two Hyperlinks + Two Copyrights

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1
Starbucks 
 
 
2
Clipper Cigars
 
 
3
Novels
 
 
4
Mrs. CarPeo
 
 
5
 
6
 
 
7
Cheese
 
 
8
Diet Coke
 
 
9
 
 
10
© aMErica ©
 
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The Carson link
has deleteable
advert
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Monday, July 13, 2026

He Played Three Chords ... Horrendously

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 People
tipped him
conditionally
He must stop playing until they are gone!
 
 
PhotoVerio #1055.5 
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