All I Can Say Is ... I Love This Goddam Photograph

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The only reasonable name

for it

is

PATIO 4am 

© PhotoVerio #1078.5

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PhotoVerio #1078: With A Notch

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© Oliverio ©

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According To Scientific History

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 Nature 

made

man out of a monkey

according to

scientific

history

 

BUT

it took 

a beautiful woman

one night 

to make

a monkey

out of me

John Hammond

 

Written by

Pleasant Joseph 

 

Video 

has

deleteable

advert

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Painting With The Power of Speech

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I remember 

the day

we met

 

I had eaten a bowl

of 

Euclidean 

noodle soup

and

your face 

followed me

everywhere

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So yummy 

to the eyes

of 

the tummy 

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Permanent Art Exhiibit

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Long Beach

Museum of Art

Downtown

 

Artist Unknown = Oversized Sliding Door

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Unadorned Glass Blocks

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Quoting LIZA MINELLI

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In approximately 1983,

Liza Minelli

visited

the office of

ABRAMS BOOKS

to discuss

a book 

about her mother,

Judy Garland 

 

On her way 

out the door,

she passed the desk

of designer,

Carol Robson

Liza said to Carol:

If ever I need 

an understudy,

I'll give you 

a call  

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Sunrise Does Not Prove The Existence Of God❗❗❗

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Sunrise 

does not 

prove 

the 

existence of God

 

It 

proves

the 

talent of God

 

 

Ditto

for 

sunset 

 

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Worthy Of Being Re-Posted

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© PhotoVerio #1077.5

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PhotoVerio #1077: Brick + Rail

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© Oliverio ©

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However ... A Message For Cyndi Lauper

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If 

Cyndi Lauper 

wants to improve

her dulcimer skills,

I recommend

listening

to

this video 

© Paul Oliverio © 

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Cyndi Lauper on 9/11

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Cyndi Lauper

playing 

dulcimer

at the 

9/11

Memorial

was 

a perfect companion

for 

the recital

of

the Victim's

names 

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Third Read Is The Charm

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 The first read of

Moll Flanders

is

the only one 

to be graded:

 

It was assigned

at the end of

sophomore year

at

Bishop Reilly

but

that conflicted with

three most disturbing words:

 

REQUIRED SUMMER READING

and

—of course—

I did not read it

 

Instead 

I read

the Cliff Notes

—cover-to-cover—

and 

my sister Lynda

read 

select Cliff Notes

to me

while I was on

the Rocky Point beach

and

my eyes were closed

 

My grade was

  B+

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_________

 

The second read 

was fifteen years ago

and a page of

30 select quotes

is

still on file

somewhere

in my office

 

How much 

of

the book

did I actually remember?

 

Virtually nil

because

 

© 

If forgetting

was an art,

I'd be Van Gogh

then forget

where my ear was

and cut off

my toe

©  

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The third read

was last month:

I read it 

very slowly

and 

carefully:

 

By far,

it was the most

satisfying read

I am convinced

that

in the history

of novels

written

in the 

English language,

no more than

9 or 11

of them

have been 

more plagiarized

than 

MOLL FLANDERS 

 

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PhotoVerio #1076: Outside My Gate

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PhotoVerio #1075: Outside My Window

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