PhotoVerio #1044: I Wish I Were A Tree

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Arboreal Fornication 

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PhotoVerio #1043: And the Answer Is NO

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Parade Route

for

THE NEW YORK KNICKS

 

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Do I wish I was there?

 

Absolutely Not

 

The Knicks are here

in my heart

and soul celebrating

—over and over— 

every minute

of 

their championship

and extraordinary

team unity 

 

There is no way

I want 

to get 

ensnarled

anywhere in 

Manhattan

or

any of 

the five 

boroughs  

 

 

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Photograph by Jack McCarthy

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If 

Jack McCarthy

knew

I was 

posting this picture,

he 

would be pissed

BUT

only

 because

 

it is from the days

when he was

a fall down,

nasty

Irish drunk

 

And 

the video has

a deleteable advert 

As for me,  all I needed was ... a little rest

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This Is Mike Brown ...

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This 

is

Mike Brown

who was 

my stepson 

He 

is not to be 

confused

with

Mike Brown,

Coach of

the New York Knicks

_ 

___

_ 

 

The latter

is being paraded

in 

New York City 

tomorrow 

because

the Knicks

are 

World Champions

 

The other Mike Brown

may be anywhere

on this earth

—or elsewhere—

 

I was only 

his stepfather

for three years

because his mother

was too smart

for it to last 

any longer

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BUT

a quick story 

about

the young man

—visiting from Florida—

when this picture 

was taken 

 

We took him to

La Jolla Art Museum:

 

He ran across the lobby

shouting

"There's Robert!"

 

He was referring 

not 

to a human being

but to a piece of art

created by

Robert Rauschenberg 

 

At that time, 

Mike Brown's

"job"

was being 

a studio assistant

to Rauschenberg

 

Before the divorce

was finalized,

the last I heard

about her son,

Rauschenberg

was 

interested in

Michael's 

creative 

hammering

of 

copper plating

around existing 

objects 

 

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PhotoVerio #1042: Red Light White Light

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© Oliverio ©

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The Most Disturbing Thing About Artificial Intelligence

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The most disturbing thing

 about 

Artificial Intelligence

is 

the equal number

of 

scientists & criminals

who 

profit

profusely 

from its

existence

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If He Ain't A Poet ... Nobody Is

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MATT FLEGENHEIMER

 

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PhotoVerio #1041: If This Image Could Talk

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How long

do I have 

to hold 

this pose?

 

© Oliverio

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Even Mrs. CarPeo ... Celebrated The Knicks' Victory

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Mrs. CarPeo

cares as much about 

professional team sports

as 

Blanche Dubois

cared about 

pogo sticks

BUT

 my cheering for

the New York Knicks

was so incendiary

and infectious,

her survival

required

she become

 a fan

 

THEREFORE

she extends this 

invitation

  to a player

on 

their playoff roster:

 

Come taste my

award-winning

broccoli parmesan

dinner

 

Location of 

the festive meal 

"to be determined"

  

HOWEVER:

if the dinner recipient

happens to be

Mikal Bridges,

she'd 

prefer the dining 

to be done 

in a hotel

hundreds of miles

away from

Mr. CarPeo  

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There's A Starbucks Where The Starbucks Used To Be

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JOHN WESLEY HARDING 

 

+

deleteable

advert  

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PhotoVerio #1040: Double Vision

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© Oliverio ©

 

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IF

New York City

Sanitation 

has 

one and only one

licensed 

waste management company,

they are light years 

ahead of Long Beach

[CA] 

  which has 

 at least six 

 most of which

could give a fart's ass

about 

my 

New York Knicks

saddening

every resident 

  of San Antonio   

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Immortal Words Of An NBA Champion

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Karl Anthony Towns

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PhotoVerio #1039: Loving The Handicap

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I 

can drive

anywhere

and 

park wherever

I choose

because

I 

now qualify

for the

Handicapped

Parking Space

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When The Young ...

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When the young

diss the old,

compare the two

to

hot and cold

 

Why should I

be nice

to my grandparents?

 

They're poor

and won't leave me

a penny in their will.

 

I hate it

when they talk about

the good old days

 

Just give me things

that are 

*new and sparkling*

 

 

*code for overpriced*

 

If it happened 

before yesterday,

how can it be 

important tomorrow?

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Now

look behind the curtain,

in the distance

is a boogie-woogie

dance

that translates

to 

what the young 

are

actually

saying:

  

We are guaranteeing

the world that

We are more stupid

than any generation

before us

 

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Not Quite To Be Or Not To Be

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To Watch or Not to Watch

was the question

so 

I raised my hand

and said

 

"Teacher,

can I just glance

at the score

on my phone

before answering

that question?"

 

She said yes

and within 

ten minutes of play,

I thought I read

the score wrong

because the Knicks

were being barbecued

and the Spurs

spat out

the pieces

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Halftime deficit = 26 points

 

All I Wanna Do

is attend a pleasant

Suicide Party

 

Therefore,

I did Sudoku puzzles

and 

cursed the Universe

but 

after the 19th puzzle,

 boredom demanded

I take a look at the score 

and

—shockingly—

  my Knicks were 

un-barbecued

and about to snort

some miracle juice

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