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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Monday, August 17, 2026

No Puzzle Has More Sex With ... LOGIC

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No
puzzle
has 
greater intimacy
with numbers 
1 thru 9 
 The concept of 
LOGIC 
than
the puzzle 
known as 
 
 
It 
 is the puzzle
in which
____________________ 
 where numbers 
are
is 
as important as
where numbers 
   aren't   
____________________ 
But
we cannot teach 
logic 
to students
because 
it 
would
make them
smarter than 
their teachers
AND 
That would be 
suicide
for
Artificial Intelligence
which must 
never, ever
communicate
genuine
intelligence
to anyone
unassociated
with
Big Pharma
or
other 
mega-powers
in
USA
❗❗❗
 

"Sudoku"
is an Asian word
translating into
American children
sure are stupid
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Quoting The TRAVELING WILBURYS

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If
you're
old and gray,
you
still have
something to say
***
 
 
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Video has
deleteable advert  
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An Alternative To ... BILL W.

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is fun
if
you stop
at 
one
 
But 
before you
get a grip,
leave a handsome 
tip
__________
_____
 
© Oliverio ©
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Sunday, August 16, 2026

Baby Love

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Supremely 
I present 
 
The 1st Love was ...   
The 2nd Love was ...   
The 3rd Love was ...   
______________
________
 
Obviously,
these were fantasy loves,
—askew of reality—
because I thought
LOVE
had no bearing
on 
my real life
 
"Love of Family"
was 
a 24/7
birthright 
until  
family love for me
—not undeservedly— 
went out the window
 
+
in 2026, 
my love
for 
an individual woman
still has me
scratching
my head 
❗❗❗ 
 
____________
_______
 
Video has
deleteable
advert
 
© Oliverio © 
 
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"We Had Great Sex But ..."

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We had great sex
but it was 
of the 
"Honey, you got a minute"
variety
_______________
_________
 
© Oliverio © 
≈ 2002 ≈ 
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Memory Is That Place ... For A Vertical Poem

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MEMORY
is that place 
where things go
 
Things
that happened
yesterday
or
last week
last month
or
never at all
 
They 
get pruned,
ruined,
embellished,
or 
forgotten
until
the time
is best 
to 
remember 
them
____________
_______
 
© Oliverio © 
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AMBROSE BIERCE ... Vertically Quote-Worthy

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BEAUTY
is 
the power 
by which 
a woman
charms
a lover
and
terrifies
a husband.
 
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_______
 
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Saturday, August 15, 2026

Suck On It

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© PhotoVerio #1068.5 ©

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PhotoVerio #1068: Shade + Wrought Iron

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© Oliverio ©

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There Is Always Room For Quoting OSCAR WILDE

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________
_____
 
Unfortunately,
INTELLIGENCE
is not out of the reach
for morals.
 
This explains why
the artificial kind
is prospering. 
 
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Thursday, August 13, 2026

PhotoVerio #1067: 5000 Pounds

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© Oliverio ©
 
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A Suggestive Guide For Modern Plagiarism ... #428571

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It 
isn't the end
of the world
but 
you can
practically
see it
from here
***
 
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Yesterday Was Officially ... A Day Of Rest ...

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Yesterday 
was 
officially 
a day of rest
for
this blog
*
*
*
 
Otherwise 
this page
might have been
 an obituary  
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Tuesday, August 11, 2026

A Suggestive Guide For Modern Plagiarism ... #142857

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If there's
a hell below,
we're 
all going
to need
road maps.
 
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Quoting The Substitute Father Figure Of Willie Mays' Life

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_______________
__________
 
Since 
930 divided by 1107 = .840
I am a 
New York Times Spelling Bee 
eighty-four percent
of the time.
 
For the game called
"Wordle,"
is a small notch below
ninety-nine percent
________ 
 
Therefore,
my personal pride 
can smoke
an imaginary pipe
and I can
pretend
its'
real 
marajuana
❗❗❗ 
_________________
_________
 
© Paul Oliverio ©
 
 
It 
literally took
a fortnight
of mini-anxieties
to complete
this page 
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