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, February 18, 2026

What My Psychoanalyst Sent Me ... Inspired This

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Dr. Rath sent me
a slice of
South Dakota sky
and I hereby present
an oblong of sunrise 
lurking over
the Long Beach Jetty
 

© Oliverio ©                                2/15/26≈6:20AM
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Slice Of South Dakota Sky

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My psychoanalyst
drove through
the Badlands
and this proves
he was there
 
© Dr. James Raft  ©
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PhotoVerio #956: Ode To Bart Simpson

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© Oliverio ©

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Quote About Poetry + A School In The Bronx

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There's a poetry
in repairing
the carburetor
of an automobile,
even if the kid
repairing it
can't spell 
carburetor
***
 
The Blackboard Jungle 
 

Slightly tilted

but  

more than slightly 

controversial


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Monday, February 16, 2026

He Who Sits At Right Hand Of Leo Durocher ...

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Willie Mays 
sits at the right hand
of Leo Durocher,
—his mentor and manager—
 
The young man
in the baseball uniform 
is laughing loud enough
to be heard
≈seventy years≈
after the photograph
was taken
  
 
Willie Mays is laughing
because 
—in 2026—
he sits at
 the right hand 
of God
   ❗
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Unfortunately,
authorities higher than
Mr. Mays 
and his seat-mates
will not allow me to name
the photographer
at this time
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New Word-alicious #4

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PHAITH =
Religion
for winners of
misspelling
contests

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© Oliverio © 

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Sunday, February 15, 2026

Dedicated To Chuck Berry + My Sweet Valentine

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was five years
in absentia
Long Beach Jetty
+
I was welcomed back
with a "duckwalk"
and 
 Buddy Boulder's Quintet

 
 
 
 
Both 
© PhotoVerio #985.5 ©
images 
were taken at 6AM
today
 
The "rubber duckwalk"
will make no one
forget
Chuck Berry    
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Saturday, February 14, 2026

PhotoVerio #995: Eugene, Oregon

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 ©          ***          ©

© Oliverio ©             2x

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For The Curator Of ... LBMA Downtown

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+
he is artfully
articulate  
 
 
 ***    ©PhotoVerio #994.5    ***
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PhotoVerio #994: Crack That Egg

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© Oliverio ©         Long Beach Aquarium 2016  

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Nine Days My Elder + Nine Times My Talent

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I thought I was
the Duke of Earl
when I made it
with a redheaded girl
in the back
of a chevrolet
 
Keeping the Faith 
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Both were raised 
on Long Island
 
 
Video Link has
deleteable advert   

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Thursday, February 12, 2026

New Word-alicious #3

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MAN-FRO =
Hairstyle exclusively
for white men
enabling them
to impersonate
Black men  
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© Oliverio © 
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I'm Laughing To Keep From Crying

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If 
one-and-only-one 
Song Title
 could be tattooed
to my forehead,
it would be 
 
It was originally performed 
by
 
If
you are unfamiliar
with their music,
all you need to know 
is this:
 
 
!!! 




However,
requires a warning:
Anyone over the age of seven
listening to this song,
should have their
head examined 
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© Oliverio © 
 
 
All of the music video links
have a deleteable advert
which you might
choose to watch
because
It's Your Thing
and you might want to
Twist And Shout   
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When Bestie + You ... Have That 1 Ugly Moment

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The title above
inspired 
the quote below
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 If 
I agree with you
100 percent
of the time
+
You agree with me
100 percent
of the time

Then 
one of us
is redundant  
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© Paul Oliverio ©
 
 
Of course,
this one ugly moment
resolved itself
quickly + beautifully
 thanks to
the ancient art form
of letter-writing  
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Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Darker Times ...

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need
cute sprinkles
© PhotoVerio #993.5
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