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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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
❗❗❗ 
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© Paul Oliverio ©
 
 
It 
literally took
a fortnight
of mini-anxieties
to complete
this page 
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Monday, August 10, 2026

Not Pretty But Pretty Necessary

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Whether
or
not
it 
wants
to
___
___
 
Life begins here 
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© PhotoVerio #1066.5 © 
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PhotoVerio #1066: Eugenics

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from a prop plane 

 © 3/11/2004  ©


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It was my Dad's 
88th birthday
+
I had to 
go somewhere:
 
Coin flip
sent me to
Eugene, Oregon 
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Multi-Colored...Tilted ... Premature Party ...Invitation ... #1089

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"There are no coincidences,
there are only 
divine parallels" 
is
a quote from
either 
Jesus Christ
or
me
 
HINT: 
Jesus 
was way too busy
to concern Himself
with
chalk-chucking fools
+
donut-dispensers 
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____ 
  
 
My retirement
was celebrated on
my only nephew's
presently
he 
lives in 
Westport, Connecticut:
 where the
per capita income
is higher than 
seventeen 
hand-woven-kites
 
BUT
had seriously forgotten
that my 77 years 
on 
Planet Earth 
included 
only
seventeen years
of
full-time 
employment
 
Two 
retirement gifts received
were 
"blunts"
 
Something
the son of 
Sam Oliverio 
quit smoking
on 9/11
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________
 
I think there will be
more verbiage
about my 
"retirement"
BUT
on August 10, 2026
my thought processing
is five-star
Jabberwocky
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________
 
ITAL
Susan Swain
– creator of the invitation  
is due
eternal gratitude 
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Saturday, August 8, 2026

My New York Knicks Souvenir FINALLY Arrived In Mail

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Dr. Fabricato
—the team surgeon—
assured me
that 
"my souvenir"
is a 
Madison Square Garden 
basketball net
cut down for
FAN-tastic reasons
by 
  
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Friday, August 7, 2026

PhotoVerio #1065: Do It HERE ... Do It THERE

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(HERE)                

                              (THERE)

 
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The pride 
in my rose garden
can't be measured
 
The pride 
in my parents
is a
24/7 
thing-ama-jig 
 
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Thursday, August 6, 2026

With Apologies To MISS LIBERTY ... But

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How often 
do I get
to quote from
the
Lewis Carroll
Brain Trust
??? 
 
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Exactly One Quote From ... MARK TWAIN

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It can probably
be shown
by
facts and figures
that there is 
no 
distinctly 
native American
class of criminals
except Congress
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