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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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

PhotoVerio #1026: Shadowed Bicycle

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© Oliverio ©
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Sunday, April 26, 2026

Last Night, There Was An ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION ...

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Saturday, April 25, 2026

PhotoVerio #1025: MISTER BIGSHOT

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© Oliverio ©

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Sally, Sara, Stella Or Sheila?

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Which 
of the Scribble Sisters
created this image?
 
 Maybe Sara 
   Maybe Stella 
   Maybe Sheila
But probably not Sally:
She was too busy
and 
talking to 
Dick Clark
and 
dating 
 
© Oliverio       3x

Personally,
I don't care which sister
is the responsible artist
because
I hold the copyright
to the artwork
❗❗❗
 
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Thursday, April 23, 2026

Three-RING Circus ... With One Impersonator

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The real 
was successful enough
to have 
a baseball field
in his backyard
 
The real
gave the world
 
The impersonator
was 
a high school student
disguised as
RING LARDNER Jr.
 
His mother 
was
 
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 M*A*S*H
links to a book 
designed by
Mrs. CarPeo
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THE FAR SIDE Of Superman + My Grandfather

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If 
The Everly Brothers
could afford 
certainly journalist
Clark Kent
could have done
the same thing  
 
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026

HEMINGWAY On The Rocks

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 Most fiction writers
create literature
in their 
heart + soul
but not 
Ernest Hemingway.
 
He used 
Coca Cola 
drinking money
in Las Vegas: 
 
He bet he could
repeat himself
1001 times
but 
still be regarded as
"The Real Thing"
❗❗❗ 
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___________ 
 
The professor
quoted prefers anonymity
because she did not want to
jeopardize her job at 
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PhotoVerio #1024: Amoeba Family Portrait

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© Oliverio
 
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Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Abra-Ca-Da-Bra

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©   PhotoVerio #1023.5   © 
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PhotoVerio #1023: Jackson Pollack + Club Soda

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the club soda
was spiked with
+
one unbleached
leafy comma 
 
© Oliverio ©
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IF And Only IF

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IF
all missile launchers
looked like this
THEN
think 
 
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The Sam Cooke link
has 
a deleteable advert
and 
this page is entitled

©PhotoVerio #1022.5
   
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Monday, April 20, 2026

PhotoVerio #1022: Don't Look Here

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© Oliverio ©
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We Interrupt This Beatles' Broadcast To Bring You ...

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Midnight
on 
Orange Avenue
 

a/k/a
 
© PhotoVerio #1021 ©
 
©The Barry Kenny Garden©
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Sunday, April 19, 2026

Number 9 ... Number 9 ... Number 9 ... PAGE FIVE

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Everything 
made of wood
was once
a tree
 
 
If this song
doesn't make you
think extra thoughts,
see a doctor
immediately 
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And 
Beware of 
deleteable advert
introducing
Cousin Joe 
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Number 9 ... Number 9 ... Number 9 ... PAGE FOUR

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Whenever George taught us
a new chord,
we wrote another song
 
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HUNTER DAVIES
Quoting Lennon or McCartney
 in
 
 
There are 
one million and one
books about the Beatles
but only one was written
with their 
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