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, August 11, 2026

A Personal Guide To 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
___
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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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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Legs + Right Angles

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Abstract Geometry 
© PhotoVerio #1064.5
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PhotoVerio #1064: Glass Block Collage

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© Oliverio ©
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Tuesday, August 4, 2026

You Are ... I Am ...

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You are
all of the above
 
I am
none of of the below
 
That goes to show
we should
get along 
grandly
 
Otherwise
(with no surprise)
one of us
needs to hit
—with no defeat—
the key
marked
DELETE 
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© Oliverio © 
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Color Spectrum Of Speed

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© PhotoVerio #1063.5
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Monday, August 3, 2026

PhotoVerio #1063: Rock Concert

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© Oliverio ©
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Yellow Monster Ingredient

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© PhotoVerio #1062.5
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