Inspired By Lynda Oliverio ... In 1972

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© 

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The only reason 

I  work is

so 

I can afford 

a psychiatrist

and tell him

how much

I hate 

my job

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©

 

© PAUL OLIVERIO © 

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PhotoVerio #1082: Living Up To His Promise

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"He said I'd get

an appearance fee

for walking through

this crappy photograph"

 

"All he did

was

pay me 

a compliment"

 

 

© Oliverio © 

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Ten + Five ... Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own

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If 

the gas tank

of  your 

imagination

borders on empty,

please skip this page

 

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10 days from today,

LOUIS ARMSTRONG

will sing

the title song

+

the featured dancers 

will include

my

Mom + Dad 

 

Those 3 members 

of the

 Class of '71

will toast

the 

post-humous crowd

with

Starbucks Champagne

in deference to 

what

was created

in that year

 

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_________

 

But

5 days from today,

all of the above

[and a gazillion others]

will sing

♎HAPPY BIRTHDAY♎

as my sister

celebrates

#80

 

Ain't Nobody's Business

How I Honor

The Dead   

 

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It Ain't Bragging, If You Can Do It Again

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 I was offered

 significantly

more money

than 

the $20 

I received from

Joan Rivers

BUT

stupidly said 

no 

__________

______

 

Mega-stupidly,

the recipient of

my negativity

turned out to be

Robert Orben

 

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The primary reason

I post this 1980 document

has to do with

my highlighted address:

 

It was the last 

of 3 homes

I owned 

on 

Long Island

but no siblings

or parents

owned 

a share

 

Otherwise

the price of admission

would not have been

quality drugs

or

Tequila

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______

 

I was both

a landlord

+ 

a substitute teacher

at that time

but

countless people

were "educated"

by me

in the comfort

of the house

whose address was 

5 Orient Hill

and payment

was most likely

non-denominational

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 ______

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One absolute certainty:

a Sound Beach

resident 

named 

"Stevie B'

learned

a bucketful of

God-Knows-What 

at

that location

 

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In the year

2026, 

"Stevie" 

is a

NEW YORK TIMES

puzzle maestro,

enlightening

people

on that newspaper's

second-most popular puzzle

(out of ≈50) 

 

It is the

NewYork Times Spelling Bee 

 

It is the puzzle

whose primary reference

is a

4th Grade 

Flunk + Wagnalls

Dictionary

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BURNT STROGANOFF ... A Teaser

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TEASER ? 

This award-winning story

began life

during my brief residency

in Hollywood

on Gower Street,

3 blocks south

of

Hollywood Boulevard

 

 BUT

when I received

$20 

from Joan Rivers,

my career

stupidly followed

a different direction

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_________

 

However,

it is a complete story

[copyrighted, of course]

and

anyone offering

a reasonable quantity

of $

will receive

a hand-delivered

copy

 

 

Sincerely,

© PAUL OLIVERIO © 

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Halloween Glass Block

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PhotoVerio #1081.5 

"Dennyista Amore"

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It's not necessary

for anyone

other than 

 Schmuck-i-verio 

to understand

the Spanglish quote 

  

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Variation Of A Previously-Posted Photograph

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© Oliverio ©

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Return Of ... The Institute Of Inane Research

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***

The Institute Of Inane Research 

has determined

that 

President Trump

fulfilled his promise

to give

every 

American taxpayer

$5000

 

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However,

that gift money

will not appear

in anyone's

bank account

but 

each recipient

now owns

$5000 stock

in the 

A.I. SUPERGROUP

Share Fund

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Every Supergroup

needs to look like one:

 the wardrobe 

for this Supergroup

includes

"baseball jackets"

 

Similar to those worn

by baseball managers

except

these jackets

are silk-lined

with 

hand-stiched

team numbers

embroidered

across

the back 

of the garment

and

each number

will be the same 

three-digit number:

666

 

Like the phrase

"Army intelligence"

and 

the aforementioned

"Trump Humility"

the secret code name

for members

of the 

A.I. SUPERGROUP

is

The Oxymorons

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© Oliverio ©

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For Example, ... Trump Humility

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I

will

soon 

introduce

the 

factual

new 

name

for

the 

AI

Superintelligence

Group

without

mentioning

the 

word

perpendicular 

 

 

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PhotoVerio #1081: Perpendicular

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*** 

Without these 

geometric thingies,

you could never

find

The Right Angle 
 

I'm too friggin' tired to edit this thingie

 

© Oliverio © 

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10/2/26 ... Linklessly + Disastrously

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This is a day 

featuring

the following: 

 

1)  

First Friday church service

 

2)  

Bill Maher talk show

 

3)  

The most important 

month of my life

 

4)  

No Baseball

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________

 

BUT

Humor jumped out

the window: 

The only thing

each of us

prayed for

was the other's

death certificate

*

**

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Defending The Indefensible

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 Yesterday,

the world was alerted to

a flagrant error

appearing

directly below

the signature of

Donald J. Trump

 

 

The error 

took place 

in the White House

 where Trump  convened with

the Mega-Mafioso

of the 

Artificial Intelligencia

 

 

YES

a mistake was made

but

not because of

spelling patterns:

 

It 

should have read

 

"The President Who Unites States"

 

Because

—beyond debate— 

he was uniting

the most powerful people

in the universe

who control the state

of 

virtually 

every geographic region

on our planet

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___________ 

 

Never mind that

absolutely

nothing was said about

The F-Word

that appears

in upper-left corner

above

the signature 

 

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© Oliverio © 

 

 

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As Long As There Is Language ...

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As long as there is language,

there will be poetry

 

A poem is

a jigsaw puzzle

but 

the only thing

the jig saw

was words

+ 

The poet

loved

each and every

one 

of them

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© Oliverio ©  

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The Elongation Of Emotion

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The

elongation of emotion

fills

the room with tears

 

The 

excitement of victory

morphs

them into cheers

 

The

avoidance of absurdity

warps

all of the fears

 

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© Hooda Helami ©

Alter Ego #142857 

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To Beat My Drums

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I want to beat

my drums

against

the sky

 

Til

the clouds

ask me why:

 

"To give you

another chance

to dance"

 

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© Oliverio © 

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