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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Monday, October 5, 2026

It Ain't Bragging, If You Can Do It ... #Who-The-Fluck-Cares

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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
 
__________
______
 
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
__________
______
 
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
 ______
 ______
   ______ 

One absolute certainty:
a Sound Beach
resident 
named 
"Stevie B'
learned
a bucketful of
God-Knows-What 
at
that location
 
__________
______
 

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
 
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
_____________________
_________
 
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-iverio 

to understand

the Spanglish quote 

  

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Variation Of A Previously-Posted Photograph

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© Oliverio ©
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Sunday, October 4, 2026

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
 
❗❗❗
 
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
 ______________
_______
 
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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Friday, October 2, 2026

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 
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

 
Almost 
ended my life
(or hers)
hecause only thing
both of us
prayed for
was the other's
death certificate
*
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Thursday, October 1, 2026

Defending The Indefensible

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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 
 
 
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
_______
___________ 
 

Never mind that
absolutely
nothing was said about
The F-Word
that appears
in upper-left corner
above
the signature 
 
____________
______
 
© Oliverio © 
 
 
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Wednesday, September 30, 2026

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
 
______________
________
 
© 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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Tuesday, September 29, 2026

I Got My Eye On You

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© PhotoVerio #1080.5 ©
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PhotoVerio #1080: Hot Bed

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© Oliverio ©
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Variation Of The Previous Page

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If
there were no
repitition,
we could never do
anything
again
❗❗❗ 
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© Oliverio © 
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Legally Changing My Middle Name

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©©© 
© Oliverio ©
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