Presenting An Oscar

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There are only two tragedies in life:

One is not getting what you want.

The other is getting it.

 

OSCAR WILDE

Epigrams

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Photographed By My Psychoanalyst

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The Big Sky 

© James Raft ©

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The Timeless Genius Of GROUCHO MARX

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Lydia, The Tattoo Lady 

Groucho sings at 21:20 of video

Video has 

deleteable

advert 

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PhotoVerio #1048: Tear-Stained Window

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The tears 

are for

Photographic

Limitations

 of the 

two pages

flanking 

this one 

© Oliverio © 

 

 But

that is due 

to the 

Timeless Genius

of 

Groucho Marx

+

my new fetish

for the word

Arboreal 

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Nikki Noir's Treetop Haircut

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*** 

© PhotoVerio #1047.5

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Hooda Helami Couldn't Agree More ... Explaining Why

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The opposite of love

is not  hate,

  it is apathy

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S. A. Cosby

King Of Ashes

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Hate 

is 

love's

constant 

companion

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© Hooda Helami ©

Alter Ego #142857  

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PhotoVerio #1047: Foliage On Fire

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© Oliverio ©

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PhotoVerio #1046: Double Vision

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Nature's

Wheel of Wonder

© Oliverio ©

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Should Have Been Posted Yesterday

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Shaun Powell 

  

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Happy Father's Day

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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY 

To 

all 

Fathers

—living and dead—

especially

the one

who lives

in my

head 

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Fresh Coat Of Paint

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Latex Not Latte 

© PhotoVerio #1045.5

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PhotoVerio #1045: Pajama Stretch

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Exercise 

recommended 

by

Napaholics Anonymous

(N.A.)

 

© Oliverio ©

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Why I Love The Long Beach Jetty ... As Is

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I love the LBJ

as is

with its

bird droppings

and

Graffiti 

Why do I love

the Graffiti?

 

Because

without 

South-Central

Los Angeles,

my life would have

no definition

 

THEREFORE

I 

dedicate this page

to my homies,

the 37th Street Grapes

 

BUT 

provide no link

because

police might 

then

come knocking

on my door

 

© PhotoVerio #1044.5

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Patient Gives Advice To His Psychoanalyst

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Doctor Raft

 

I am deeply

impressed

with your photographs

of

THE BIG SKY

and 

your new home

in Montana 

after 

abandoning

a lifetime 

of sunshine

in Florida

with 

 its 1001

tennis courts

 

But

what impressed me 

more

were photographs

of you

wading

in the water,

fishing for trout

 

THEREFORE

I demand

you read

the book

I have sent 

you

 

There are authors

to satisfy

every

literary

(or non-literary)

taste

people may have

 

BUT

only one author

can be recommended

to people

who 

[for justifiable reasons]

no longer read

books

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Richard Brautigan's

imagination

is not

at the head

(or foot)

of the table

peopled by

the greatest writers

throughout history

 

Richard's imagination

is

under that table

tickling everyone

seated above

while they attempt

to do so 

with a straight

face,

suppressing 

laughter/tears/profundity

they 

didn't know existed

 

 

Enjoy  the gift

 

  

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If She Were A Football Field ...

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If 

she were

a

football field 

There would be

a

big pile-up

at

mid-field

 

Artist = To be Determined

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