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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Friday, February 20, 2026

Quoting A Lawyer I've Known For 70 Years ...

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was lucky:
we only got 
eleven-and-a-half
inches of snow
 
*** 
 
I promised 
my attorney/friend
anonymity
but his family 
is no stranger to these pages:
his brother introduced me
to the first cigaret
I ever smoked
but that was1000 
phlegmatic coughs ago
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PLEASE
add you own visual
to this blizzardy quote
which should be easy for anyone
not living in 
  Southern California
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Speaking of lawyers, 
this GodFather of Math
would like to extend his sympathies
to the family of Tom Hagen.
 
The Corleone family
will certainly make his funeral
an affair to remember.
 
Rest in Peace,
 
Rest in Peace,
 
Rest in Peace,
 
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Freedom Of Choice ... Goes Out The Window

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How foolish 
I was
to believe
I had entire
and 
exclusive control
of this blog 
—once upon a time—
  
Then
a very official notice 
was hand-delivered
yesterday
and 
suddenly it felt like
my head was in
a vice grip 

 
The Supreme Court
Of
The Elephantine Ego
will put
Paul Oliverio
on trial
no later than 
March 11, 2026
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However, 
he must first post
ten blog pages
including 
three related to
Jefferson High School
[in Los Angeles]
two "PhotoVerio" pages
one related to
selling original jokes
—in 1981—
four pages
of his own choice
 
His trial will take place
in the parking lot
of a Denny's Restaurant
—college adjacent—
in either
San Diego or Orange County
 
That is where he will meet
the woman he refers to as
Cat E. Clism
 
Her real name is 
Gertrude Hoppe
 
During World War II, 
her Heidelberg-born
Grandmother had helped
Jews escape to Britian
but the late-night customers
at Denny's call her
"Momma"
and none of these 
young party animals
goes home hungry 
 
Of course,
Oliverio can attach 
copyright symbols
where ever 
he so desires
 
The crimes he is being 
accused of
relate exclusively
to the 
McDonald's 
2026 Superbowl Half-Time
Program
 
The first question
he will have to answer
at his trial is:
 
What did you know
and 
when did you know it? 
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© Oliverio  
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Thursday, February 19, 2026

PhotoVerio #998: SDD =Sunrise Delay Diagonal

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Eight hours after
this picture was taken,
it is still raining
❗❗❗
 

© Oliverio ©
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Yellow Rose Knows The Roman Nose In The Garden

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***  PhotoVerio #997.5   ***
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PhotoVerio #997: Cloud Line Dance

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 Cloud Line Dance
Orchestrated By
© Oliverio ©
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PhotoVerio #997: Glass Blocked

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© Oliverio ©

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Unintentionally ... My Psychoanalyst Reminded Me ...

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He was the first of my friends
to purchase an authentic
painting by
"Mrs CarPeo"
 
She was unaware 
of the sale
BUT
thoroughly appreciative
of three dinners at 
in consecutive weeks
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Wednesday, February 18, 2026

What My Psychoanalyst Sent Me ... Inspired This

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Dr. Rath sent me
a slice of
South Dakota sky
and I hereby present
an oblong of sunrise 
lurking over
the Long Beach Jetty
 

© Oliverio ©                                2/15/26≈6:20AM
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Slice Of South Dakota Sky

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My psychoanalyst
drove through
the Badlands
and this proves
he was there
 
© Dr. James Raft  ©
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PhotoVerio #996: Ode To Bart Simpson

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© Oliverio ©

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Quote About Poetry + A School In The Bronx

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There's a poetry
in repairing
the carburetor
of an automobile,
even if the kid
repairing it
can't spell 
carburetor
***
 
The Blackboard Jungle 
 

Slightly tilted

but  

more than slightly 

controversial


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Monday, February 16, 2026

He Who Sits At Right Hand Of Leo Durocher ...

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Willie Mays 
sits at the right hand
of Leo Durocher,
—his mentor and manager—
 
The young man
in the baseball uniform 
is laughing loud enough
to be heard
≈seventy years≈
after the photograph
was taken
  
 
Willie Mays is laughing
because 
—in 2026—
he sits at
 the right hand 
of God
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Unfortunately,
authorities higher than
Mr. Mays 
and his seat-mates
will not allow me to name
the photographer
at this time
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New Word-alicious #4

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PHAITH =
Religion
for winners of
misspelling
contests

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© Oliverio © 

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Sunday, February 15, 2026

Dedicated To Chuck Berry + My Sweet Valentine

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was five years
in absentia
Long Beach Jetty
+
I was welcomed back
with a "duckwalk"
and 
 Buddy Boulder's Quintet

 
 
 
 
Both 
© PhotoVerio #985.5 ©
images 
were taken at 6AM
today
 
The "rubber duckwalk"
will make no one
forget
Chuck Berry    
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Saturday, February 14, 2026

PhotoVerio #995: Eugene, Oregon

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 ©          ***          ©

© Oliverio ©             2x

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