.......... We Interrupt The Norton Simon Pages For This Important Announcement From One Of Our Favorite Non-Sponsors ............

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The next Fitzgerald page is  here.

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A Norton Simon Stealthiverio Photograph Dedicated To JD + DT

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A detail from Auguste Rodin's
The Burghers of Calais
⬇︎ 

© Oliverio

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In the middle of the 20th Century, 
a middle-class kid I did be
with a six-legged cultural boundary:

Willie Mays, Ed Sullivan, Bobby Vee
plus 3 networks w/ middle letter  B
as in NBC, CBS and ABC.

In 1961,   Jimmy Durante  was a guest
on  Make Room For Daddy.

At a museum,  Danny Thomas and Jimmy Durante
encounter The Thinker, a life-size sculpture.

 Jimmy exclaims: 
"I know what he is thinking!
He's thinking Where did I leave my clothes?"

This was my first exposure to the art of  Auguste Rodin.

By the end of the 20th Century,
thanks to an extraordinary museum in Pasadena,
I knew that "burgers" could be spelt
with an h without adding ham. 
      

Auguste Rodin 
The Burghers of Calais
(1884-1895)

The next GoFather/Norton Simon page is  here.     

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Another Norton Simon Stealth Photograph By Photoverio ©©©

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Henry Moore 
Three Standing Figures
(1953)

I was four years old when 
Mr. Moore brought this sculpture
to life but I will now do 
what four thousand people
have done before me:
I will give names to those three figures.

PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
symbolizes my connection
to the Norton Simon Museum.

PAST
When I lived in Burbank,
  I visited the Pasadena museum
frequently and loved every minute of it.

(Despite the shock to the system
when they dis-allowed smoking
on the premises.)

PRESENT
Exactly one week ago today,
I returned to the Norton Simon
for the first time in twelve years.

The mixture of memories, fun,
"stealth photography,"
and aesthetic appreciation
were thoroughly intoxicating.

My gratitude to my best friend
in Long Beach cannot be measured,
partly because he–not me–did the driving.

FUTURE
I eagerly await a double-date
at the Norton Simon:
my best friend with his wife
plus Mr. And Mrs. CarPeo.

The next Stealthiverio/Norton Simon page is  here. 

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Photoverio © (# 177): Stealth Photography At The Norton Simon

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Aristde Maillol
The Three Graces
a/k/a
Three Nymphes
(1930-1937)

© Oliverio 2x
Please visit the next page

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Gigli's Girls With A Few Words From The King

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Ormond Gigli
Girls in the Window
(1960) 

The theme song of this page
is sung by
Elvis Presley. 

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Nathanael And Jasper

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Jasper Johns
Grey Numbers
1957

Numbers constitute 
the only universal  language.
Nathanael West             






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Footnote
The next Nathanael West-inspired GoFather page is  here.
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A Poem By William Carlos Williams

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A Love Song

What have I to say to you
When we shall meet?
Yet—
I lie here thinking of you.

The stain of love
Is upon the world.
Yellow, yellow, yellow,
It eats into the leaves,
Smears with saffron
The horned branches that lean
Heavily
Against a smooth purple sky.

There is no light—
Only a honey-thick stain
That drips from leaf to leaf
And limb to limb
Spoiling the colours
Of the whole world.

I am alone.
The weight of love
Has buoyed me up
Till my head
Knocks against the sky.

See me!
My hair is dripping with nectar—
Starlings carry it
On their black wings.
See, at last
My arms and my hands
Are lying idle.

How can I tell
If I shall ever love you again
As I do now?  

William Carlos Williams

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Inversion Therapy Has Countless Health Benefits...

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Even without 

spike legs and chain link hair

Roland Penrose
Octavia
(1939) 

...
This page was created
by a former card-carrying Asthmatic
who would be dead
if it weren't for 
inversion therapy!

It also explains why
Michelle Obama
is a role model  

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A Quote From When Surname WEST Represented Intelligence

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Nathanael WEST
(1903-1940)
No Relation to Kanye 

The next GoFather/Nathanael West page is  here. 

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Quoting The GodMother Of The Lewis Carroll School Of Logic

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The first sign of decline:
when personnel became human resources.

Mrs. Carpeo
a/k/a
Mrs. Oliverio

  

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 Footnote

QUOTING THE SMARTER HALF is the copyrighted property
of the Lewis Carroll School of Logic. 
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A Walla Walla Winery Goes Binary

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Sip and Savor the Psychedelic Syrah

And on  you  Tuble,  
get bubbly with
Purple Hazably

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Photoverio © (# 176): War Is Not A Card Game

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© Oliverio

Once upon a time,
we thought 
we could

Win a war with
a straight flush

Shock and Awe
shove and push:

The 9/11 response of George W. Bush


We now know
and understand

This was not
a winning hand


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Footnote
WAR IS NOT A CARD GAME is the copyrighted property of LCSoL.

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Garry Shandling, RIP

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“What I want at my funeral is a boxing referee 

who can count to five and say, 

‘He’s not getting up.’ ”

Garry Seinfeld

Comdians in Cars Getting Coffee

(with Jerry Seinfeld)

Garry Shandling
Born: November 29, 1949
Died: March 26, 2016

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The VERMIN SAINT Created by Maloney The Areopoagite

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"If you are interested,
I will give you a short summary of his life"

The Institute of Inane Research
has discovered the only shrine dedicated to St. Puce:

It can be found in the Writer's Room
of a sit-com whose main character
got his name from a 1938 story:
Day of The Locust
by Nathanael West.

Mr. West's first published novella,
The Dream Life of Balso Snell
documents the existence
of the Holy Flea.

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Footnotes
Balso Snell's Dream Life was originally published in 1931.

Another vermin  was sanctified in 2013.

But unlike the Holy Flea,
He is ensconced in the Holy See.

The text photograph  is from
page 115 of this edition of
The Dream Life Of Balso Snell

The next Nathanael West page is  here.

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She Said I Must Have Been Dreaming

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I was awakened by a hand

I couldn't breath because

it was covering my face

Breathing normaized within seconds

sleep normalized within  minutes

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She said I must have been dreaming
She said that on the phone

from three thousand
                      miles away

                        But she was wrong

                     Her hand has a very big reach

Almost as big as her heart               

Soon–very soon

Soon–very soon

Soon–very soon
Soon–very soon

We will  be this close:

With no more virtual emotions

or actual miles between us

When all phone calls

will be upstairs/downstairs

conversations

 

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Footnote

SHE SAID I MUST HAVE BEEN DREAMING

is the copyrighted property of LCSoL.

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The Sesquipadelian "Corporate Philanthropy-Misanthropy Ratio"

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Excluding the excremental profusions from the mouth 

of Donald Trump–when the ratio is as low as 1:7777–

the Corporate Philanthropy-Misanthropy Ratio 

has not deviated substantially from 

the ratio of one act of corporate  benevolence
to seven hundred and seventy acts
of corporate malevolence.

The 1:770 ratio was determined 

by  ONION NEWS 

eighteen years ago.

This means that every time a corporation

rewards a student scholarship, there are

seven hundred and seventy corporate instances of deceit,

corruption, environmental pollution or tax-dodging.

To simplify the ONION's
 Philanthropy-Misanthropy Ratio:
it represents the yin-yang
behavior of corporations
as a ratio of good deeds to bad deeds.

The next Donald Trump page is  here. 

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Is That Kafka? 99 Finds ... Is A Book That Doubles As A Museum

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Honored guests at this banquet!
It is true that I have a set
a world record, but if you

were to ask me how I achieved it,
I would be unable to answer you
to your satisfaction. 

You see, I actually cannot swim at all.

I have always wanted to learn,
but I have never found
the opportunity.

So how did it happen that 

my fatherland sent me 

to the Olympiad? 

That is exactly the question

that concerns me, too.

Franz Kafka

 This is an excerpt of an incomplete 
 Kafka story included as one of
 ninety-nine items presented 
 in  Kurt Beals' new book.

"Find #13" answers the question
 What color are Kafka's eyes?

 Unfortunately, five different 
 answers are given by people 
 who,  in fact, actually
 knew the man.

 However, the question
 What was Kafka's favorite song
 is answered in an exhibited
 postcard written to 
 his "little sister."

 His favorite song is 
"Now Farewell, You Little Alley."  

 Mr. Beals has also authored 
 a three-volume biography 
 of Franz Kafka.   

 The excerpt at the top of this page 
 was given a title by Beals: Kafka Dreams of an Olympian Victory.

The next GoFather/KAFKA page is  here. 

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Photoverio © (# 175): Alfred E. Neuman Loves Long Beach

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© Oliverio

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Photoverio © (#174): Five Of A Kind + Palm Tree

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© Oliverio

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A Post-Humous Autograph For Sale While You Are Pre-Humous

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Post-Humously Autographed By Diego Rivera

© Oliverio

All interested parties:
Please contact this web site

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Did You Hear The One About The Dog Who Cast A Big Shadow?

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© Oliverio
Peninsula Pup 

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Photoverio © (#173): Still Life With Twigs

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© Oliverio

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Young, Willing And Cable TV

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© Oliverio

We all are able

to have cable

and when all

is unspooled

the opposite

of a fool

has a

table

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Footnote
YOUNG, WILLING AND CABLE TV is the copyrighted property of LCSoL.

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All Right, Mr. DeMille, I'm Ready For My Close-up

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Sunset Boulevard
a/k/a
Bulwar Zachadzacego Stonca

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Imagine A Story About HOMER SIMPSON Without Donuts!

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You wouldn't have to imagine anything

if you read a 1937 Nathanael West novel

featuring a character named Homer Simpson

and inspiring  Matt Groenig  to use

that same name  many years later.

The two Homer Simpsons have as much in common
as the horse chestnut and the chestnut horse.

© Oliverio
Day Of The Locust

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Footnotes
In 1975, there was a  film version  of Day Of The Locust.

Donald Sutherland  played the part of Homer Simpson.

The next GoFather/Nathanael West page is  here.
 

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Old Man Mo' Is Still On The Go (Comic Relief #1042)

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Harry Bliss

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Photoverio © (#172): CAN WE TALK?

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© Oliverio
Can we talk?  
Dedicated to the woman who signed
my first California paycheck

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Life Line New Yorker Cover

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If Donald Trump went
 Through the Looking Glass

The next Trump page is  here. 

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Photoverio © (#171): Come, Don't Come

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© Oliverio
Sky City Casino
10/15/15

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Written in 1989: Fifty Years After The Fair

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Fifty years after the fair
The picture I have is so clear
Underneath the clouds in the air
Rose the trylon and the perisphere
And that for me was the finest of scenes
That perfect world across the river in queens

Aimee Mann

Twehty-five years after 
this New York World's Fair...
There was another New York World's Fair
in the exact same place.

Fifty times, I got free entry into the latter
by climbing a fence
but was only
arrested twice!

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Photoverio © (#170): Going Postal

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Due to terminal dirt stains on his face,
Mr. Tin went postal!

© Oliverio

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If Only I Had Been Thirty Years Older...

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Pain never makes me cry

but happiness does

Eagle-Eye Cherry 

"Eagle-Eye" is the name that appears on his birth certificate, according to his brother, whom I met at Tower Records in Pasadena.

In 1990-something, David Cherry and I had two lengthy conversations in-store and he was very impressed him that I was teaching at Jefferson High School.

"The legendary Jefferson High," he exclaimed, "that hotbed of jazz! It's got a roster as famous as the 1927 New York Yankees." 

David and Eagle Eye's father,  DON CHERRY,  was a student at Jefferson but many years before my time. 

"The legendary Don Cherry! David, if I were thirty years older, I might have been your father's teacher. Wouldn't that have been something?"

"Paul, if that were the case, my father might have gone into avant garde mathematics instead of avant garde jazz."

"And you would be working at Cal Tech instead of Tower Records. Eagle-Eye and Nenah Cherry would have become Ivory tower professors."

"If that were true, we might have given the world Cherry Mathematics. Wouldn't that have been something?"

"Yes: Avant Garde Cherry Mathematics where polygons–instead of having different numbers of sides–would come in different flavors!"

"And Infinity would just be another exit

off the Santa Monica Freeway.

But Paul, I have to exit this conversation

because Tower Records

gives me a paycheck

and they won't be going bankrupt

for another five years!" 

David Cherry

Eagle-Eye Cherry

Neneh Cherry

Don Cherry
One of the founding fathers of avant garde jazz
and the actual father of David, Eagle-Eye and Neneh!

He is also the composer of  MULTI-KULTI

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The Brother Who Didn't Die On The Titanic + The Daughter Who ...Lived In Excess = Exponential Gratitude From The Art World...

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Benjamin Guggenheim

was a passenger

on the maiden voyage

of the Titanic.





 

His brother, Solomon,

was not a Titanic 
passenger.

Solomon commissioned 

Frank Lloyd Wright

to build a museum.

Rather than have a museum 

on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, Benjamin's daughter, 
Peggy housed herart collection on 
the bank of the 
Venice Canal.

The debt Modern Art owes 
to the Guggenheim family
is being celebrated
in Florence, Italy

 with such eye candy
as this painting
by  Kandinsky

Mr. and Mrs. CarPeo would like to be your proxy guests
at this exhibit. All you have to do is provide us
with two airline tickets and some spending money.

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From A Lesser Half To A Better Half ... So That We Become Whole

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Go maxi at the Mini

Dent the dumpsters

with eternal kisses

until

all that remains

is the stuff

that U-haul dreams

are made of

Because I am getting sick from

not being able to serve you

breakfast in bed

And fill your head

with so many stupid ideas

that with just one wink

you'll make them sound intelligent

90802 - 10536 = a golden state of bliss

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