The GoFather Of Math: October 2019

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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Thursday, October 31, 2019

Windswept Midnight In Pixilato County

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At midnight,
I stepped out
of the hotel

Windblown pixels
made me sneeze

A camera jumped
out of my pocket.

It pointed to a tree
and snapped
my nose

Back in the hotel,
she gave me a kleenex

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Footnote
WINDSWEPT MIDNIGHT IN PIXILATO COUNTY
is the copyrighted property of LCSoL
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An Honest Hypocrite Talks To A Presbyterian Minister

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Your run-of-the-mill dishonest hypocrite

doesn't really object to

the fraudulent trappings of religion:

the vain ceremonials, the ceremonial vanities,

the bland absurdities of this ritual called worship.

Metaphorically speaking,

he devours the sanctimonious goodies

because they taste good NOT to his soul

but to his ego.

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WILLIAM STYRON

Tidewater Morning

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Footnotes

The character speaking was within minutes

of becoming a widow

The minister (with his wife)

walked into the man's house, uninvited

The narrator of this story,

told in flashback,

is the thirteen year-old boy

about to be orphaned

There are two companion

(but independent) stories

within this short volume

The quote is from the title story

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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

STREET ART UTOPIA #42

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There is a time and place

for spray paint

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GRANDMA NOSES

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Footnotes
The image is from
STREET ART UTOPIA

Artist and photographer
are named on link

The text (including attribution) is mine

The next page in this series
is here
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Monday, October 28, 2019

The Sixteenth Page In This Series

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We can't go on

meeting like this

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Homage To An Artist From My Cutting Room Floor

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Footnote
My photographic homage
to Franz Kline is dedicated to
Ashleigh and her fellow baristas
at Park Avenue Starbucks (90804)

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Swimmer On A Stick With Shadows

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Robert Graham
Young Girl Swimming

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Friday, October 25, 2019

Photoverio #390: Candles In Waiting

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Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Five Yellow Trumpets In Perfect Visual Harmony

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In no particular order

© Oliverio (5x)
North of Alamitos BUX
(90802)

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I'll Drink To That

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Behind a vast majority

of successful creative projects

bounds an extraordinary cheerleader:

CAFFEINE

Until the mid-1980's,

cappucinos and lattes

were barely pronounceable

by the general public

but in today's global economy,

two pounds of coffee are produced

for every person on the earth

and specialty coffees have become

household and studio necessities.

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DAN IMHOFF

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Saturday, October 19, 2019

The Fox House

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The closest
we've ever come
to state-run
television

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Rupert Fox
did not create
Donald Trump.
He created
Donald Trump's
audience

***

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Footnotes
The title is mine but the quotes are from
the March 11, 2019 issue
of New Yorker Magazine

The essay was written by Jane Mayer

The illustrator is Tyler Comrie

The next GoFather/Trump page
is here
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Friday, October 18, 2019

When You Are Young And When You Are Not

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When you are young

you owe nothing

to the future.

But when you are old,

you owe a duty

to the past.

To the one thing

you can't change.

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Julian Barnes

The Only Story

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Thursday, October 17, 2019

Rorschach #27 ... Jaded ... (Botanically Speaking)

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When the bark of the Jade Plant

loses all its pulp,

life does not end

The bark finds its way

to the nearest Rorschach Museum

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Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Photoverio #389: A Seagull By Any Other Name Is ...

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DJ-Verioni #142857 ... Repeat 20X And Overcome BAD HABIT

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Spending money like I have it

A BAD HABIT

Spending money like I have it

A BAD HABIT

Spending money like I have it

Spending money like I have it
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IMELDA MAY

The Bad Habit
to overcome
would be
NOT dancing to
Imelda May
!!!

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Monday, October 14, 2019

White Light BLUES Heat White Light White Heat

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A young man with a horn,
wearing Knickers and Nikes,
posed for a photographer.

He was one of many talented musicians
featured at a funky and funilicious
BLUES JAM on a sunny
Sunday afternoon

The spectral white light
at right of image
is contrapuntal to
aquarium-like stage
on the left

All of the musicians
at Supply And Demand
had their mojo working

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Thursday, October 10, 2019

Photoverio #388:Presenting McOldtree Barkmites

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© Oliverio
Gee, I am a tree
though I may look scary
none need fear me

In my trunk hole,
some deposit a quarter
others bring me water
most just let me be
©©©

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Tuesday, October 8, 2019

10-6-19 ... Detailed Images Of The Blessed Barnyard Animals

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October 6, 2019

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Sunday, October 6, 2019

The 133rd Bullet: The Percentage Of Stupidity

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It has been said
that there are
no stupid questions.

This is true
ninety percent of the time.

Unfortunately,
fifty percent of the time,
those questions are asked
by stupid people.

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Footnote

THE 133rd BULLET
is the copyrighted property

of the Lewis Carroll School of Logic

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Regarding The Previous Page And ... The Similarity Of The Gods

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Kafka's quote

begins with the words

The view of a little boy

In two short sentences,

Franz Kafka beautifully portrays

the image of a child

A modern title of that image is

Kafka's Mandy

WHY?

because nowhere else
did Franz Kafka
write so beautifully
about a child

The original Mandy

is from another

Olympian God

Mandy is two

you ought to see her eyes

of cornflower blue

In three short minutes,

Billie Holiday beautifully portrays

the image of a child

Nowhere else

did Billie Holiday
sing so beautifully
about a child

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Footnote

Anyone with counter-examples
to this page:
please let me know

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Differences Of View Is An Appropriate Title For This Page

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The view of a little boy

who has to crane his neck

in order to even glimpse

the apple on the table and

The view of the master of the house

who takes the apple and

freely hands it to the person

sitting at table with him

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FRANZ KAFKA

The Blue Octavo Notebooks

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Footnote
The words within the quote
are verbatim Kafka
but the format is mine
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Saturday, October 5, 2019

Thankfully, This Is NOT A Sub-division Of Scientology

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Appliantology

is the religion

of worshiping refrigerators

above all else

Most of its church members

live north of the poverty line

Select members of this religion

also derive secret pleasures from

sitting on their washing machines

during the wash cycle

Lastly,

every member of this church

owns a quality toaster-oven

BUT

for those of you

mired in reality,

you can read all about

Appliantology

here

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Footnote

THANKFULLY, THIS IS NOT

A SUB-DIVISION OF SCIENTOLOGY

is the copyrighted property of LCSoL

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About My Initials ... Quoting Mark Twain ... And Me

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My name is Public Opinion.

It is held to reverence.

It settles everything.

Some think it is the word of God.

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MARK TWAIN

Europe and Elsewhere

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We have four branches of government:

Executive, Legislative, Judicial,

and the Court of Public Opinion.

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PAUL OLIVERIO

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Footnotes

The second quote

is the copyrighted property

of LCSoL

The first quote

might be the copyrighted property

of God

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1957 Photographs By OTTO JENSEN With a Few Words by ME

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What is

between the images

of the church

should not make you lurch

for moral damnation

A jackhammer with a bikini

is not obscene

if you know

what I mean

It is an invitation

cemented to sexual fantasy

not demented to pornography

but with a message
to all of us:

Everything serves a purpose

Every church

needs aisle and pew

altar and stained glass
of colorful hue

A jackhammer

is a common sight

on a construction site
Out of rock and stone,
it takes a bite

About this

you do not have to care

but we all need

swim wear

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Footnotes

The poem is the copyrighted property

of LCSoL

OTTO JENSEN

mentored me in photography

and doubled as my father image
and drinking buddy

He introduced me
to Tanqueray Gin,
et al

He (and his photographs)

are not strangers to

the GodFather Trilogy

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Thursday, October 3, 2019

If Rolling Stones Were A Groovy+Curvy 19th Century Rock Band

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They would have written

a love song

for the New England

factory girls
mentioned below

Orestes Augustus Brownson
(1839)

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Footnotes
The block quote is from
The Stammering Century,
written by
Gilbert Seldes

The Factory Girl video
may be preceded by
a very short advert

This page is dedicated to
my friend,
James Rath

He composed
a mathematical variation
of the Rolling Stones' song
entitled
Factorial Girl

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Jackson Pollocking

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The Idyll And The Zero Factor

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Four doors beyond

this idyllic setting

a great educational

experience can be had

related to the zero

on the door.

Beyond that door,

one can observe

"Exhibit A"

in the form of an employee

who has Zero Customer Skills

It naturally drives

people to drink.

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Footnote
The smear in the middle image
is symbolically well-deserved
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