The GoFather Of Math: Peaceful, Safe, And HAPPY July 4th For Anyone Who Reads This

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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Saturday, July 4, 2020

Peaceful, Safe, And HAPPY July 4th For Anyone Who Reads This

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This 4th of July,
it is easy to think about
an American flag
big enough to accommodate
ALL of us:

In Long Beach,
that would be
the Ski Demski Flag

The flag's home
is six blocks away
from where I write this

In 1992,
Demski created
"the world's largest flag"

It has appeared
at Superbowls,
World Series games,
Veterans' parades
and the Hoover Dam

Mr. Demski died in 2002
and his ashes
are entombed
in the American Eagle
atop the flag pole

The pole is still there
(flaglessly) but with
a statue honoring
its creator.

The Demski Pole
appears to have
"a black Smudge"
higher than the
American Eagle
at its peak.
But Smudgy is
the real world
mirror image
of the street light
half the height of
the real world
Demski Pole

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