Speaking Of Sound Beach ... 11789

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!!!

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Quoting A Most Quotable Eminence

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For more Robert Orben quotes, click  here

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What Could Have Been My Last Paycheck In New York

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 ≈ April 16, 1981 ≈

The Idiot Commentista Explains Below

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Dolly Parton And The Munchkin Medicine ...

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!!!

 

Surprisingly, 

very few people know that 

the MODERNA VACCINE

was financed by 

a million dollar donation

from Dolly Parton to

Vanderbilt University

Medical Center

However,

what is not surprising

is that Politico

 is compromising

Moderna's Covid vaccine

"for children under five"

while promoting

the same vaccine

being created by Pfizer

Why no surprise?

 

In Washington DC,

 the lobby dollars

spent by big pharma Pfizer

are in a ratio of 1000:1

in comparison

to the lobby dollars

spent by Moderna

whose purse strings

are as narrow as

Dolly Parton's waistline 

 ____

 

 

Now

is that rare moment

when I speak

of myself

with pure honesty

 

If some sleazy palm-greaser

in a three-piece suit

handed me an envelope

stuffed with hundreds 

  of thousands of dollars, 

   you can bet your bottom billion  

I would blindly badmouth

 X

and goodmouth 

 Y

regardless of knowing

that every ventriloquist word

I say is absolute

poppycock

 

Money doesn't have to do

the talking 

when fat envelopes

of cash are handed to me:

My mouth  would do 

all the talking:

persuasively,  loudly,

and convincingly

because 

vast rewards 

eclipse integrity 

 

:::

 

 PAUL OLIVERIO

 © Munchkins, Dolly, ©

 © Dollars + A Hypothetical © 

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Photoverio #699: Soon to Be Swept Away

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The Fate Of Every Rose

© Oliverio

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Inconvenient To All But The Freakishly Tall (Comic Relief #4424)

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!!!

GARY LARSON

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LOWER-CASE SURVIVAL: Another Poem From Hooda Helami

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to delight in delusion

and the circle of confusion

can lead to happiness

 

happiness?

an admirable goal

—essential to the soul—

even when proclaimed

 atop a muddy bloody

mess

***

© PAUL OLIVERIO ©

Alter Ego #142857

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Quoting TREVANIAN Finally*

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Confession is good

for the spirit.

It empties the soul,

making room

for more sin

***

The lowly moth dreams

of possessing the moon

***

I pity anyone

scarred by the acid

of provincial gossip

***

TREVANIAN

The Summer of Katya

*

I first read Trevanian

forty years ago

thoroughly enjoying

"The Loo Sanction"

I didn't read him again

until last week:

shame on me

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Photoverio #698: Three Buildings + A Sculpture

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© Oliverio

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Time Changes Things (Comic Relief #4419)

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ROZ CHAST

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Another Gift From NEIL HOOS: Two Cats Talking

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A Gift Fron NEIL HOOS: Trumpfully Sacrilegious

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Asked A Question, I Give Answers

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I think, 

therefore I am troubled

I think, 

therefore I hate

the thoughtless

I think,

therefore I think

some more

I think

I've said enough

***

©  PAUL OLIVERIO  ©

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Quoting JLH: How To Make The Heart Feel Glad

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If there is one thing 

that can gladden the heart

more than a tale of love,

it is one of revenge.

***

 

JAMES LEO HERLIHY

The Day Of The Seventh Fire 

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Facts About The Other CIA (The Catholic Intelligence Agency)

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Under the cloak of darkness,

the Catholic Intelligence Agency

is no different from

the American CIA, 

Israel's Mossad 

or the former KGB

(presently Russia's FSB)

But, in daylight,

the Catholic Intelligence Agency

dispenses intelligent

words of wisdom

through the offices

of its eternal

Chief Executive Officer

 

Two examples are below:

DO NOT FIGHT 

AGAINST FALSE ENEMIES

DO NOT TRUST FALSE FRIENDS

---

Umberto Eco

The Future of Literacy

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Philosophical Advice From Professor Charles Anderson Berry

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a/k/a

CHUCK BERRY

Eyes of Man

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Absolute Proof Of COURAGE In The USA

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!!!

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Absolute Proof Of Intelligence In The Universe

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!!!

Where was he in 2001?

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Dr. Rorschach, I See A Stack Of Cartoon Smokers

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!!!

next Rorschach is  here

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You Don't Know What You're Missing ... Unless You Scroll Down

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This 2005 photograph taken

across the street

from where I lived 

in Virginia

is also posted below

—South of the border

of this blog—

where it is accompanied

by an appropriate piece

of music with

a deleteable advert

© Oliverio

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From Every Beat To Everywhere Including Heaven

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***

w/deleteable advert

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Reviewing Bill Maher's ADULTING W/O Hyperlink

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How many times did he mention

either of two topics

that are fresh on the lips

of every sentient being

in the United States

[Ukraine and Will Smith]

???

The answer is ZERO

which is equal to 

how many stars

this viewer

will give

ADULTING

in review

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Four Lines With Three Rhymes

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The eyes of the wise

are prone to detour

when Jiggles and Wiggles

are given the floor

***

 

©  PAUL OLIVERIO  ©

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On This Day Of Resurrection ... STAY FOREVER YOUNG

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BOB DYLAN

 

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Footnotes

The hyperlink may begin

with a deleteable advert.

First and foremost,

this page is dedicated

to Mrs. CarPeo.

This page is also

 dedicated to  

Raymond Peterssen

and the soon-to-be

72-year-olds,

James Rath + Jack McCarthy.

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Supreme Congratulations For Ketanji Jackson Brown ... But

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Read All About It

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Photoverio #697: Dancing Vines

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© Oliverio

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Titanic Humor (Comic Relief #4402)

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GARY LARSON

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This Would Not Be Without Precedent

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And it would immediately 

help Ukraine

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The 167th Bullet: Regarding The BODY And SOUL

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The older you get,

the lesser the brain is 

on speaking terms

with the body

and soul

  

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Footnote

THE 167th BULLET

is the copyrighted property

of LCSoL

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Photoverio #696: Beverly O'neill Theatre

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The Cheap Seats

© Oliverio

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To Preserve His Sanity, The Answer Should Be NO

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Comic Relief #4398

 

ELLIS ROSEN

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Me And Tennessee Williams + Many Names + Two Hyperlinks

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You may need to click

on this image

to make it 

readable

(or use first hyperlink)

Two nights ago, I discovered this website

and jotted down the phone number

 

I had zero expectations

when I dialed the number

yesterday morning

 

But someone answered on the second ring 

  and we talked about James Leo Herlihy

for fifteen minutes    

I stupidly did not get the gentleman's name

but his printing company is the most legitimate source

of all reprints of Herlihy's books

His ears visibly widened 

when I told him

Herlihy is the re-incarnation of Nathanael West

 

He said that is a very flattering statement

"Tennessee Williams said the same thing"

 

I wish I were hip enough

to have stolen the line

from a playwright 

responsible for

Streetcar Named Desire

and 

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

 but that is not the case

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About Someone From Stand-Up Comedy's Mount Rushmore

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This is the cover letter

to my first paycheck

as a California 

resident

 

I've posted it before

(quite immaturely)

but there are 

mental moments

documental moments

in everyone's life

when you gotta see

where you came from

and think about

What Might Have Been

 

 

Click  here

to find out

what might have been

if I had evolved into

Will Smith's

speechwriter

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A Very Simple Message For Mrs. CarPeo

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!!!

 

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There Are 1,000,001 Quality Photographs Of This Athlete

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Undeniably,

this is not one of them

 

However,

Mrs. CarPeo's translation

of 

"Shohei Otani"

is

"Cutie Pie"

Happy Birthday, Mrs. CarPeo

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From A Fictional Character's Letter To Her Mother

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 I do love you, Mother,

I truly do.

But hardly ever

when we are in

the same room.

***

JAMES LEO HERLIHY

Season Of The Witch 

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A Poem That Ends With The Word Sucker

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I could not see

the numbers on the wall

nor the numbers 

encircling the ball

 

Without the numbers

there would be no Math

which most people hate

anyway

 

Thus, they would cheer

its non-existence

Bosses would also love

the death of Math

 

It would enable them

to write paychecks

without numbers

—only words—

 

And it would say

Thanks for working, Sucker

***

©  PAUL OLIVERIO  © 

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An Academy Award Winning Actor Actually Did THIS

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The Slap Heard Round Round The World

involved 

Will Smith and Chris Rock

a/k/a

the Slapper

and 

the Slappee

 

Luckily

the Slappee

was not white

or the Slapper

woulda been

in a jail cell 

before 

the next commercial

But more important than 

this being a

black-on-black

moment:

It involved 

TWO SUPER-HEROES

from the Culturati:

the ROCK 

and

the SMITH

 

a/k/a

 

the VICTIM

and 

the VILLAIN

 

But now Mr. Smith

has egg smeared 

all over his heroic status

when the Slap

could have 

—in an earth-shattering way—

advanced his Heroic Status

beyond measure:

 

Will Smith

should have explained

the slap this way:

 

This night was all about

being happy in harmony

with the stars.

 

 Hollywood hallucinations

got the best of me

and what I saw 

on that stage

was NOT Chris Rock:

 

It was Vladimir Putin

and 

somebody had to slap him

 

The honor was mine

and the scene of me

slapping Putin

will be used

in my next film

featuring Chris Rock

as the super-villain

who controls

the dark side

of the earth

:::

 

 

© PAUL OLIVERIO ©

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An Academy Award Winning Director Can Afford This Typo:

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His name is actually

JOHN HUSTON

and the film 

is entitled

Wise Blood

Based on the novel

of the same name

written by the inimitable

FLANNERY O'CONNER

 

It tells the story

of a damaged war veteran

returning to Tennessee

and dedicating his life 

to creating a 

Church Without Christ

 

BRAD DOURIF

is the dubious, defiant

and dizzy character,

Hazel Motes

 

It is worth having

an HBO Plus

subscription

just to see 

this movie 

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Photoverio #695: Empty Chairs, Approaching Musicians

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Musica Angelica

December 9, 2017

© Oliverio

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For One Hour, I Did Scour

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For one hour

I did scour

the succulent

sibilant fields

of Syllabia

seeking

verb/noun/object

to project

a poem

onto this page

All I found

was this note

about

what I did 

for one hour

***

©  PAUL OLIVERIO  ©

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Forty-Five Aprils Ago ... W/ Eternal Gratitude For TOM GORMAN

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If it hadn't been for

what appeared

the previous month

in the 

Los Angeles Times,

there might never have been

"The Godfather of Math"

***

 

***

The  articles

are basically identical

except for

the titles

 

"Godfather of Arithmetic"

was changed to 

"Godfather of Math"

because it is easier

on the keystrokes

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