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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Monday, May 30, 2022

On The Mount Rushmore of Tennis ...

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There is a place for
 who is presently
a brilliant eminence
as a tennis broadcaster

Yesterday
Martina described 
a 4th round match
as
"the most exciting match
of the tournament"
 
This was an accurate description
and I, for one,
nearly had a coronary
in front of my TV
cheering for
 
However,
the next televised match
featured 
+
and it was
—stroke for stroke—
twice as exciting
as the previous match
simply because
it was twice as long as
the previous match
 
If you don't know 
who Rafael Nadal is,
suffice it to say
he is a direct descendant of
Albert Einstein
with a level
of athletic talent
combining
Tom Brady, Michael Jordan,
and Babe Ruth
 
Since 2005,
Nadal had played 
a total of 108 tennis matches
at the French Open
 
He won 105 of them
and lost only
three of them
 
But yesterday,
he nearly lost to
!!!
 
I forgot 
which broadcaster
said it but the poetic 
closing comment
about the victor
of this 
 four-and-a-half hour
is something
out of Shakespeare:
 
WILL LIVE
TO FIGHT
ANOTHER DAY
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