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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Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Halfway Between HER Day + Her Son's Day

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Two days ago
—being May 14—
was Mother's Day
and I naturally featured
on this blog
 
Two days from today
—being May 18—
is my birthday
 
Today
my dearly beloved friends
at Starbucks
sent me
an upcoming birthday gift
with a semi-promise
that they will start rehearsing
the birthday song
to honor me
 
But I will deem that honor
a ludicrous and dangerous
invitation to chaos
 
HOWEVER
—in a La Jolla Starbucks—
circa 2010
a large staff of baristas
+ numerous customers
sang the birthday song
the exact moment
walked through the door
and gave him a "free" latte
 
(I had pre-paid for the drink) 
 
Ray is one of only 2.5
bi-coastal + lifelong friends
 
He is also the person to whom
the GodFather of Math Trilogy
is dedicated
 
My psychoanalyst [Dr. Raft]
is the second
 of my bi-coastal buddies
 
I have known both
Peterssen and Raft
since I was a teenager
on Long Island
 
The third
—and most important—
bi-coastal buddy
 is Mrs. CarPeo
 
She is represented 
by a decimal because
my life began anew
when I first visited her
in 2012
and she has been
a California resident
since 2016
 
I have promised Mrs. CarPeo
that I will do my damnedest
to stay within hollering distance
of Sanity 
today and tomorrow
 
But how I behave
on Thursday
is anybody's guess
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  1. AnonymousMay 16, 2023 at 10:07 AM

    I am pleasantly surprised that your therapist (James Raft)
    has not mandated that only his comment would appear here.
    Thus: I wish you a Hap-pre Birthday

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