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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Sunday, May 21, 2023

Jim Brown ... 1936-2023 ... Rest In Peace

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Obituaries and tributes
of famous people
—more often than not—
contain a photograph
of the deceased person,
especially when
that person is very photogenic
 

But rather than a photo
of Mr. Brown,
this tribute is posting 
a grid of numbers
 
The Godfather of Math
is doing that because
I was physically present
three times 
when Jim Brown played football
at the most famous stadium 
in America
i.e. 
 
My father knew the owner
of the Cleveland Browns
who was a patron of 
The English Grill
at Rockefeller Center

Mr. Modell graciously gave
the "master mixologist"  
two tickets
not too far above
the 50-yard line
of that treasured football field
 
Easily enlarged
I am posting
which any fan 
of American football
cannot read without being
awestruck beyond measure
 
Non-football fans
will have an easier time
visualizing Jim Brown
"resting in peace"
because JB wreaked havoc
on every football field
he ever set foot on
 
And all the Gods
in the afterlife
will probably pester
Jim Brown into reliable
substitute service
for their almighty powers  
 

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2 comments:

  1. I am quite surprised that your "May 18th" hyperlink
    does not fully endorse the life of JIM BROWN.

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  2. Oliverio says:

    Rather than post—for a second time—the Google home page
    for Jim Brown, I posted an essay that acknowledges
    much more than his peerless talents on the gridiron.

    That Jim Brown created a vast amount of controversy
    in his life, causing football fans to have second thoughts
    about honoring the man, is essential to the grandeur
    of the man and obligated me to single out this essay

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