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Love
is like friendship
caught on fire
***
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Triangulated OWE-rigami In Two Dimensions
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Large Print + Lower-Case Things You Can Get For $1428.57
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everything has its price:
pizza by the slice
a bowl of rice
rolled dice
cute mice
spicy ice
+
***
© HOODA HELAMI ©
Alter Ego $142857
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Monday, January 29, 2024
The Tragic Flaw Of The... ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME
The proper presentation of this page is forthcoming...
1. most recorded song in history
2. Elvis' most famous film clip
3. Etta James inspiration for AT LAST
4. The Coasters recorded BESAME...modelled after his version
4a. The Beatles covered the song based on Coasters' version
No Other Spcies Can Create Cartoons As Well As Gary Larson
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1. Another view of Social Media
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| GARY LARSON (2x) Comic Relief #5533 |
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| 2) Romance + Mystery = Life |
BUT
every other species
is fodder for
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Dr. Rorschach, All I See Is A Face
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Dr. Rorschach:
Then there is no problem.
It's a much nicer face
than most humans have.
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Photoverio #709: She's Leaning For Eternity
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Sunday, January 28, 2024
Anyone Who Thinks There Is A Species Superior To Humans ...
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... has never seen
Fred Astaire dance
nor
Humphrey Bogart act
nor
Willie Mays swing a bat
nor
read a book
written by
nor
can name
another species
that invented
neither
can they name
another species
with as many
faults
© OLIVERIO ©
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The Tragic Flaw Of The BASEBALL HALL OF FAME
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Not only does it
refuse to honor
who had more base hits
than anyone
who ever stepped into
the batter's box
BUT
also refuses to honor
the man who hit
more home runs
than anyone
living or dead
That man is
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Pixels, Spots + Flame In My Heart
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Saturday, January 27, 2024
Updating The Words Of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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If passion is driving the vehicle
let reason map the route
***
Benjamin Franklin
+
Paul Oliverio
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Friday, January 26, 2024
Vanity Is Everywhere (Comic Relief #5526)
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| BRUCE ERIC KAPLAN |
Regarding Television News Programs
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People watch TV news programs
because they want to
keep informed and be aware of
current events
That paragraph is
so simple and common
it must be the truth
Right?
Yes
+
No
Superficially
it is 100% correct
but let us look
below the surface
Understand this simple reality:
the condition
of this world of ours
is devastatingly horrible
+
understand the German word
We now have
the swimming gear
to get beneath the surface
of why we watch
televison news
behind the locked doors
of our homes
There is joy in the fact
that however bad
our day was
the news will tell us
of someone/somewhere
who had it much worse
and it is no curse to think
"better them than us"
YES
our news programs do inform
HOWEVER
each news program
has many salaries to pay
plus executives
with noses buried in
the bottom line:
the newscasters
must succeed in
heightening our anxieties
so that we will
reach into our wallets
and find money
to spend
on this, that, or
the other thing
It doesn't matter
what we spend it on
because it is a proven
scientific fact
that the higher our anxieties,
the more freely
our money will
be spent
Unless, of course,
we never unlock our doors
and never go anywhere
© OLIVERIO ©
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Photoverio #708: Palm Print
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iPhone photo taken
1/24/23 6:37AM pst
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Thursday, January 25, 2024
The Bold/Italic Phrase Of My Poem Is From VOLTAIRE
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be it
half-hearted
or whole
and
Dancing
is the foot soldier
of the soul
© OLIVERIO ©
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Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Photoverio #707: Bleached But Inspired By EGGLESTON
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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Photoverio #706: Inside My Heart + Soul Every Waking Hour
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© Oliverio
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| Rest In Peace, Larry + Eleanor |
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I Don't Know What It Is, But I like It ... #3
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!!!
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Photoverio #705: Wired
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I Am Willing To Bet The House
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Both Europe and Asia
have negligible respect
for copyrights issued
by the USA
Therefore,
I am willing to bet
my bottom dollar
that a variation
of this rain-stained
image from 1967
has been published
and credited to someone
who has nothing to do
with the Lovin' Spoonful
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| !!! |
But I still
[with or without deleteable advert]
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Monday, January 22, 2024
Using Scrabble TO SAVE SOMEONE's LIFE
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| VALERIA GAUDIER * // * RICKY SOLER |
Sunday, January 21, 2024
This Page Ends With A Beatles Song
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There are days
like these
when you cross your I's
and dot your T's
Losing balance
from rocking and rolling
then your bowels
go bowling
They super-size
your insanity
and inhumanity
and
spins your
wheel of misfortune
but
***
© OLIVERIO ©
The hyperlink
has 5-second deleteable advert
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The Ultimate Black Box
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The only BLACK BOX
you will ever really need
if not approached
with too much greed
If you have
something to say
that you want
to be heard,
begin here
word-by-word
Type with hands
or type with feet
but you will always be
able to delete
If you think
your Every Word
is too good
to be deleted
or adjusted
your public purpose
is instantly defeated
and busted
***
© OLIVERIO ©
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Saturday, January 20, 2024
The Lord's Prayer A Lord's Prayer
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Our Bloggo
who art in heaven
I need you
like seven
needs eleven
I need you to
lasso me
to the harmony
of the stars
with dancing bars
and full bell jars
:::
Our Bloggo
in the here and now
you are
my sacred cow
please allow
me the kissing sow
with an uttered wow
a pop and a pow
:::
Our Bloggo
with wealth of time
hold your nickel
and pass the dime
squeeze her lemon
or bless my lime
thanks for endless
and silly Rhyme
***
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Friday, January 19, 2024
Why BUDGET DANCING Never Attracted A Following
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The very definition of
BUDGET DANCING
was responsible for
its' vast unpopularity:
By definition,
Budget Dancing
required the dancers
to dance with only
the left side
of their bodies
while the right side
remained static
***
© OLIVERIO ©
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Photoverio #704: Botanical Pornography
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Thursday, January 18, 2024
Two More Images From NEIL HOOS
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The 195th Bullet: Bumpy Road
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The road to ignorance
is paved with
the lust for
knowledge
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Footnote
is the copyrighted property
of LCSoL
________________________________________________________________________________________________I Don't KnowWhat It Is, But I like It ... #2
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Photoverio #703: Green-ish Ocean View
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| © Oliverio |
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Wednesday, January 17, 2024
I Don't Know What This Is ... But I Like It
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| Photoverio #702.5 |
An "Old Man" Poem By The Godfather Of This Godfather
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| LEWIS CARROLL |
It behooves me to note
that at no time
did the invertible
Father William have
respiratory problems
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Right After "Monsignor Oliverio" Dream ...There Was Another ...
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It was now January 16, 2024
and Martin Luther King
appeared in a dream.
He said
"Paul, I apologize for your
losing on my birthday."
"It's okay, Doctor King,
I won't hold YOU
responsible for it."
The Reverend Doctor
then disappeared
but I could hear him
talking in the background:
"Monsignor Oliverio,
your nephew sure has
one large pair
of cojones."
***
© OLIVERIO ©
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On MLK Day, "Monsignor Oliverio" Appeared In My Dream
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***
I awoke at Midnight
after dreaming that
FATHER FRANK
knocked on my door.
"The Pope wants to see you,"
he said.
Most Catholics would be honored
to have such a dream
but I said,
"No way, Jose,
I aint ready yet."
My assumption being
the Pope wanted me
in the Eternal Afterlife.
"Father Frank, please tell the Pontiff
your nephew still has
a lot of living to do."
© OLIVERIO ©
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Monday, January 15, 2024
Every Culture Has Words For I Have A Dream But No One Ever
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But no one ever
Spoke those words
more powerfully than
whom we honor
on this day
of His speech
should hold sway
in the heart and face
of every member
of the human
race
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Sunday, January 14, 2024
Dr, Rorschach ... This Mask Terrifies Me
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All I see here
makes me shiver
with fear
I'm almost afraid
to ask
but is this
my Death Mask?
NONSENSE
—says Dr. Rorschach—
what you see
is merely the pattern
created by a 10" square glass block
whose actual location
is Park Avenue, Long Beach
between 4th and 7th Street
© OLIVERIO
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Too Much Bounce To The Ounce (Comic Relief #5500)
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| GARY LARSON |
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Friday, January 12, 2024
A Couplet Of KANT ... Doubled Down By ... Presumptous Oliverio
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Science is organized knowledge.
Wisdom is organized life.
A man is without wisdom
if he is without a wife.
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:O
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