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 27, 2024

Five Takeaways From My Seventy-Fifth Birthday

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1.
No one has ever done
more for a Paul Oliverio
birthday than Mrs. CarPeo
did for my 75th Birthday.
 
We had a spectacular
meal at the most
exclusive steakhouse
in downtown 
Long Beach.

Above and beyond her
monthly rent,
she gave me 
a "Bonus Check"
significantly reducing stress
associated with
property tax, HOA dues
and never-say-die
special assessment.

I now have a pair
of red sneakers
and a new set of
quality sweat socks.

She got us a scrumptious
almond raisin crumb
"Second Birthday Cake"
arriving eight days after
the actual birthday cake.
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2.
The first two words
entitling this page
are near and dear
to my sports-aholic 
mentality.
 
Hardly a sports event
happens where its conclusion
is not met with 
an essay proclaiming
FIVE TAKEAWAYS
 
It is as if
the masters of the universe
declared
"Give them a number
that rhymes with JIVE
and we will have them hooked."
 
3.
My age is now 
one year from 
birthday number 76,
when as many trombones
will wail its arrival.
 
4.
If it delivers 
a shock to the system
that a desirable page 
of this blog
has nothing to do with
any other page
all I can say is
So Be It
 
5.
The V in SeVenty-five
stands for Vanity.
 
Otherwise
I would not end this page
with a racial statement:
Is the person
in the photo below
White, Black, or Latino?
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4 comments:

  1. Really? Not rent but shared expenses. What “tenant” does for “landlord” what we do for each other?

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    1. I really do not know what to say except that you
      (presumably Mrs. CarPeo) end your comment
      with a brilliant question

      -Oliverio

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  2. Really? These are shared expenses. What “tenant” does for a “landlord” what we do for each other?

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  3. But not what the sender wanted to hear.

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