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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Saturday, June 29, 2024

Mother, Forgive Me For I Have Sinned ...

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Having read more than 4000 pages
of her published literature,
surely 
functions as a substitute mother
to me
[and all her handmade readers]
BUT
 

I started reading the sequel to
approximately 48 hours ago,
and have read
approximately 48 words
 
That is,
all I did was "peek inside"
 
Maybe that was due
to the narrator's mother dying
before this reader had time
to light another cigaret
 
My substitute
"Mother Margaret"
is often referred to  as
 
To which I say
 
dis topia or dat topia
—dis a way or dat a way—
on Utopia Parkway
 !!!
 
Hallelujah, Paulie Boy:   
my soul is now cleansed
with one deliciously obscure
surrealist reference
+
a guarantee 
that one week from today
I will have completed
my twentieth book
by the greatest living author
 writing in 
 
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Communication Arts ... Photography Annual #65 ... Page Three

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Photographer = Sarah Anne Ward
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Communication Arts ... Photography Annual #65 ... Page Two

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Model = Turturro Metouchi
 
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Communication Arts ... Photography Annual #65 ... Page One

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[89th Reason Forthcoming] 
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Friday, June 28, 2024

The Exact Opposite Of Taylor Swift Is ... JANIS IAN

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caused cultural shockwaves
in 1965
with a song about
inter-racial dating
BUT
she is named here
as the antithesis
of Taylor Swift
because
—on average—
a video of the Swifty
has 50 people on stage
 none of which has
enough talent
to hold the attention
of a viewer seeking
something more than 
bootie shakers
or hot lips
 
However,
the exact opposite
of the Superbowl groupie
is presented  here
with apologies to those
requiring visual images
of the performers
named on this page
+
I wish anyone
reading this page
Happy Googling
and a happier
everything else
 ***

© OLIVERIO ©
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Regarding The 6/27/24 Horror Show Presidential Debate

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As for the next 
there is a clear-cut choice
between
the man with the death mask
and
the man with 
a constant creative interpretation
of 
the truth
***

© OLIVERIO ©
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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

A Solid Reward From WORDLE

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determined that completing 
666 WORDLE puzzles
(with 99% success rate)
offers a reward of
666 Viagra tablets
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Is This Artist Franz Kafka's Cousin?

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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Beach Heads

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Artist unknown
but the photographer
is me
[Belmont Shore   ≈ 2018] 
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Saturday, June 22, 2024

Page SIX Of Six ... The Girl Who Cried At First Base

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In celebration of
my 7th birthday,
my father was taking me
to a baseball game 
at Yankee Stadium

I was wearing 
a perfectly sized
Mickey Mantle uniform,
despite my "hating"
the team
he played for
 
 My father 
 was  a firm believer 
in getting to a destination early,
especially if it involved
driving in the Bronx
!!!
 
We arrived at Yankee Stadium
ninety minutes
before game time
 
Our box seats
were eleven rows
behind first base
and the birthday boy
was permitted to
go down to field level
 
I was accompanied 
by an usher,
generously tipped
by my bartender/father
  
Yankee first baseman
waved to a boy
who shouted
MOOSE
 
That was his nickname
 
The boy was me
and despite "hating" his team
I found it impossible
to not enjoy
the chant of 
MOOOOOOSSSE
 
My father befriended 
a gentleman 
—another early arrival—
whose daughter
was my age
 
She was cuter than
a basket of chips
 
The gentleman noticed
the boy in the Mickey Mantle uniform
and asked my father
if his daughter
could have "my autograph"
on her baseball program
 !!!
 
She very carefully negotiated
the narrow staircase
leading to field level
 and I found it impossible
to not smile
at this cute little
basket of chips

Of course I autographed
her Yankee Stadium program
with a pencil provided by
the stadium usher
 
I signed it
right next to
the full page image 
of Mickey Mantle
 but I signed it
 
 
That is how Willie Mays
signed his name
and I had copied it
hundreds of times
on the inside covers
of countless school notebooks
 
However,
the cute little girl
was expecting 
Mickey Mantle's autograph
because of the uniform
 I was wearing
!!!

To say the little girl "cried"
when she saw
the Willie Mays autograph
was grievous understatement:
 
She shrieked loud enough
to be heard in center field
 
And then she ran towards
home plate
 
Of course,
her father followed
in hot pursuit
and we never saw them again
 
The good news is
I was not arrested for forgery
or terrorizing
a little girl
but the bad news is 
the Yankees won that game
 
No one else
asked for
a Mickey Mantle autograph
that day
but someone did 
rub my head
for good luck
and then treated 
my father and me
to bowls of spaghetti
from 
 ***
 
© OLIVERIO © 
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Before Returning To Willie Mays: 3 Bold John Fowles Quotes

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Some People want to be liked,
I just want to be
***

Silliness and intelligence
are not incompatible
***

All is hazard.
And the only thing
that will preserve us
is ourselves
***

The Magus
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Expanding This Willie Mays Tribute ... With A Baseball Cartoon

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Comic Relief #5784
GARY LARSON
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Friday, June 21, 2024

Page FIVE Of Six ... Birthday Gift At Yankee Stadium

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When a wealthy patron
is served by a bartender
who is both 
extraordinarily handsome
and is more of an alchemist
than a server of alcohol,
interesting things happen
regarding rewards
 
On May 18, 1956, 
the alchemist
invited the patron
to a birthday party
 for his freshly minted
seven-year-old son
 
The  patron naturally declined
the invite but excused himself
without saying that
he was going on a prowl
of the gift shops
in Rockefeller Center
 
The man returned
an hour later
and handed "Sam"
two box seat tickets 
for Sunday's baseball game
at Yankee Stadium
+
an oblong gift-wrapped box
 
"Sam" profusely thanked
the gentleman and 
—three hours later—
the box was opened by
the birthday boy
with great anticipation
only to have
his ten-year-old sister
whisper in his ear:
 
I love Mickey Mantle
and if you don't want his uniform,
I'll have Grandpa Joe
re-size it to fit me
 
!!!
 
Grandpa Joe was a custom tailor
on Park Avenue
and his clients
included the Everly Brothers

Six years hence,
they would perform
at Linda Oliverio's
Sweet Sixteen Birthday Party

My gift to my sister
on that day was 
an autographed  copy
of Chuck Berry's
Sweet Little Sixteen
 
However,
Mr. Berry's signature
was forged by me
 
That was my second forgery 
 
 
It first happened
at Yankee Stadium
in 1956
while wearing
the perfectly-fitted
miniature
Mickey Mantle uniform
 
I was raised to be 
a good Catholic boy
who sincerely believed
that skipping Mass
was not a sin
if your Super-Hero
was appearing on Soul Train
 
That Super-Hero
was WILLIE MAYS
and I also devoutly believed
that if you loved one
named on the previous page,
it was no sin to hate
the other two "imposters"
***
 
 My tribute to
"The Say Hey Kid"
ends  here
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Page FOUR Of Six ... Willie, Mickey & The Duke

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Once upon a time
... 
 
 
 
Three Baseball Super-Heroes
played in a town so nice
they had to name it twice:
New York, New York
 
 ! ! !
 
In Manhattan,
WILLIE MAYS
was featured at
the Polo Grounds
 
In Brooklyn,
DUKE SNIDER 
was featured at
Ebbets Field
 
In the Bronx,
Mickey Mantle
was featured at
Yankee Stadium
 
 wrote a song
about
this Baseball Trinity
+
all names that were sacred
to the sport

:::

The song link
might have
a deleteable advert
and the next page
is about a girl who cried
at Yankee Stadium
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Thursday, June 20, 2024

Page THREE of Six ... Birmingham 6/20/24

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!!! !!!
Rickwood Field

The next page is  here

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Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Page TWO ... Of Six

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!!!!!!
WILLIE MAYS

The next page is here

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Page ONE ... Of Six

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!!!!!!
R.I.P.               My First Super-Hero
 
Because he was born
on the 6th of May,
there will be 6 pages
dedicated to
WILLIE MAYS
 
The next page is  here
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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

PhotoVerio #744: Impressionist Car Wash

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© Oliverio
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HOODA HELAMI Impersonating A "Bullet"

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Some religions
believe in 
reincarnation

Some religions
believe in
eternal damnation
 
And  then there are
the non-believers
but
atheism is lacking
in imagination
 
© HOODA HELAMI ©
Alter Ego #142857 
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Monday, June 17, 2024

PhotoVerio #743: White Rose At Midnight

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© Oliverio
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© VANITY Equals ...

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Me 
the late great Larry
the late great Dexter Gordon
+
the arm of a Secret Lover
 
© Mrs. CarPeo
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Convicted Felon in The White House ... Means Exactly One Thing

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Having a convicted felon
in the White House
means exactly this:

ALL THE OTHER PRESIDENTS
HAD BETTER LAWYERS
AND SUPERIOR
PUBLIC IMAGES
***

© Oliverio
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Saturday, June 15, 2024

Despite Imperfections ... THIS MUST BE POSTED

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If I had a personal secretary,
these two quotes from "Dash"
would have been 
perfectly typed
 
But IF
is the longest
two-letter word
in our language

I consider the quotes
essential
if and only if
one gender is permitted 
to give 
a bird's eye view
of the other gender
 


DASHIELL HAMMETT
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Friday, June 14, 2024

This Is NOT A Painting ... Some Call It "Tromp L'oeil"

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It Is A Photograph
© Mrs. CarPeo
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Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Not To Be Confused With Farley Granger (Comic Relief #5771)

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GARY LARSON
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Introducing HUMMY The Third ... An Industrious Hummingbird

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HUMMY The Third
reconstructed the nest
of her mother and grandmother
Then
[diagonally across the complex]
built a second nest
and a much smaller 
third nest
         © Oliverio   Outside Our Door             
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Monday, June 10, 2024

Starbucks Mountain Man

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PhotoVerio #742.5
JAVASPOTZ McSPILLD
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Somewhere In Between There is No ... HOODA HELAMI

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Somewhere between
the beginning and the end,
there is a middle
 
Somewhere between
the middle and the end,
there is no
beginning
***

© HOODA HELAMI ©
Alter Ego #142857
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Two Questions ... From One Author ... With My Italics

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Why must
you always
know where
you are?

Have you 
never heard of
imagination?
***

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Prelude To ... A World Famous Restaurant

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I wish 
I could take credit
for this photograph
but all I did
was drive slowly
as I turned off of
Positively 4th Street
[1100 Block/ 90802]
and Mrs. CarPeo
[the Yelp-oholic]
did the rest
© Mrs. CarPeo
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An Obvious Question For Paul Oliverio

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The obvious question is:
Why are so many
of your blog pages
quotes from
other people?

The not so obvious answer 
is that
Paul Oliverio is 
an LSOaB
[Lazy Son Of a Bitch]
who welcomes the opportunity
to let someone else
do the thinking
for him
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The 201st Bullet: Family

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 Everyone
in every culture
believes in
but that family
can change without notice
or between paychecks
or at
the flip of a coin
 
***
 
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Footnote
is the copyrighted property
of LCSoL
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