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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Thursday, October 31, 2024

Port Jefferson ...11777

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Without any 
of its long-term residents
being my blood-relatives,
 no zip code on Long Island 
holds more fond/funny
and life defining
memories than
 
All of those memories
are within very short
walking distance
of this image
 
***
I could bore you to death
with a mini-recital 
of those memories
but I will list only one:
 
On virtually
every Wednesday night
in 1970,
a middle-aged man
would treat his
college-student son
to dinner at a 5-star restaurant
in downtown Port Jefferson
 
Their precise meeting place
was the square-shaped lounge
in the middle of the dining room
 
The first of these Wednesdays,
the Stonybrook junior
arrived late
because his doobie-loving
girlfriend had a dormitory room
to herself...

"Sam, your dinner table is ready."
"Thank you, Amos."

But the tardy sstudent
 lingered behind
—for one minute—
because never before
had he been 
in a five-star restaurant
without both parents
and two sisters et al
 
When he walked 
into the dining room,
he said
"Daddy, you left these two dollars
on the bar."
 
"Paulie Boy,
that $2 was left there as a tip."
 
Both father and son laughed.
 
"I'll be doobie-damned, Daddy,"
I said.
 
 Then Paulie Boy
 returned the money
to where it belonged
while adding a dime
that had been
in his pocket.
 
It never happened again
and I don't give
a fart's ass
about the friggin' banner
visible in the image below
because the cropped
American Flag
alongside it
guarantees 
you can have
friends
with different
political views
 
The photograph
was taken from
the parking lot
of the world-famous
 
The photographer is
 
 
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ROBIN GREEN ... I Love You ... Page 2.5

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Just a note to say
the pages of
my confessional
amorization
[sic]
for this woman
will NOT be blogged
in five continuous pages
as originally intended
 
😍😍😍
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ROBIN GREEN ... I Love You ... Page 2

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I was "introduced" to 
ROBIN GREEN
when I saw her name
commonly appearing
as a writer for
 
Curiosity led me to discover
that she also was a primary
scriptwriter for

That was her primary writing gig
for more than five years
until David Chase
fired her
midway through
the sixth (and final) season

There will definitely be 
more about Mr. Chase
in subsequent pages
but for now,
the reader is free
to google his name
 
The hyperlink below 
is for 
THE HONEYMOONERS
because Robin Green
described  Tony Soprano as being
the equivalent of
"Ralph Kramden living in Newark"
*** 
 
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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

ROBIN GREEN ... I Love You ... Page 1

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***
 
1971 
represents the year
your name first appeared
as 
the one and only 
woman
on the masthead
of 
 
It is also 
the birth year
of both
+
an adult orphan
named
 
Who hereby proclaims
     
"I LOVE YOU, ROBIN"
       
without giving
an owl's hoot
about how jealous
Mrs. CarPeo gets

If the reciprocal fraction*
measured my writing talent
as a part of yours,
I'd be 
a very happy camper
 
 
ALSO
your memoir
(where "ghosts" appear
on virtually every page)
was the perfect book to read
in the week 
culminating in
Halloween
 
***  
 
 
 
* That is,
the fraction equal to
1/1971 
or
1 divided by 1971
 
*** 
 
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

If You Were A Bulldozer ... These Would Be Your FOOTPRINTS

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© PhotoVerio #778.5


my favorite 
composition
commences with
a  deleteable advert
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Monday, October 28, 2024

Prize Winner For 2024 Haut Dog Howl'oween Parade ...

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...For the Fewest Images
taken of the event
***
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PhotoVerio #778: Port Of Long Beach

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© Oliverio
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Sunday, October 27, 2024

PhotoVerio #777: Invisible Checkmate

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© Oliverio
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Lucky Dog (Comic Relief #5997)

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HARRY BLISS
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Saturday, October 26, 2024

PhotoVerio #776: Memories Of Massapequa

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© Oliverio               2006
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Thursday, October 24, 2024

Rest In Peace, FERNANDO VALENZUELA

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We both arrived in Los Angeles
in 1981
 
HOWEVER
that is insufficient reason
for me to root for
the Los Angeles Dodgers
in
because 
the New York Yankees
are the only baseball team
I hate less than your Dodgers
***
***
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Bring Me The Head Of JOHN THE BAPTIST

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         © PhotoVerio #775.5                 



Milan (December 2008)
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Taxi-Driver HARRY CHAPIN + My Country Tis Of Thee

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***
HARRY CHAPIN ** Quiet Little Love Affair
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PhotoVerio #775: SANdSKRIT

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© Oliverio
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Quoting DERRICK HENRY's Ancestor

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Clocks are shackles
on the feet
of mankind
 
O. HENRY
 
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COMMUNICATION ARTS Design Annual 65 ... Page 46

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***

NOT War Babies    BUT  Warhol Babies
 

 

[text = Oliverio]

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Monday, October 21, 2024

PhotoVerio #774: Bus Depot At Dawn

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Eugene, Oregon
© Oliverio                 ≈2006
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Elevator Graffiti

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Sunday, October 20, 2024

Yolanda Yelipi Tiptoes Across This Street When She Gets Hungry

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© Oliverio
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Friday, October 18, 2024

A Double Shot Of A Double Shot = Queen Of Rockabilly

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If Chuck Berry
and Little Richard
were both
cross-gendered
+
cross-raced
the result would be
 
©©©
 
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Quoting Jerry Seinfeld Naming ... S.I.W.D.U.M.D

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On the Mount Rushmore 
of stand-up comedy,
there are four faces,
in my opinion:
Richard Pryor, George Carlin,
Bill Cosby and Don Rickles
***



please read first comment
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Thursday, October 17, 2024

Quoting The Alter-Ego Of Al Kammoose, Wrestling Champion

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Tyrants conduct monologues
above a million
solitudes
***
 
ALBERT CAMUS
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

OMG ... #142857

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I just discovered that
The largest fresh seafood distributor
in the world is in the Bronx
...
Then I proudly determined
that my birthplace
(Hunt's Point Hospital)
is within four miles
of the distribution center
BUT
do not expect 
any hyperlinks
on this page 
because within one minute
of this discovery,
I received junk mail from
SPAM Office of the
Fulton Fish Market 
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Image With Nine Honorees ... Two Acknowledged Chronologically

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1. My mother

***
2. Tim  Buckley (6/67)

3. Your  mother

4. The Beatles (10/67)

5. Mrs. CarPeo

6. 214 Grove St.

7. Linda Oliverio

8. Keezletown Kingdom 

9. Lynda Oliverio

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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Floor Tiles Created By ... HERMANN RORSCHACH

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discovered a bankrupted 
floor tiling shop in Switzerland 
created by a man
who re-branded the tiles as 
INK BLOTS
and became 




© Oliverio ©
 
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The Logger Rhythm Of Primitive Science (Comic Relief #5980)

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GARY LARSON
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Sunday, October 13, 2024

Heavenly Dispensation And MLB Play-offs

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As all good readers
of these pages know by now,
GOD is an acronym for 
Group Of Deities
 
They all go by different names,
according to their 
"earthly followers"
but each is also referred to as
"God," occasionally
 
Buddha, for example,
is also known as Bud,
Buddy, or God
 
Allah is also known as
Al, Sandy, Dezi,
or God
:::: 
 
BUT 
 each and every divinity
fixates on baseball
more than any other sport,
despite the athletic priorities/talents
of their earthly believers
 
It is the only team sport
requiring constant thinking
on a most critical level
 
Something 
the G.O.D squad
does twenty-four seven
but not while eating pizza 
 
The New York Mets
have been trumpeting 
"OMG"
as a mantra for their 
pursuit of the 
 
The "Gods" above
are in agreement:
 
NONE of them
can be addressed as "God"
until that accomplishment
 
Does this mean Japanese deities
are rooting against
Shohei and the Dodgers
 
You bet your ass they are
 
Mullahs are munching
on peanuts and beer
 
Eleanor Roosevelt
has her own cheering booth
 
!!!
YOU GOTTA BELIEVE 
!!!
 
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© Oliverio ©
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A Song Written By Eddie Brigati + Felix Cavaliere

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But spotty in tree places                                     © Oliverio

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A Presidential Election Is Twenty-Three Days From Today

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Caution: grafter's message may precede video
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Saturday, October 12, 2024

"Fr. George Has Been A Priest For 36 Years" ... HOWEVER

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On July 1, 2018
became the Pastor
at a Catholic church
in Long Beach
 
If his ego was beyond measure,
we could sell
"I love Father George"
t-shirts
and there would be 
at least
1000 sales
 
His sermons are essentially
the same as my uncle's
but "Fr. Frank Oliverio"
had a bedroom voice
and was the opposite of shy
 
That is a word that
Father George
has repeatedly used
to describe himself
 explaining why
his image doesn't appear
on this page
 
HOWEVER
this page exists primarily
because of a quote
 from the featured priest
who once 
[in private conversation]
described his fellow members
of the clergy as two types:
 
Those who love Baseball
and those in need
of enlightenment
***


It would be ridiulous
to name a baseball team 
 "the Priests"
but we do have "the Padres"
who hail from San Diego
and were stunned 
into nothingness
by scoring zero runs 
 
The team proved
that it is Fool's Gold
to bet against
the Los Angeles Dodgers
on their inexorable march
to the  
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