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| "Popeye Doyle" |
Friday, February 28, 2025
GENE HACKMAN WILL REST IN PEACE
Thursday, February 27, 2025
LOVE'S IN QUARANTINE ... Original Song By ... The McCarthys
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Jack + Mary
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| © The McCarthys © |
I Brought Her Home From Our ... Romantic Rendezvous In Italy
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my Sudoku Puzzle book.
She appeared to
cheer me on
as I completed
ten puzzles
THEN
*
*
I fell asleep
***
© OLIVERIO ©
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Anyone Saying I Corrupted Students ... Is Correct ... [Page Four]
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What a wonderful world
this would be
If I had ever actually met
Ella Fitzgerald,
Billie Holiday,
Dinah Washington,
Sarah Vaughan
or
[Cuz I dream Big]
HOWEVER
to say
"I met Ella Fitzgerald"
is a partial truth
because
of a film entitled
A scene in the film
depicts
Steve Jobs
+
Bill Gates
dining in a restaurant
whose prestige is depicted
by having
singing in the next room
Of course,
it isn't the actual Ella
nor is it the
actual Jobs or Gates
The actress who portrayed
Ella Fitzgerald was
Not only did I know Cardella
but I gave her $500
to perform for students
at Jefferson High School
That money was raised
by the sale of 2000 donuts
on campus
Each donut
generated 25 cents profit
and
I had administrative approval
to sell the goodies
on campus
but I had to provide
the main office
with a free box
of chocolate cruellers
THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH
about this "corrupting" project
is that it would not exist
if it weren't for
Cardella
If her musical career
had one-tenth
the brilliance
she demonstrated
at that concert,
her name would have
naturally fit in
the same prestigious
category of
Billie, Ella,
and Dinah
***
© OLIVERIO ©
Page Five
is TBD
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Blurry Image Ending With The Initials Of Our 36th President
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© PhotoVerio #817.5
If
this oceanfront boardwalk
were perfectly level,
it would not feel
like the real thing
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| Boardwalk ends at Long Beach Jetty |
***
***
***
is presently setting up bases
in Long Beach
to prepare for the
However,
no bumpy or aged
boards will guide
the Sailing Team's preparation
for their upcoming
Gold Medal
The Olympic Sailing Event
will commence
in the shadows
of the LBJ
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Anyone Saying I Corrupted Students ... Is Correct ... [Page Three]
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This page has nothing to do with Oliverio
but was requested by none other than
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| ROBERTA FLACK | |
Page 4 is here
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Anyone Saying I Corrupted Students ... Is Correct ... [Page Two]
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has determined that
"T-Shirt Timmy"
and
are lovers
and business partners
That would make
a pair of former students
wealthy enough
to afford
a luxury resort hotel
as featured on
the HBO series
Page three
is
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Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Anyone Saying I Corrupted Students ..... Is Correct ..... [Page One]
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T-shirt Timmy
is a student
I "corrupted" at
by using the word
hate
on the first day
of his math class
BUT
he proved to be
a rock-solid
Algebra 2 student
who spent
extra hours in
fabled graphic arts
studio
and ultimately
had t-shirts printed
with seven words:
I HATE MATH
but
I LOVE LOGIC
This student
actually told me
that he legally changed
his name to
"T-shirt Timmy"
after making
obscene amounts
of money
selling the garments
world-wide
partly enabling
Mr. Oliverio
to retire
at age 55
with a shockingly small
[but monthly]
pension
***
Both
Oliverio and Mr. Williams
are jazz buffs
and Clarence was the first person
to appreciate my thesis
on the difference between
the vocal stylings of
+
Listening to the elegant Ella
is like a having a love poem
recited
for your exclusive pleasure
Listening to Billie
is like having that poem
whispered
into your ear
The same is true
for Dinah
but she may have
a switchblade
in her pocket
***
© OLIVERIO ©
Page 2
is here
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Monday, February 24, 2025
PhotoVerio #817: One Thousand Eighty-Nine Sliced And Diced...
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A Red Bell Pepper
was handed to me
by Mrs. CarPeo,
along with her
sharpest kitchen knife
And
"Slice and Dice"
was my mission
because the cutting board
was immaculately clean
The cut-count
ended at 1089
but she insisted
the result be photographed:
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| © Oliverio |
Along with nine
other ingredients,
my smarter half
cooked a
Meat Loaf
that registered 99.9
on the
Yummy Scale
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Sunday, February 23, 2025
Presenting The Most Important + Influential Modern Artist
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| BANKSY |
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Not Exactly A STOP Light
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This Red Light
is telling the driver to
PAUSE
for a moment
and
Appreciate The Sunrise
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PhotoVerio #816: Up Against The Wall
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Carmela Cameo
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| © Oliverio |
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Thursday, February 20, 2025
Another Poem By HOODA HELAMI
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Why do we use the expression
Falling in Love
when
Standing on Love
would be safer
(as if tasting
a holy wafer)
But
Falling in Love
maybe happens faster
+
almost guarantees
disaster
***
© HOODA HELAMI ©
Alter Ego #142857
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PhotoVerio #815: The Promised Land
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!!!
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| © Oliverio 2005 |
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
PhotoVerio #814: Simple Question
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Is there enough
color in this image?
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| © Oliverio ??? |
PhotoVerio #813: Three Amigos
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| © Oliverio Long Beach 2007 |
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HOODA HELAMI's Fantasy
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I wish I was
the chair
upon which
you just sat
Your buttocks sliding
across me
as I think of
this and that
***
© HOODA HELAMI ©
Alter Ego #142857
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Dedicated To RAY PETERSSEN ... Somewhere In San Diego
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I-5 at 4AM
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| © PhotoVerio #812.5 2011 |
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Tuesday, February 18, 2025
LEE YOUNG ... Black History Month Nominee
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For every person
familiar with
Lee Young,
one hundred people
are familiar
with his brother,
[also known as "Prez"]
However,
for every dollar
earned by Lester,
his brother
earned one hundred
was a studio musician
who worked with the likes of
Ellington, Basie,
Lionel Hampton,
Steely Dan
and countless others
He was also
a producer
and
a recording company
executive
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| Lee Young |
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PhotoVerio #812: Not All Clouds Are Created Equal
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| © Oliverio |
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Monday, February 17, 2025
Animal Cruelty (Comic Relief #6193)
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| GARY LARSON |
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Sunday, February 16, 2025
I Hope I Don't Get Reduced To Salt For This
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Bring me the head
of Johnny the B
as a souvenir
—you'll see—
Then we get his Boss
and nail him
to a cross
It'll be
a resting place
for a pigeon
BUT
He will start
a new religion
©©©
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| © Photoverio #811.5 2008 |
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PhotoVerio #811: Under The Weather
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| © Oliverio |
House Cleaning But Losing (Comic Relief #6190)
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The 4 Kings are:
ELON the First
TRUMP the Maga
PUTIN the Puta
+
MUSK the Last
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Saturday, February 15, 2025
Valentine's Day MYSTERY
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Where did this come from?
Everything you see here
was stuffed into
the Valentine bag
which was discovered
outside my front door
There was no name
or indication
of the gift-giver
but it had to be
from one
of my fellow
condo dwellers
Was it intended for
Mrs. or Mr. CarPeo
or both?
Was it from
a heterosexual,
a homosexual,
or transexual?
I can develop
story lines
for each scenario
with nothing but
GRATITUDE
in the end
One of these scenarios
is the absolute truth
BUT
I prefer
the cosmic truth:
The package was discovered
at approximately 2AM
and technically,
it was no longer
Valentine's Day
It was a birthday gift
from
My Mother
Sho looks even better
at 104
than she did
at 25
when this picture
was taken
To say
I Love You, Mother
could get me arrested
for
belaboring
the obvious
💚💚💚
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Friday, February 14, 2025
From Mr. CarPeo To Mrs. CarPeo ... And Everyone Else
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| 💗💗💗 |
Three Quotes From Our Man In Havana
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| GRAHAM GREENE |
1
Time gives poetry
to a battlefield
2
If there's a God,
he is not a God
of formulas
3
A smile is dangerous
to the act of hate
as much as
to the act of love
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And What Did You Learn In School Today, Little Boy?
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This ongoing
dental saga
has taught me that
FEAR
—at optimal level—
can reduce the brain
to jelly
However,
I've always sensed this
to be true
and know that
a most common
antidote to
"jelly-braining"
is
SPENDING MONEY
Which is why
Corporate America
has no objection
when it
happens to
American citizens
The GoFather of Math
will now resume
abnormal programming
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With No Exaggeration ... To Each His Own Pain Threshold
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Wednesday, February 12, 2025
32 - 4 = The New Me ... A Most Frightening Equation
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Decoded + Simple Language =
32 new teeth
will be cemented into place
after
4 teeth are extracted
The process commences
at 2pm PST
tomorrow
Luckily,
I have 100%
trust + confidence
in my dentist
[plus staff]
His name
is
and if there is
a better dentist
in Long Beach,
he/she
has yet to be born
This saga continues
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