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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Sunday, March 16, 2025

Once Upon A Time Stage ... There Were Three Stars

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The middle yellow star
in the image above
represents the saxophonist
who was off-stage
but his horn
gave gumption
to the Question Mark's
variation of Dylan's
Subterranean Homesick Blues 
with a gangsta verse about 
"Cruds and Blips"
 
The song was
co-written by
myself and drummer
Johnny Ray Scott
who doubled as 
the Jefferson High School
Lawn Maintenance Department
 
Like bassist Coach Powell,
Johnny Ray refused compensation
for performing
 
Jan Garfinkel got $500
for also providing
sound system
but accepted only $300
for doing same at
the CARDELLA Concert
 
The saxophonist was
whom I have described as
THE BEST TEACHER
AT JEFFERSON
 
He represented the entire
Music Department
of the faculty 
 
But 
first I must define
that bold description
 
©©©
The best teacher
is not the one 
who knows the most
but that distinction
is determined
by the students
who do the most
with what they learn 
 from that teacher
©©©
 
The second star indicates
drummer Willie B____
who learned enough
from Willis
to become the touring drummer
for the comedian
 
The third star
indicates another Willis student
(name presently unavailable)
who has appeared in
at least two
world-famous
QED
 
  

Queen of Roses Parade
notwithstanding,
only the 
"Best Teacher"
at Jefferson
+
 Sinbad, the performer
 warrant hyperlinks
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