On The Road To The 2025 WORLD SERIES

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 The engines are revving, 

that is:

the WILD CARD round

begins today

and I can't recall

ever cheering so loudly

for the New York Yankees

against the dreaded

Boston Red Sox

 

I am rooting for 

the Detroit Tigers

who represent a city

I am fascinated with

but never visited

 

The same thing

—however—

could be said 

about Cleveland

 

San Diego

is a city

deeply imbedded

in my DNA

and I almost always root

for the Padres

 

Finally,

on behalf of 

all idiotic Angels fans,

I hope the Cincinnati Reds

defeat the Dodgers

but I am not stupid enough

to bet a penny

on the Reds

***  

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Quoting A Book First Read Nineteen Years Ago

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All writers need to belong.

Only for real writers,

unfortunately,

their club is a club

with just one member

***

RICHARD FORD

*** 

The Sportswriter 

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According To The Institute Of Inane Research ... HE Said

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If the Olympic event were

WALKING ON WATER,

He'd be

a sure winner

 !!! 

 !!! 

 

 

The author of this

copyrighted page

seriously prays

he will not be

reduced to salt

for this post  

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Pure Text Confession Of An Idiotic Baseball Fan

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⚾⚾⚾

 

In the County of Los Angeles,

IDIOTIC BASEBALL FAN

is defined as someone

who roots for 

the Los Angeles Angels

instead of

the Los Angeles Dodgers

⚾⚾⚾

 

The Dodgers have been 

a first-place team

for twelve of the past

thirteen years

 

The Angels have had

a losing record

for ten consecutive seasons

⚾⚾⚾

 

This idiot 

confesses to be

a die-hard Angels fan

⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾ 

 

But sometimes idiots

can make 

interesting observations

and mine is below 

 

The secret common

to every player

on the Angels' roster

is this:

 

They pray nightly

that next season,

they are playing

for a different team

 ***

 

 © Paul Oliverio ©

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What Creators Of "Artificial Intelligence" Are Most Grateful For

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We thank the Heavens

the greatest sage

of America

—Mark Twain—

is long dead

 

Were he still alive,

there is no way

we could have served

this bull donkey concept

to the starving 

population

***

 

© Paul Oliverio © 

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Hooda Helami Says ... Absolutely No One Is Telling A Lie

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The good news

in this title

makes perfect sense:

 

Instead of lying,

we use

"Artificial Intelligence"

 

That quoted term

should be defined as

If it sounds like

it's true,

you might as well

believe it

 ***

 

HOODA HELAMI

Alter Ego #142857 

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Slightly Tilted With Heavenly But Pre-Caffeinated Haze

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*** 

JULIUS LESTER

 

:::

:::

 

The title of

this hilarious folk tale

is

WHY APES LOOK 

LIKE PEOPLE 

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ROBERT REDFORD, Rest In Peace

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There you are:

Barefoot In The Park

with a Fonda

 

You once

halved the screen

with a Hoffman

in search of

All The President's Men

 

You were 

a Stinging sensation

with a Newman

 

And you 

Sundanced 

through a film career

that is impossible

to duplicate 

  

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The Italicized DREAM Inspired By That Saint

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In this dream,

St. Anthony of Padua

addressed me as 

"Yo, Blog-O-verio"

 

Randomly,

my name had been drawn from 

the dubious + delicious dregs

of the USA

 

I get to choose someone

for sainthood

but obviously 

it aint me

because I qualify 

for sainthood

like a cockroach

qualifies to play centerfield

for the Yankees

 

But my choice

fits into the category

of a "no-brainer"

thanks to 

Horace Tapscott:

 

Reverend Edgar Edwards

 

***

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Unlike God, The PREZ Is A Gerund

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 "Trumping" is 

a verb + ing

AND

the Prez

is a Spelling Genius

because

—like this game's creator—

he has mastered the 

Flunk + Wagnalls

grade school

dictionary

AND

I am willing to bet

The Prez

plays better saxophone

than Bill Clinton

😎😎😎 

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Dream Inspired By Statue Of A Saint

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Last week,

I photographed

this statue of a Saint

at the Church

named in his Honor:

Saint Anthony of Padua

 

Two nights

after taking this picture,

St. Anthony

spoke to me 

in a dream

 

That dream is  here

 

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PhotoVerio #940: The Sky Is On Fire

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 Or Is It A Cave?

© Oliverio ©

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Farming Thresher Family Portrait

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© PhotoVerio #939.5

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GOD Is Not A Gerund ... ©©©

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::: 

!!!

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PhotoVerio #939: Midnight Long Beach Bleached

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© Oliverio

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Community News #4: Not Born In A Litter

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This cat

was not born

in a litter:

 

It was born

in a portrait studio

and somewhere

on its feline body

is a tattoo:

 Born to pose

 The neatest thing

about this cat's home

is the owner

has a remote control

for the window shades

BUT

I doubt if can close them

without 

some kind of signal

from his cat

Due to condominium

rules and regulations,

none of the 

"Community News" 

pages are linked

together  

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Once Upon A Time In BELLE VERNON, PENNSYLVANIA

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Eighty or ninety 

years ago,

101 Belle Vernon belles

received their 

first kiss 

on

this wooden bridge 

from an Oliverio

 

It was either 

Sam, Tony, or Paul

being

my father,

my Uncle Tony

or

my namesake

!!!

 

Uncle Tony's widow

is my 98-year-old Aunt

and I telephone her

weekly

BUT

will not say anything

to her 

about 

this page

because

no woman 

wants to know

about her husband

kissing someone else  

!!!

***

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In The Beginning ... (Comic Relief #6548)

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MADDIE DAI

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😸😸😸😸😸 ... UNTITLED ... 😸😸😸😸😸

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 She looks like 

a wind-up toy

and the master

Toy Maker

is fixating on

her 

boob-less chest

 

😸😸😸😸😸😸😸😸😸😸

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What I Like Best About #47

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[Add your own visual]

 

Donald Trump

would not be 

our first President

to fart while delivering

The State Of The Union Address

 

But,

he would be the first

to do so audibly

and demand

a staff member

hold a microphone

to his anus

***

 

© Paul Oliverio ©  

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Out Of 8000+ Blog Pages, This Is The Safest I've Created

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Hooda Helami's Haiku

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Opposites attract

 when we're all the same.

Just play at the game,

"You  Win!" 

 

:::

© HOODA HELAMI ©

Alter Ego #142857 

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Professor Jabberwocky's Fear Of JOHN CHEEVER

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"The thousands of nights

   I have spent on sofas."

 

This quote

gives me the eerie feeling

that the ghost of John Cheever

is looking through

my bedroom window

To refer to the 

Genius of John Cheever

is to be redundant

 

Anyone who wants

to be a writer

should read 

this Journal

 from cover-to-cover

***

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Community News #3 ... The Smart Orientation

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In my backyard,

Johnny Mantis

has staring contests

with Mr. CarPeo

 

Mrs. CarPeo has determined

Johnny is a male

praying mantis

 

Science has determined

female members

of Johnny's species

bite off the heads

of their male lovers

 

© Oliverio    3x

 

 

This blog has determined

Johnny has an appreciation

for Johnny Mathis

music

 

If that makes

Johnny Mantis gay,

it also makes him smart:

 

He can make love

to his male sweetheart

and both will live

to do it again

!!!

 

😍😍😍

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Community News #2 ... Her Adopted Home

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At least 4 residents

of our condo complex

feed this cat

and her lover[s]

Nobody seems to mind

the midnight music

of fornicating felines

 

She may have as many as

three other names

but we are the only ones

who have fed her

sirloin steak

 

The only "acceptable" litter

in our complex

is empty cat food cans

 

© Oliverio ©

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Community News #1 ... MOTORCYCLE FOR SALE

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One of my neighbors

is selling her

motorcycle

I've looked at it

up close

five times

and had

five different fantasies

as to what

I could do with it

BUT

if you have

a serious interest

and want further info

about her bike,

contact this website

She has no idea

I created this page

 

Asking Price ≈ $2000

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The Young Ladies Journal + IRONY =

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At the same time  these young ladies

look youthful,

they look like they could be

150 years old

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The Only Day In History To Be Remembered As A Fraction

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That fraction is

9/11

Yesterday 

was the 24th Anniversary

of the shocking events

that occurred on

Sept 11, 2001

 

Before anyone 

shouts out

"What about January 6th?"

please remind them 

that 

"January"

is a word

and not a number

 

However,

the 4th anniversary

of the shocking events 

of 

January 6, 2021

is near at hand

BUT

Blog-O-Verio

will be in 

an incredibly safe place

on that day:

 

Getting fitted 

for his permanent dentures

in the office of 

the best dentist

in Long Beach

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Professor Jabberwocky Talks To His College Students

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I applaud any student

who signs up for

SURVEY OF

20th CENTURY

AMERICAN 

LITERATURE

 

[canned applause fills the auditorium]

 

!!!

However, if the author 

ED McBAIN

[also known as Evan Hunter]

is not included 

in the curriculum,

you would benefit more

by taking a class

on 

Air-Conditioning Repair

 

 ≈ Always tell the truth until it is necessary to lie ≈  

 

The quote is from page 46

of this edition

 

Oliverio apologizes to 

ALL 

air-conditioning repairmen

+

any person intelligent enough

to repair

anything that breaks

or breaks down

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