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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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

How The Hell Can Anyone NOT Believe ...

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How the Hell 
can anyone
 not believe
that this image 
proves the 
existence of
 GOD
 However,
the word
"God"
has more synonyms
than anyone 
can count
and 
if we can't
respect that fact,
we might as well
prepare to say
Goodbye
to 
Planet Earth
© PhotoVerio #1069.5 ©
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Monday, August 17, 2026

No Puzzle Has More Sex With ... LOGIC

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No
puzzle
has 
greater intimacy
with numbers 
1 thru 9 
___
___
  ___  
 
No
puzzle
has 
a
greater touchstone 
 with
 the concept of 
LOGIC 
than 
the puzzle 
known as 
 
 
Think of it 
 as a performance
of the 
non-zero 
digits 
wherein 
is broken through
by respecting
the spaces
where numbers
do not go  
in order to 
grasp the facts about 
 where numbers
 do go
    
____________________ 
 
But
we cannot teach 
logic 
to students
because 
it 
would
make them
smarter than 
their teachers
AND 
That would be 
suicide
for
Artificial Intelligence
which must 
never, ever
communicate
genuine
intelligence
to anyone
unassociated
with
Big Pharma
or
other 
mega-powers
in
USA
❗❗❗
 
Of course,
that includes
the 
*** Military-Industrial Complex *** 

"Sudoku"
is an Asian word
translating into
American children
sure can be stupid
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Quoting The TRAVELING WILBURYS

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If
you're
old and gray,
you
still have
something to say
***
 
 
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Video has
deleteable advert  
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An Alternative To ... BILL W.

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is fun
if
you stop
at 
one
 
But 
before it
gets a grip,
leave a handsome 
tip
__________
_____
 
© Oliverio ©
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Sunday, August 16, 2026

Baby Love

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Supremely 
I present 
 
The 1st Love was ...   
The 2nd Love was ...   
The 3rd Love was ...   
______________
________
 
Obviously,
these were fantasy loves,
—askew of reality—
because I thought
LOVE
had no bearing
on 
my real life
 
"Love of Family"
was 
a 24/7
birthright 
until  
family love for me
—not undeservedly— 
went out the window
 
+
in 2026, 
my love
for 
an individual woman
still has me
scratching
my head 
❗❗❗ 
 
____________
_______
 
Video has
deleteable
advert
 
© Oliverio © 
 
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"We Had Great Sex But ..."

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We had great sex
but it was 
of the 
"Honey, you got a minute"
variety
_______________
_________
 
© Oliverio © 
≈ 2002 ≈ 
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Memory Is That Place ... For A Vertical Poem

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MEMORY
is that place 
where things go
 
Things
that happened
yesterday
or
last week
last month
or
never at all
 
They 
get pruned,
ruined,
embellished,
or 
forgotten
until
the time
is best 
to 
remember 
them
____________
_______
 
© Oliverio © 
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AMBROSE BIERCE ... Vertically Quote-Worthy

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BEAUTY
is 
the power 
by which 
a woman
charms
a lover
and
terrifies
a husband.
 
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Saturday, August 15, 2026

PhotoVerio #1069: Suck On It

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© Oliverio ©
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PhotoVerio #1068: Shade + Wrought Iron

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© Oliverio ©

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There Is Always Room For Quoting OSCAR WILDE

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________
_____
 
Unfortunately,
INTELLIGENCE
is not out of the reach
for morals.
 
This explains why
the artificial kind
is prospering. 
 
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Thursday, August 13, 2026

PhotoVerio #1067: 5000 Pounds

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© Oliverio ©
 
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A Suggestive Guide For Modern Plagiarism ... #428571

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It 
isn't the end
of the world
but 
you can
practically
see it
from here
***
 
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Yesterday Was Officially ... A Day Of Rest ...

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Yesterday 
was 
officially 
a day of rest
for
this blog
*
*
*
 
Otherwise 
this page
might have been
 an obituary  
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Tuesday, August 11, 2026

A Suggestive Guide For Modern Plagiarism ... #142857

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If there's
a hell below,
we're 
all going
to need
road maps.
 
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Quoting The Substitute Father Figure Of Willie Mays' Life

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_______________
__________
 
Since 
930 divided by 1107 = .840
I am a 
New York Times Spelling Bee 
eighty-four percent
of the time.
 
For the game called
"Wordle,"
is a small notch below
ninety-nine percent
________ 
 
Therefore,
my personal pride 
can smoke
an imaginary pipe
and I can
pretend
its'
real 
marajuana
❗❗❗ 
_________________
_________
 
© Paul Oliverio ©
 
 
It 
literally took
a fortnight
of mini-anxieties
to complete
this page 
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Monday, August 10, 2026

Not Pretty But Pretty Necessary

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Whether
or
not
it 
wants
to
___
___
 
Life begins here 
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_____________
 
© PhotoVerio #1066.5 © 
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PhotoVerio #1066: Eugenics

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from a prop plane 

 © 3/11/2004  ©


 _____________
_______
 
It was my Dad's 
88th birthday
+
I had to 
go somewhere:
 
Coin flip
sent me to
Eugene, Oregon 
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Multi-Colored...Tilted ... Premature Party ...Invitation ... #1089

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"There are no coincidences,
there are only 
divine parallels" 
is
a quote from
either 
Jesus Christ
or
me
 
HINT: 
Jesus 
was way too busy
to concern Himself
with
chalk-chucking fools
+
donut-dispensers 
_______________
____ 
  
 
My retirement
was celebrated on
my only nephew's
presently
he 
lives in 
Westport, Connecticut:
 where the
per capita income
is higher than 
seventeen 
hand-woven-kites
 
BUT
had seriously forgotten
that my 77 years 
on 
Planet Earth 
included 
only
seventeen years
of
full-time 
employment
 
Two 
retirement gifts received
were 
"blunts"
 
Something
the son of 
Sam Oliverio 
quit smoking
on 9/11
 ________________
________
 
I think there will be
more verbiage
about my 
"retirement"
BUT
on August 10, 2026
my thought processing
is five-star
Jabberwocky
________________
________
 
ITAL
Susan Swain
– creator of the invitation  
is due
eternal gratitude 
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Saturday, August 8, 2026

My New York Knicks Souvenir FINALLY Arrived In Mail

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Dr. Fabricato
—the team surgeon—
assured me
that 
"my souvenir"
is a 
Madison Square Garden 
basketball net
cut down for
FAN-tastic reasons
by 
  
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Friday, August 7, 2026

PhotoVerio #1065: Do It HERE ... Do It THERE

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(HERE)                

                              (THERE)

 
______________
________
 
The pride 
in my rose garden
can't be measured
 
The pride 
in my parents
is a
24/7 
thing-ama-jig 
 
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Thursday, August 6, 2026

With Apologies To MISS LIBERTY ... But

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How often 
do I get
to quote from
the
Lewis Carroll
Brain Trust
??? 
 
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Exactly One Quote From ... MARK TWAIN

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It can probably
be shown
by
facts and figures
that there is 
no 
distinctly 
native American
class of criminals
except Congress
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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Legs + Right Angles

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Abstract Geometry 
© PhotoVerio #1064.5
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PhotoVerio #1064: Glass Block Collage

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© Oliverio ©
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Tuesday, August 4, 2026

You Are ... I Am ...

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You are
all of the above
 
I am
none of of the below
 
That goes to show
we should
get along 
grandly
 
Otherwise
(with no surprise)
one of us
needs to hit
—with no defeat—
the key
marked
DELETE 
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© Oliverio © 
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Color Spectrum Of Speed

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© PhotoVerio #1063.5
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Monday, August 3, 2026

PhotoVerio #1063: Rock Concert

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© Oliverio ©
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Yellow Monster Ingredient

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© PhotoVerio #1062.5
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Saturday, August 1, 2026

Tell It Like It Is ... #285714 ... 2nd Favorite Page ... Linklessly

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Humphrey Bogart
sipping tea
with 
Christopher Marlowe
+
William Sharkespeare
____________
______ 
  
It 
MUST 
have happened
because 
Artificial Intelligence
tells me it did
❗❗❗ 
 
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