Many Years Before Jimi Raft Became My Psychoanalyst

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I hate my job.

The only reason I work

is so I can afford

to tell a psychiatrist

how much 

I hate my job.

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I declined Jim's $25 offer because of HER

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PhotoVerio #1002: Elevated Bike Lane

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       © Oliverio ©

 

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I May Risk Losing My Court Case For This But ...

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Before anyone accuses me of VOODOO ... 

 

Someone who died on February 21st

is listed on an Obituary Page for February 20th. 

 

When a father has taken his 11-year-old son

to a 1960 World Series game but 

—years later—the latter

wrote the following poem:

 

If forgetting were an art

I'd be Van Gogh

and forget where

my ear was

and cut off my toe

 

The two of us attended nearly a dozen games

at Yankee Stadium and I have blogged 

the beJesus out of most of them:

ALL of those games

were prior to 1971

when the boy became

an adult orphan! 

 

Since that time,

I may have claimed to have attended

the 7th Game of the 1960 World Series

 

That is an utter impossibility

because BILL MAZEROSKI

of the Pittsburgh Pirates

could never have hit 

the only Walk-Off Home Run

in the history of professional sports

in the United States of America

 

He proceeded to do exactly that

but in Pittsburgh

—Not the Bronx— 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   

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PhotoVerio #1001: 5 Minutes Before Very Wet Sunrise

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© Oliverio ©                       2/18/26 

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Eyesight To The Blind

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Sonny BoyWilliamson II

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Video has 

deleteable advert 

AND

photo is 

the other Sonny Boy  

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PhotoVerio #1000: Positively 4th Street [90802]

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Photographed from

 here

 

***   ©PhotoVerio #999   *** 

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Quoting A Lawyer I've Known For 70 Years ...

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Whitestone 

was lucky:

we only got 

eleven-and-a-half

inches of snow

 

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I promised 

my attorney/friend

anonymity

but his family 

is no stranger to these pages:

his brother introduced me

to the first cigarette

I ever smoked

but that was1000 

phlegmatic coughs ago

and

my last cigarette

is far away 

 

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PLEASE

add you own visual

to this blizzardy quote

which should be easy for anyone

not living in 

  Southern California

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Speaking of lawyers, 

this GodFather of Math

would like to extend his sympathies

to the family of Tom Hagen.

 

The Corleone family

will certainly make his funeral

an affair to remember.

 

Rest In Peace,

Robert Duvall

 

Rest In Peace,

Jesse Jackson 

 

Rest In Peace,

Catherine O'hara

 

Please 

Rest In Peace

Bill Mazeroski 

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Freedom Of Choice ... Goes Out The Window

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How foolish 

I was

to believe

I had entire

and 

exclusive control

of this blog 

—once upon a time—

  

Then

a very official notice 

was hand-delivered

yesterday

and 

suddenly it felt like

my head was in

a vice grip 

 

The Supreme Court

Of

The Elephantine Ego

will put

Paul Oliverio

on trial

no later than 

March 11, 2026

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However, 

he must first post

ten blog pages

including 

three related to

Jefferson High School

[in Los Angeles]

+ 

three "PhotoVerio" pages

+ 

one related to

selling original jokes

—in 1981—

+ 

three pages

of his own choice

 

His trial will take place

in the parking lot

of a Denny's Restaurant

—college adjacent—

in either

San Diego or Orange County

 

That is where he will meet

the woman he refers to as

Cat E. Clism

 

Her real name is 

Gertrude Hoppe

 

During World War II, 

her Heidelberg-born

Grandmother had helped

Jews escape to Britian

but the late-night customers

at Denny's call her

"Momma"

and none of these 

young party animals

goes home hungry 

 

Of course,

Oliverio can attach 

copyright symbols

where ever 

he so desires

 

The crimes he is being 

accused of

relate exclusively

to the 

McDonald's 

2026 Superbowl Half-Time

Program

 

The first question

he will have to answer

at his trial is:

 

What did you know

and 

when did you know it? 

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© Oliverio  

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PhotoVerio #999: SDD =Sunrise Delay Diagonal

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Eight hours after

this picture was taken,

it is still raining

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© Oliverio ©

 

 

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Yellow Rose Knows The Roman Nose In The Garden

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***  PhotoVerio #997.5   ***

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PhotoVerio #998: Cloud Line Dance

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 Cloud Line Dance

Orchestrated By

St. Anthony 

© Oliverio ©

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PhotoVerio #997: Glass Blocked

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© Oliverio ©

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Unintentionally ... My Psychoanalyst Reminded Me ...

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He was the first of my friends

to purchase an authentic

painting by

"Mrs CarPeo"

 

She was unaware 

of the sale

BUT

thoroughly appreciative

of three dinners at 

King's Fish House

in consecutive weeks
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What My Psychoanalyst Sent Me ... Inspired This

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Dr. Rath sent me

a slice of

South Dakota sky

and I hereby present

an oblong of sunrise 

lurking over

the Long Beach Jetty

 

© Oliverio ©                                2/15/26≈6:20AM

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Slice Of South Dakota Sky

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My psychoanalyst

drove through

the Badlands

and this proves

he was there

 

© Dr. James Raft  ©

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PhotoVerio #996: Ode To Bart Simpson

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© Oliverio ©

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Quote About Poetry + A School In The Bronx

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There's a poetry

in repairing

the carburetor

of an automobile,

even if the kid

repairing it

can't spell 

carburetor

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EVAN HUNTER

The Blackboard Jungle 

 

Slightly tilted

but  

more than slightly 

controversial

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He Who Sits At Right Hand Of Leo Durocher ...

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Willie Mays 

sits at the right hand

of Leo Durocher,

—his mentor and manager—

 

The young man

in the baseball uniform 

is laughing loud enough

to be heard

≈seventy years≈

after the photograph

was taken

  

 

Willie Mays is laughing

because 

—in 2026—

he sits at

 the right hand 

of God

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Unfortunately,

authorities higher than

Mr. Mays 

and his seat-mates

will not allow me to name

the photographer

at this time

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New Word-alicious #4

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= PHAITH =

Religion

for winners of

misspelling

contests

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© Oliverio © 

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Dedicated To Chuck Berry + My Sweet Valentine

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I 

was five years

in absentia

from my beloved

Long Beach Jetty

+

I was welcomed back

with a "duckwalk"

and 

 Buddy Boulder's Quintet

 

 

 

 

Both 

© PhotoVerio #985.5 ©

images 

were taken at 6AM

today

[Mother's 105th Birthday]

 

The "rubber duckwalk"

will make no one

forget

Chuck Berry    

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PhotoVerio #995: Eugene, Oregon

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 ©          ***          ©

© Oliverio ©             2x

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For The Curator Of ... LBMA Downtown

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His name is BROCK

+

he is artfully

articulate  

 

 

 ***    ©PhotoVerio #994.5    ***

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PhotoVerio #994: Crack That Egg

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© Oliverio ©         Long Beach Aquarium 2016  

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Nine Days My Elder + Nine Times My Talent

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Both are Bronx-born

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I thought I was

the Duke of Earl

when I made it

with a redheaded girl

in the back

of a chevrolet

 

BILLY JOEL

Keeping the Faith 

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Both were raised 

on Long Island

 

 

Video Link has

deleteable advert   

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New Word-alicious #3

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MAN-FRO =

Hairstyle exclusively

for white men

enabling them

to impersonate

Black men  

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© Oliverio © 

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I'm Laughing To Keep From Crying

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If 

one-and-only-one 

Song Title

 could be tattooed

to my forehead,

it would be 

I'm Laughing 

To Keep From Crying

 

It was originally performed 

by

 The Isley Brothers

 

If

you are unfamiliar

with their music,

all you need to know 

is this:

 

To describe them as

"Legendary"

could result in arrest

for understatement

 

The Brothers

are still performing 

!!! 

However,

I'm Laughing 

To Keep From Crying

requires a warning:

Anyone over the age of seven

listening to this song,

should have their

head examined 

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© Oliverio © 

 

 

All of the music video links

have a deleteable advert

which you might

choose to watch

because

It's Your Thing

and you might want to

Twist And Shout   

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When Bestie + You ... Have That 1 Ugly Moment

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The title above

inspired 

the quote below

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 If 

I agree with you

100 percent

of the time

+

You agree with me

100 percent

of the time

Then 

one of us

is redundant  

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© Paul Oliverio ©

 

 

Of course,

this one ugly moment

resolved itself

quickly + beautifully

 thanks to

the ancient art form

of letter-writing  

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Darker Times ...

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Darker times 

need

cute sprinkles

© PhotoVerio #993.5

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THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE ...

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THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE

is not a man ...

It's a blur

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