Birds Of Paradise On Sunny Goodge Street

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© PhotoVerio #1073.5

 

 

With deleteable 

advert  

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Formerly Known As Jefferon High School In Los Angeles

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Never

—in its treasured history—

was there  a  student

more beautiful

than 

DOROTHY DANDRIDGE

She passed away 61 years ago, this week 

 

 

The school

is presently known as

BOONDOGGLE

High School

where a select few

are getting wealthier

with every breath

but

student math scores

are less than

ten percent 

 

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Twenty-Three Mormons ... Add Your Own Visual

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23 Mormons

in 

a 

large parking lot

 

were flexing 

their 

door-knocking skills

on random

car windows

 

Often,

profanity 

—or semi-naked teenagers–

greeted

this nuisance squad

 

But

one of the 

Mormon leaders

had overdosed

on

Milk of Magnesia

 

Instead of

"Repent," 

 

  this Mormon 

 told people to 

"Repaint"

:::

"Repaint"

 :::

"Repaint"

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The following week,

HOME DEPOT

offered  Mormons

a 

20 Percent discount 

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© Oliverio © 

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9 or 11

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The solemn recital

naming each 

World Trade Center

casualty

is 

that extremely rare event

in 

USA history

that 

is

undeniably

beautiful

 

But

that would not 

be the case

if

the annual event

were produced by 

the Disney Company

 

because 

then

:::

all the names 

 recited

would sound 

Goofy 

 

© Oliverio ©

 

 

To 

Be 

Continued 

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My Last Taste Of Marajuana

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*** 

 

 

9/11

is 

the only day 

in history

to be 

remembered

as

a fraction

 

Tomorrow

is

also 

the 25th Anniversary

of the first day

of

World War Three

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Twenty-five years ago

today

[September 10, 2001] 

I

said goodbye

to getting

high

on 

chemical

substance

with the rare

exception

of

consuming 

Patron

or

one of its

alcoholic

companions

 

Stupidly

or

stupider,

we refuse

to acknowledge

the 

Third World War

because

it defies 

the formatting

of 

its  

2 

predecessors

 

Al Queda

—the engineers of 9/11—

is 

much too 

funny sounding

of a name

to engineer

a World War

but that is exactly 

what they did

+

they got cousins 

by the dozens 

 

 

 

HOWEVER

one of my 

lifelong friends

who 

made a gazillion dollars

as a landscaper 

now 

grows it

in 

Upstate New York

and 

I would love to sample 

his wares

BUT

aside from being

madly in love

with 

Mr. Marajuana

[a/k/a Bill Maher]

Mrs. CarPeo

despises

everything 

it represents

and I am terrified

of

how 

I'd react to her

by going

puff puff

in 2026 

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2 Roses = 2 Fisheyes

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©  PhotoVerio #1073.5  ©

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The Wright Stuff

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STEVEN

W

R

I

G

H

T 

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My Girls Sitting Down ... But The Most Impotant One Is Missing

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*** 

Seated

on the floor

—wearing a white hoodie—

is

SHAMIKA BRYANT

 

and 

here she is

—full frontal— 

as photographed by

her 

Yearbook Advisor 

(Oliverio)

This 

photo

is

important

enough

to be

immortalized

on 

the homepage

of 

my 

MacBook Pro

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OMG ... Is He Doing Another McDonald's Page?

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This is

a photograph

of 

Dominic + Marie 

Lusurdo

 

They 

are the parents 

of

Donnie Lusurdo,

arguably

the funniest person

I ever knew

 

Donnie had polio

and

 was virtually

immobile

without 

crutches

BUT

he 

could swim

in the wonderful waters

of 

Rocky Point

—with a companion— 

 

I 

swam with him

but

nearly died

from laughing 

so hard

 

© Oliverio ©

Moments before

this picture was taken, 

I 

had 

chauffeured

Jean Maddalena

—the Mayor of Rocky Point—

from church

to her 

Sunday

sip + chat

with

the parents

of

someone

who died

much 

too 

soon

 

Jean Maddalena

was my Mother's

older sister 

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PhotoVerio #1073: Folding DNA

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© Oliverio ©

 

I would like to thank

my friend

Peter Galasso

for titling this page  

 

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PhotoVerio #1072: Sidewalk Sunrise

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© Oliverio ©  

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You Cannot Stop The Sunrise

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© Oliverio ©

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My Girls ... Sitting Down

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If 

I can show them

dancing 

I 

can show them

sitting down 

© Oliverio ©

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Question Everything + Get ... Answers For Everything

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Anyone

who 

questions

everything

will get 

answers for

every question 

BUT 

the 

correspondence 

between 

question

+

correct answer 

will be

significantly

less than

100 %

accurate 

However,

 Artificial Intelligence

will easily

lead you 

to think 

otherwise:

 

Enabling 

anyone

to believe

they have

more 

intelligence

than actually

exists

 

© Oliverio © 

   

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STAMPED ... With Flower-Chested Facial Image

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Then

laid to rest 

***

in 

a 

bed 

of

PhotoVerios 

© Oliverio ©

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One Of MY People

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I am not

the newest Negro

in Long Beach

BUT 

 

 

I have

hundreds of

brothers + sisters

of 

all races 

and creeds  

who smoke

cigarettes

in public

–without shame– 

 

If

that "cigaret"

gives off

marajuana vapors,

the smoker is

no friend of mine

+

I rattle off 

a fistful of prayers

hoping

their next car accident

will not

prove fatal 

 

 

 

 Presently 

on exhibit

at

The Long Beach Museum Of Art

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There Is No Truth To The Rumor ...

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There is no truth 

to the rumor

that an activist priest

from he Bronx

—Father Oliverio—

   inspired 

Gloria Steinam's

profound 

quote

posted on 

the previous

page

 

BUT

on  more than

one occasion

did

my Uncle

actually 

march

arm-in-arm

with 

Gloria

for 

feminist causes

 

He did this 

despite 

the disapproval 

of his "Boss,"

Cardinal O'Conner

 

However, 

Oliverio's

nephew

did once once say

The truth will set you free

but only after

you donate some piestas

to the poorhouse 

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© Oliverio © 

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Gloria In Excelcis Deo

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The truth 

will set you free

but first,

it will piss you off

 

– GLORIA STEINAM –  

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Three-Fingerd Profanity ... With A Polite Introduction

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Please

subtract

2

© Oliverio ©

 

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Too Many Hands

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???

 Turner Classic Movies

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Double-Handed + Gummed-Up

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© Oliverio ©

 

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Single-Handed

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© Oliverio ©

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Kick-Off

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Jefferson High School

1999 

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GOD ... Is Not A Gerund

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