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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Monday, October 19, 2026

Why I 💛💛💛 The United States Post Office

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I 
moved from 
New York to California
in 
May, 1981
 
The forwarding address
–given to a NY Post office–
was 
To Be Determined
 
As soon as I found
an apartment
on Gower Street
in Hollywood,
a forwarding address
was established
_______________
_________ 
 
Three days later,
I received
the following
 
❗❗❗

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They Recorded An Album Entitled ... Sargent Red Pepper

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*** 
© PhotoVerio #1054.5

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Report From IKE ANGELO ... My Artificial Intelligence Spy

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 owns
Madison Square Garden
+
he is a hardcore
Trumpista
 
Publically,
he had to bar
Woody Allen
admission
to
the arena
______________
_________ 
 
Think what you will
about Woody
but very few
people know 
Manhattan
as well as
he does
 
  
 
And   
no sports fans
have ever loved
The New York Knicks
as much as he does
______________
_________
 
 
QUESTION:
Did he attend
any of their 
games
at
Madison Square Garden?
 
ANSWER:
 
He attended 
both of them
disguised as
 

 
He 
looked prettier
than most women
in attendance
but agreed to sit up
in the mezzanine
so as to not draw
too much attention
 
Ike Angelo 
______________
_________
 
 
 
 
 © Oliverio © 
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Kafkaesque Statement ... Written by His Spiritual Daddy

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Saturday, October 17, 2026

The Best News ... About The Dodgers Losing ...

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MADDIE LEE
is an excellent
beat reporter
for the 
Los Angeles Times
 
Beat reporters
are
—figuratively—
glued
to the facts 
of the game
 
But 
with the defeat
of 
the home team
Dodgers,
 
she was allowed
to write
an
 
All 
I will say
about that
is
she aced it
 ⚾⚾⚾
 
 
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Ike Angelo Is My ... A.I. Informant

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Moments before
this photograph was taken,
a big shot
Mafioso
was gunned down
at 
Newark Airport
 
Moments after
this photograph was taken,
Donald Trump was awarded
a mega-million dollar
construction project
in 
Jersey City 
 
© Ike Angelo ©
 
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No Wrong Way To Celebrate Your Birthday

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 Yesterday
was my
55th birthday
as an 
ADULT ORPHAN
and
I celebrated 
by doing
as little as
humanly possible
because
the afternoon temperature
was
a body-numbing
95 degrees
 
Nor
can I say
"I miss my parents"
because
wherever I am
they are
right
there
❗❗❗ 
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PhotoVerio #1054: Moment Of Passion

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© Oliverio ©

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Friday, October 16, 2026

Original Alter Ego ... PAGE 2

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 The person 
who photographed
this 1959 image from
 simultaneously
shot 3 more images
of a very serious
swimmer
_____________
________
 
In one of them,
Lynda Oliverio
looks like
the angriest person
in the world
when anger
was the furthest thing
from her mind:

It was the intensity
of her love 
for
swimming
AND
it is
the image
that has influenced
my life
more than
any other
photograph
ever taken
_____________
________

I cannot say
another word
about this
because
it would put
my tear ducts
into overdrive
 
© Oliverio © 
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My Alter Ego Finds My ... Original Alter Ego

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***
 
© Hooda Helami ©
Alter Ego #142857 
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Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Being Humble + The Exact Opposite ... Simultaneously

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Humility
permits this page
to show 
[lower-right]
only half 
of

The exact opposite happens

when images of ME

dwarf an image

of a Pope

with my name

appearing

below

that

lower-left

image  

❗❗❗ 

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The Bush Man Of Texas

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President George W. Bush
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Sunday, October 11, 2026

Warning To Family, Friends, And Select Haters

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Today 
is 
my Sister's 80th
Birthday.
 
Under 
no circumstances
do I want to
talk 
to anyone
on the phone
today 
because
my tear ducts
would be
in overdrive
🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂
🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 
🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 
🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 
🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 
🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 
🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 
🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂
 
_________________
__________ 
 
Sorry,
but she would not allow
an image
to be posted here.
Telling me
that
—in the Great Beyond—
she is any age
she wants to be
at any time 
  
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Curvaceous + Apish ... In The Service Of Real Poetry

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Quoting Canadian Pizza

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Paul,
your pizza is ready
 
🍕🍕🍕  
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Saturday, October 10, 2026

Quoting Will Rogers

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******* 

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Quoting Mr. D ... And Me

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Weak brain
+
narrow mind
will always leave
you behind
 
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______________________________


Hating is easy,
therapy is hard
 
© Oliverio © 
 
___________________
______________
 
Willie Dixon's
video
may have
deleteable
advert 
 
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Friday, October 9, 2026

Don't Bet Against It ... Despite The Two Links

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❗❗ 
once recorded a song
written by
❗❗
 
 
But
a flucking
deleteable advert
may intrude 

AND 
for 
the 
lucky
few
who know
how to bet
__________
_____ 
all
I will say 
is  
 
She Said Yeah  
❗❗ 
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Thursday, October 8, 2026

Black + White Anxiety ... With Roller Coaster

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© PhotoVerio #1053.5
 
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Two-Sided New York Baseball Blues

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What 
can you say
about a team 
when your
best pitcher
has 
a name 
that rhymes
Hitler?

+
 
A team
that built a rotunda
named for someone
never set foot
in
your stadium
? 

❓❓❓ 
 
__________________
________
 
 
© Oliverio ©  
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Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Inspired By Lynda Oliverio ... In 1972

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© 
________
 ________________
 
The only reason 
I  work is
so 
I can afford 
a psychiatrist
and tell him
how much
I hate 
my job
________________
________
 
©
 
© PAUL OLIVERIO © 
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PhotoVerio #1082: Living Up To His Promise

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"He said I'd get
an appearance fee
for walking through
this crappy photograph"
 
"All he did
was
pay me 
a compliment"
 
 
© Oliverio © 
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Ten + Five ... Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own

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If 
the gas tank
of  your 
imagination
borders on empty,
please skip this page
 
__________________
_________
  
10 days from today,
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
will sing
the title song
+
the featured dancers 
will include
my
Mom + Dad 

 
Those 3 members 
of the
 Class of '71
will toast
the 
post-humous crowd
with
Starbucks Champagne
in deference to 
what
was created
in that year
 
__________________
_________
 
But
5 days from today,
all of the above
[and a gazillion others]
will sing
♎HAPPY BIRTHDAY♎
as my sister
celebrates
#80
 
Ain't Nobody's Business
How I Honor
The Dead   
 

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Monday, October 5, 2026

It Ain't Bragging, If You Can Do It Again

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 I was offered
 significantly
more money
than 
the $20 
I received from
Joan Rivers
BUT
stupidly said 
no 
__________
______
 
Mega-stupidly,
the recipient of
my negativity
turned out to be
 
__________
______
 
The primary reason
I post this 1980 document
has to do with
my highlighted address:
 
It was the last 
of 3 homes
I owned 
on 
Long Island
but no siblings
or parents
owned 
a share
 
Otherwise
the price of admission
would not have been
quality drugs
or
Tequila
__________
______
 
I was both
a landlord
+ 
a substitute teacher
at that time
but
countless people
were "educated"
by me
in the comfort
of the house
whose address was 
5 Orient Hill
and payment
was most likely
non-denominational
 ______
 ______
   ______ 

One absolute certainty:
a Sound Beach
resident 
named 
"Stevie B'
learned
a bucketful of
God-Knows-What 
at
that location
 
__________
______
 

In the year
2026, 
"Stevie" 
is a
NEW YORK TIMES
puzzle maestro,
enlightening
people
on that newspaper's
second-most popular puzzle
(out of ≈50) 
 
It is the
 
It is the puzzle
whose primary reference
is a
4th Grade 
Flunk + Wagnalls
Dictionary
__________
______
 
 
❗❗❗ 
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BURNT STROGANOFF ... A Teaser

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TEASER ? 
This award-winning story
began life
during my brief residency
in Hollywood
on Gower Street,
3 blocks south
of
Hollywood Boulevard
 
 BUT
when I received
$20 
from Joan Rivers,
my career
stupidly followed
a different direction
_____________________
_________
 
However,
it is a complete story
[copyrighted, of course]
and
anyone offering
a reasonable quantity
of $
will receive
a hand-delivered
copy
 
 
Sincerely,
© PAUL OLIVERIO © 
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Halloween Glass Block

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PhotoVerio #1081.5 

"Dennyista Amore"

_______________

_______

 

It's not necessary

for anyone

other than 

 Schmuck-i-verio 

to understand

the Spanglish quote 

  

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