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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Thursday, April 3, 2025

Regarding Paul Oliverio + His Alter Egos

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Because
in Los Angeles
represents 
 
The title of
that classic film
equally applies
to me
+
my multiple personalities
 
 

That "simple reason"
was stated above
BUT
without
in my life,
I would have been
a loud-mouth
piece of nothing
on East coast
or West coast
 
Always
arguing/fighting
with everyone
including 
all my other 
personalities
***

© Photograph taken ©
© April 3, 2025 ©
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PhotoVerio #890: The Island Of Hondahoodya

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© Paul Oliverio ©
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Imperfect Geometry (Comic Relief#6268)

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If you think...
GARY LARSON

***
 
If 
you think...
your life
is so good,
NO ONE
has ever 
gotten away
then
you are living 
a life 
blindfolded
to memory
 
© Oliverio ©
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

The 212th Bullet ... Devils + Angels

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 If
you never learn 
how to avoid
the Devil's tricks
then
no army of Angels
will protect you from
demonic behavior 
 ***
 
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A Godhead NOT Meant To Be Worshipped

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Not worshiped
but appreciated
as a practical
Savior
PhotoVerio #889.5
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PhotoVerio #889: Dancing Trees

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Botanical Boogie Woogie
© Oliverio
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

It's APRIL FOOL's DAY ... And I Am One

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—Because of this book—

***
Never before
have I read
an Ed McBain novel
so slowly:
46 pages in 36 hours
 
I've read
thirty of his books,
virtually all
within two days
 
 Page burners?
YES
but each one
was very satisfying,
 exhilarating,
+
knee-slappingly
delicious story telling

At the present rate,
will take me
a month of Sundays
to finish
 as if 
were wearing
and pulled the damn thing down
to cover my eyes
 
But
—hypothetically—
let me say 
this about that:
 if 
YOU
paid money
to take a course
entitled
Survey of 20th Century
American Fiction
and 
it did not include
ED McBAIN
or 
or any other
of his
 
T
H
E
N
 
YOU
too
are 
an 
 !!!
 
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Monday, March 31, 2025

PhotoVerio #888: Bi-Lingual Self-Portrait

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Wednesday Morning
3AM
Muy Feo


ME
Without
Starbucks,
Sudoku
or
Cigarets

© Oliverio           Pronto volvere a ser Guapo
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Sunday, March 30, 2025

I Am Honored To Have My Parents Alongside Joe Louis ...

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And the original 
"Golden Boy"
as photographed by
the legendary
who also shot
a collage of photos
of Jefferson HS concerts
including me dancing
with a student
who is presently
a police sheriff

Let us not exclude
the photo of
his most vibrant model
sandwiched between
church photos
taken by his wife
—Marie Jensen—
who doubled as 
Otto's brain trust
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PhotoVerio #887: Joggerless

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A waterfront view 
from Long Beach's
third-most-stunning
perspective

© Oliverio
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A Story Told By ... Professor McKinley Morganfield

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Two Jewish teenagers
wrote a song
for a large
Black woman
who was sometimes
known as
"Mrs. Five by Five"
because her girth
resembled that of
another singer:
[Jimmy Rushing]

 
The song was recorded
and is described as a
12-bar Blues
 
You ain't nothin' 
but a hound dog
Been snoopin' 
'round my door
You ain't nothin' 
but a hound dog
Been snoopin' 
'round my door
You can wag your tail
But I ain't gonna 
feed you no more
!!!
 
The lyrics describe
a man who
made love to
every woman
except the only one
who put up restraint
***
unsuccessfully
 
This woman was 
 
But in 1956,
the two Jewish teenagers
were no longer teens
and the same song 
was recorded
by a white boy from 
Tupelo, Mississippi
 
The title of the song is 
and the unspoken truth
about the white boy is this:
 
Elvis Presley 
shook the musical world
by its Rock n' Roll roots
when he sang
Hound Dog
because 
he virtually changed no lyrics
but 
[as mentioned above]
the song was written from
a woman's
point of view
 !!!
 _______
 
In  arcane 
+
Academic Circles,
we believe:
 
Hound Dog
is the first 
Rock n' Roll classic
from a tranny's
point of view
 
 
QED
 
The professor
sincerely hopes
no one takes offense
to the slang term
—tranny—
used for someone
crossing
the sexual boundary  
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Saturday, March 29, 2025

Una Delle 300 Fotografie

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©©©©  
PhotoVerio #886.5
I visited Italy
in 2008
and these
bleached
+
demonic
cutie pies
were one
of 300 photographic
souvenirs
I brought home
© OLIVERIO ©
 
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Thursday, March 27, 2025

My Personal Mount Rushmore ... Revisited

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Very Hazy
Except In 
My Memory
 
This photograph of
four Oliverio brothers
recently appeared in 
my photo file
without my knowing
how it got there
 
The original 
"Personal Mount Rushmore"
appears below
the GoFather blog pages
atop a section
I named
"South of the Border"
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Is It Because They Call It THE FAR SIDE?

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Before being swamped
with fame and fortune,
Gary Larson
lectured at 
the Existentialist Institute
of Fried Philosophers
(in Oyvay, Ohio)

But the students
preferred 
the dashing
Professor Camoose
and they threatened
the un-handsome
Professor Larson
with seal-plated
chicken feathers
 
Luckily,  Larson 
escaped the danger
by climbing through
an underground 
skylight
 

As an elbow-patched academic,
his last words were
 
GARY LARSON


👄👄👄
👃👂👀Lay Lady Lay👀👂👃
👄👄👄
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The 211th Bullet ... For The Clean Lick Of Their Patter

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 Even
the pick of the litter
have to be
potty-trained
 ***
 
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