The GoFather Of Math

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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Saturday, November 11, 2017

Haiku Inspired By Franz Kafka [HKu #47.5]

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In fact,
the phrase "as long as possible"
is not possible for long.

Franz Kafka
Letters to Milena

The text image
is from p. 186
of the paperback
edition with this cover.

More quotes from the book
can be found
here.

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Footnotes
This haiku is not copyrighted.

It is merely the paraphrase
of a literary mastermind.

The next GoFather Haiku page is
here
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Cabbage Cotillion Caught In The Crosshairs Of A Canon Camera

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Footnote
A companion page
for Cabbage Cottilion is
here

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Thursday, November 9, 2017

Alabama Auditor Has Neither Brain Nor Heart But Is Quotable

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Defending a GOP Senate Candidate's seduction of a 14-year-old girl, Alabama State Auditor Jim Ziegler demonstrated how to say something more revolting than anything Donald Trump ever said. Ziegler used the birth of Jesus Christ to justify an alleged child molestation Please read question posted below Are those Devil's Horns growing out of Jim Ziegler's head?

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Photoverio #276: Student-Free Image Of Local High School

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© Oliverio Wilson High School How cool is a school where you could have seen Bob Dylan perform with the best seats costing $4.00

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Footnotes
What's even cooler
is the fact that a Principal there
(as of 2014, at least)

had a poster of
the 1964 Dylan concert
on display
in his office.

In the shadow
of this palm tree image
is a baseball field
where 14 students advanced
to the major leagues, including
a Hall Of Fame pitcher
(Bob Lemon)
and a current
New York Yankee
(Aaron Hicks)

In the entire United States,
only six high schools
have more graduates
who advanced to
"The Big Show"
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The 84th Bullet: When Is Freedom Of Speech Dangerous?

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Freedom of Speech
can be dangerous when
people have nothing to say
but insist on saying it
often enough
to actually believe
what they are saying.

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Footnotes

THE 84nd BULLET is the copyrighted property of LCSoL.

Only the first 45 Bullets are linked together
because we do not want to make life easy
for our favorite thieves.

My next "Freedom of Speech" page

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Me Too Multitudes ... Available on YouTube ... For Guess Who

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AT THE
ME TOO
BALL

Irony received
an invitation
to
a fund-raising Ball.

Vanity was her escort.

Irony wore

a Gucci gown
and

high heel sneakers
to

The Me Too Ball
at the Memorial Hall,

With men and women

of note,
in glitter and glam,
plus media
to gather quote

From crumbs
of conversation
or spoken from
the podium.

Vanity sat to the
right of irony.

Ego sat to her left.

She could not tell
them apart.

Laughter sat
across from

Irony.

(The Me Too Ball
coincided with Hollywood's
Me Too Rally.)

Secrecy and Humility

were conspicuously
absent from the Ball

Where
Ten thousand people
sang

in perfect harmony:

I gotta be Me
I gotta be Me
No other person
can I be.

Ten thousand

voices all echoing
–verbatim and robotic–

All repeating
the plea
to be different.

Irony in

her high heel sneakers
danced with

Laughter in

his most

voluminous
voice.

They were thrown

out of the hall,

Exiled from the Ball
but

Vanity and ego

crawled
under the table.

Ego was lassoed

into submission,

unlike

Vanity,

who wore

too many

disguises.

Otherwise

a splendid time

was had by all

at the

Me Too
Ball

(Or so they thought)
.

@ PAUL OLIVERIO @

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Photoverio #275: Homegrown STREET ART UTOPIA

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The boy

who could

tilt windows

with the touch

of his hand

Long Beach Mural
[6th Street e. of Atlantic]

Artist = Ernest Zacharevic

Photographed by
Oliverio

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Footnotes

This is the only image
in the STREET ART UTOPIA pages
not to originate from
here

The next
STREET ART UTOPIA
page is
there

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Photoverio #274: Moondance In The Middle Of The Afternoon

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It Was That Hour Of The Morning

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The parking meter
said to palm tree
Look at my shadow
I could pass for your sister

But it's a good thing
I'm not a real girl:
I would have been blinded
by the sun

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Footnote
IT WAS THAT HOUR OF THE MORNING
and the Photoverio image
are the copyrighted property
of LCSoL

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Monday, November 6, 2017

One Finger Flipped = One Job Lost

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Read the story
here

The next
GoFather/Trump
page
—containing only a titular
reference to the President—
is
here

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Saturday, November 4, 2017

A Guardian Angel Talks To GOD ... October 24, 2017

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"Oh Great Master,
the Americans call it
the Fall Classic.
It is the culmination of..."

"Guardy, don't take me for a fool:
I know what the World Series is.

"But with Trump, Putin and all
the other Princes of Darkness,
I've had hardly anytime for baseball.
Tell me please, who's playing this year?"

"Dodgers and Astros.
The first game is today."

"From Los Angeles and Houston, correct?

"Yes, Boss. Only one of them
will get the crown.
Which should it be?"

"I have one last question
before I answer your question."

"And that question is..."

"Didn't I curse those two cities
with Harvies?"

"Yes, Boss.
You gave Houston a hurricane
   named Harvey and Los Angeles
(via Hollywood) got a weinstein
   named Harvey."

"This is a no-brainer.
I've got to yang the bigger yin:
The Astros win the World Series
in seven games!"

"You got it, Boss."

Congratulations to the Houston Astros

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Footnotes
The text of A GUARDIAN ANGEL TALKS TO GOD...
is the copyrighted property of LCSoL.

The author would like to thank
jPeggy for the the two images
used above.

It cannot be confirmed but a final aside
from God to "Guardy" was as follows:

I insist that the MVP have the letter G
at the beginning of his name. Just like ME!

The Most Valuable Player of the 2017 World Series
was awarded to George Springer.

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Friday, November 3, 2017

A Quote About The Virtue Of Solitude

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I like being alone.
There's none of that
pretence of closeness,
none of the frustration
of trying to be close
and finding only the walls.

Kres Mersky

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Exotic Industrial Dispute In New York City

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The bartender's booty
is shaking up
the industry

The pole dance
playing field
no longer does
yield

all the dirty dolllars
thrown its way

dollars now detour
—on their way up—
into the bartender's
cup

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Footnotes

For all intents and purposes,

this poem was written on a bathroom wall.

No copyright applies.

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