When The Menage A Trois Became Menage A Deux

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© Oliverio
In the name of 
Intimacy

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My Eyes Have Seen The Glory Of Edward Weston's Peppers

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© Oliverio (3x)

🇺🇸

If you were there
when I roasted these peppers,
you might have said
"Bobby Flay is flawed"

This theme continues
here

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Photoverio #368: A Fence And A Tree

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© Oliverio
The LA-OC Divide

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Two Quotes About Patterns, Poetry, And Mathematics

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A mathematician who is not

something of a poet

will never be

a complete mathematician

KARL WEIERSTRASS 

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Mathematics

is the classification

and study of all

possible patterns

W. W. SAWYER

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Footnote
Both quotes appear in Sawyer's book
Prelude to Mathematics

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Building Blocks (Comic Relief #2686)

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Saul Steinberg

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They Were Married Exactly Seventy-Five Years Ago Today

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The image may be vague
but my sentiments are not:
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY,
MOM and DAD 

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The Last Word On SuperBowl LIII ... And Then Some

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This phrase was coigned by
Jack McCarthy 
whose only regret
is that he does not know
any t-shirt manufacturers
because the chances of
The New England Patriots
appearing in next year's Superbowl
are revoltingly good 

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Footnotes
Therefore, the Lewis Carroll School of Logic
has taken the opportunity
to register the phrase
—on Jack's behalf—
with the Copyright Office

Usage of the phrase
can be negotiated
via contact with this website
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DJ-verio's 3rd Songlist ... #857142 ... Empathy For The Devil

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For those who may prefer

the Rolling Stones'

Sympathy For The Devil

without the lyrics

Daniel Schnyder
is the  re-composer
and the conductor of
this variation of S.F.T.D.
is
Gabor Takacs-Nagy

Unfortunately,
the video
is preceded by
an advert
(deletable after 5 sec.)

But please allow me
to introduce
an original composition by
Mr. Schnyder 
   (without diabolical advert)    

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Photoverio #367: The Sky's Oldest Bouffant Model

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One gazillion years old

and still gorgeous

© Oliverios
Cloud Monet

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Footnotes
I photographed this image
of Alamitos Bay in 2011
but the caption did not exist
until two days ago

Mrs. CarPeo titled this page
last month
in 2019
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George Carlin Places A Bet On The Language Barrier

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There's a condition in combat.

Most people know about it. 

It's when a fighting person's nervous system 

has been stressed to it's absolute

peak and maximum

Can't take anymore input. 

The nervous system has either snapped

or is about to snap

In the first world war,

that condition was called

shell shock

Simple, honest, direct language. 

Two syllables: shell shock

Almost sounds like the guns themselves.

That was seventy years ago. 

Then a whole generation went by

and the second world war came along

and very same combat condition

was called

battle fatigue

Four syllables now. 

Takes a little longer to say.

Doesn't seem to hurt as much.

Fatigue is a nicer word than shock.

Shell shock! Battle fatigue! 

Then we had the war in Korea, 1950.

Madison Avenue was riding high by that time,

and the very same combat condition

was called

operational exhaustion

Hey, were up to eight syllables now!

And the humanity has been squeezed

completely out of the phrase. 

It's totally sterile now.

Operational exhaustion

Sounds like something

that might happen to your car. 

Then of course, came the war in Viet Nam

which has only been over for about

sixteen or seventeen years,

and thanks to the lies and deceits

surrounding that war, I guess 

it's no surprise that

the very same condition

was called

post-traumatic stress disorder

Still eight syllables,

but we've added a hyphen! 

And the pain is completely buried under jargon.

Post-traumatic stress disorder

I'll bet you if we'd of still been

calling it shell shock,

some of those Viet Nam veterans

might have gotten the attention

they needed at the time.

I'll betcha
I'll betcha

***

GEORGE CARLIN

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Rorschach #25 ... I See Mating "Giraphants"

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"Giraphants"
are part Giraffe
and part Elephant

The next GoFather/Rorschach
page is 
here

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Photoverio #366: The Botanical POD Invasion

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© Oliverio  
What is this? 

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My Sister Amy ...By Alex Winehouse

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The interview continues
here 

An Amy Winehouse song
is  there 

A 10-second
or deletable advert
may precede the song

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The Educational Value Of Television

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I find television very educating. 

Every time somebody turns on the set,

I go into the other room and read a book.

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GROUCHO MARX 

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Footnotes

This quote is from either of two books:

Memoirs Of A Mangy Lover

or

The Groucho Letters

Both books are eminently readable

and eminently quotable

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The Road Was Closed But She Created An Opening

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Construction Site Border Screen
Original Artist
n/a

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