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, September 8, 2025

PhotoVerio #937: Deliciously Sweet Red Rose

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© Oliverio    September 7, 2025
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The People HE Loves The Most ...

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According to the
the people who are 
most beloved by
"Jesus H. Christ"
are the people
who play
or

!!!
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Sunday, September 7, 2025

Preview Of Things To Come

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1.
The Mamas + Papas
[Then and Now]

2.
A song by Steve Poltz

3.
Comparing
the orchestras of
Duke Ellington, Count Basie
and
Completed only within confines
of my headphones  


4.
Introducing 
newest song, entitled
DISCOURAGING WIND
which I've withheld
for one month

5.
A Black and a White Pastor:
in two pages
  
6.
Who the hell knows
what Hooda Helami
will say next?
 
7.
 
*
**
***
 
I hereby promise
#1 will be posted
by 10/16 
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Down And Up With HOODA HELAMI

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When you get
to the bottom,
shake a few hands
and tip your hat
but that
is not where
its at

"Where its at,"
said a local cop,
"is at the top"

And 
when you get there,
share where sharing
is do-able
 
Take...
where the 
taking is good

Then go back home
to your
neighborhood
 
Kiss the kissable
and miss...
next week's NFL games
involving 
New York teams
who play at
Hoffa Stadium
in New Jersey
 
That great city
of five bountiful
boroughs
and colorful socks
does not need
more
laughingstocks
 
ProFUNdity
must end,
my friend
with this suggestion
of a question
 

***
 
© HOODA HELAMI ©
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Saturday, September 6, 2025

Filmed At the APOLLO THEATRE In Harlem

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This stunning and 
deadly hilarious tribute 
to
was hosted by her daughter,
 
Spank yourself
if you know nothing
about the
but it is the equivalent
of Carnegie Hall
for Black people
 
Joan had the entire stage
of the Apollo Theatre 
to herself
in exchange for
one million and one
laughs
+
twice as much love
 
But wherever 
Joan Rivers performed,
rumors were quick to follow
and the most current rumor
is related to
in New York
and 
Melissa Rivers
are presently petitioning
to have 
this body of water
re-named
 
****  The Harlem Rivers  ***
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I Am Listening To His Music As I Write This

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STEVE FORBERT Obviously
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Positively 4th Street 90802

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Within two blocks
east of my residence,
there are 3 meeting places
for 
Alcoholic Anonymous

Within those same two blocks,
there are six establishments
selling alcoholic beverages
 
To protect the innocent
—and the guilty—
I provide no hyperlinks
on this page
BUT
the same can not be said
for copyright symbols
***
 
© Paul Oliverio ©
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Before That Blank Ball Wins The Sunrise Award

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Before that underlined
"blank" ball wins
THE SUNRISE AWARD,
it must 
surf the clouds
without falling
+
without failing
© PhotoVerio #936.5
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Thursday, September 4, 2025

PhotoVerio #936 ...This Is NOT From Russia

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 !!!

This is a 

Russian Orthodox Church

in 

Whitestone, New York 

© Oliverio ©

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The Legendary KEVIN & BEAN And Me ... Thanks To LAT

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When the Los Angeles Times
did a story 
about the PythagoRap,
KROQ 
decided to interview
Paul Oliverio
 
My friends and colleagues
were much more impressed
with the interview
than 
the Jabberwocky-mouthed
Oliverio was
But
managed to get some 
pretty good laughs
out of it
 
Despite driving past
the radio station's
studio/offices
5000 times
as a Burbank resident,
I was there only once:
on a Saturday,
when I walked
eight blocks
from home
+
rode the elevator up
sixteen floors
to pick up
the cassette
you see here
 

 By my standards,
the quality of the interview
was comparable
to the quality
of the image
above
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Wednesday, September 3, 2025

No One Is Telling A Lie In The Year 2025

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Anyone 
accused of lying
can deny doing so
for the reason that 
they are exercising 
their right to use
***

© Paul Oliverio ©
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Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Cats Come In All Sizes

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© PhotoVerio #935.5
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The 221th Bullet: Pick Of The Litter

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Even the pick of the litter
has to be
potty-trained 
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Footnote
is 
the copyrighted property
of LCSoL
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The 220th Bullet: No Better Workout

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 There is no better workout
than to swim
in endless
cash flow
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Footnote
is 
the copyrighted property
of LCSoL
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Monday, September 1, 2025

Mysterious Ways ... (Comic Relief #6517)

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S.GROSS
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