“The Idiot and the Odyssey” television documentary, which has been postponed due to the pandemic, was to have used the following photos to promote episodes highlighting the most dangerous, exciting and scandalous encounters during the riveting 20-year MedTrek.
This morning The Idiot, who has been walking solo 7-14 miles a day in Northern California since the Ides of March to cope with the pandemic lockdown, wondered where he was MedTrekking a decade ago. Check out these intentionally caption-less photos from May and June 2010 to see if you can guess where he was on his 20-year hike around the Mediterranean Sea.
The Idiot, who has been taking daily 7-14-mile walks since the pandemic lockdown began over two months ago, doesn’t just see the pastoral and picturesque in Redding, California. He also, on almost every outing, sees and speaks to the many members of the unhoused community who permanently live outdoors.
Baby Gaga, The Idiot’s now-2.67-year-old granddaughter, told a TSA agent when she caught a flight in December that “I’m going to be a big sister.” She was telling the truth.
The Idiot — who was executive chef, sous chef and pastry chef for his 100.58-year-old mother during the pandemic lockdown in Redding, California — went shopping once a week and, at her instruction, chose only non-organic ingredients to prepare dozens of meals.
A slideshow that The Idiot is preparing for a post-pandemic sociology lecture reveals some of the “old normal” mannerisms he took for granted before social distancing, isolation and the ravages of the pandemic prohibited up close and personal contact throughout the world.
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