The Idiot, always an early adopter of technological and social innovations, jumped on the masking bandwagon at the outset of the pandemic in March 2020. Here’s an incomplete history of his close relationship with a number of masks.
The Idiot will definitely stayed masked during the next ten days when, inspired by this week’s Tony Awards, he’s attending theater performances in Las Vegas (think Cirque du Soleil’s “Michael Jackson One”) and New York (think “Waitress,” “Moulin Rouge,””To Kill A Mockingbird,””Hadestown,” and “The Lehman Trilogy”).
In retrospect, it seems incredible that he was able to spend twenty years walking around the Mediterranean Sea without wearing a mask. Read his trilogy of travel narratives about that exploit to see how he did it.
On his first shopping spree with a mask in March 2020.
Modeling a new mask for a local magazine in April 2020.
Modeling another new mask to accent a recent haircut in April 2020.
Taking his first long hike with a mask in May 2020.
Showing his centarian-plus mother how not to wear a mask in May 2020.
Dining out with another masked man in June 2020.
Discussing the delights of masking during a TV interview in June 2020.
Dining above the Sacramento River with masked friends in July 2020.
Getting a new mask for his birthday in July 2020.
Briefly lowering his mask for a photo op on an outing in September 2020.
Visiting Fast Weenies with a mask in December 2020.
Attempting to encourage homebound vaxxing while lowering his mask during a TV interview in February 2021.
Double masking in February 2021.
Masked in San Francisco on the way to a Giants game in April 2021.
Masked while visiting friends in a senior community in Redding, CA, in May 2021.
Masked in an airport in June 2021.
Masked in Monaco in June 2021.
Masked while shopping in Antibes, France, in June 2021.
Masked while visiting a national monument in Antibes, France, in June 2021.
Wearing a mask to visit his 101.83-year-old mother in a hospital in Redding, CA, in August 2021.
Wearing a mask to take the Metro in Los Angeles in August 2021.
Wearing a mask to visit Occidental College in September 2021.
Wearing a mask to attend a “Redding In The Roaring 20s” exhibit in September 2021.
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