MASK REMINDER FOR THE HARD OF LEARNING

This mask reminder comes via a piece of wood and duck bones.

The wood is Doug Fir bark, the tree that made Oregon famous, after all it’s the State Tree.

Boomerpdx customers have seen this image before. It has it’s own history, like most everything else.

I walked into a voodoo shop in New Orleans and saw all of the gooey looking objects and talisman’s and charms.

A sign said, “Don’t Touch.” No problem there, since I was barely breathing. It was all deliciously creepy enough to make my skin crawl.

The big take away was the cultural influence of voodoo, as if I had a clue. I didn’t, but what I did have was the experience of making masks out of bones. Doesn’t it look a little on the voodoo side?

The year the Oregon Ducks were cheated out of National Championship against a tainted Auburn team led by Cam Newton, voodoo came up.

If the South Eastern Conference, the mighty SEC, is a voodoo league, anyone standing a chance against any of them needs to step up their voodoo game plan.

My effort went sideways when I used duck bones for the pro-Oregon mask. One fan took it too far, blamed the mask for the loss, and kicked the crap out of it. Turned out to be an easy fix.

A Mask Reminder To Be A Good Duck

Wearing a mask during the covid-era isn’t voodoo, or close to it, but by the way our good friends protest masks in spite of the corona surge, you’d never know.

It feels like the way some people respond to having their picture taken: “You’re stealing my soul with a camera.”

Since I’m not one to criticize cultural and traditional beliefs, I’ll give in to the soul-stealing power of the camera. At the same time, if it were true, I’d need a loaner soul from all of the selfies I take.

My wife actually asked, “David, is there something wrong with you for taking so many selfies?”

My answer: “If a picture looks better with me in it, why not.”

For proof, I took a picture of her, then one of the both of us, and asked her to choose. She chose the one we were both in.

“See, it’s true,” I said.

Try This Mask Reminder Experiment

Part One:

Take a selfie of you in a mask while doing errands.

Part Two:

Compare your picture to one of a pandemic patient lying in an ICU bed with a respirator jammed down their gullet.

You look damn good, don’t you. It’s not a question, you do look damn good. Walking around in clothes makes all the difference, you stylish bastards.

Part Three:

Put on some pale makeup and take a selfie of you lying bed with your eyes closed and your tongue hanging out. Not looking so good for this one. In fact, you might think you look a little dead, a little too dead.

After completing all three parts of this impromptu mask reminder experiment, pick your favorite image. Have others pick one for you.

Your friends will pick the mask selfie; family will pick the mask selfie; neighbors will pick the mask selfie. Complete freaking strangers will pick the mask selfie.

Check those three images the next time you wonder if wearing a mask is worth the hassle.

And remember, anyone who chooses the death image, or hospital image, instead of the mask selfie, are not worth your time, your vote, or your life.

If this post helps clear up any confusion you may have had, be sure and pass the link along. If you’ve never saved a life, this is your chance.

Wear a mask and be heroic.