Social distancing is the phrase of the day — “Deliberately increasing the physical space between people to avoid spreading illness.”

Yesterday, I woke up to the news that my company informed me that all retail operations would be suspended until March 27. The night before, I saw that Apple made that same announcement with disbelief. In this day and age I still find it hard for companies that big to make that call.

I was out that night. I wanted to celebrate my birthday with some friends, and didn’t really think about the consequences of us being out at restaurants and bars while we’re implored to stay in. I was that asshole, regretfully. But here I am now, two weeks away from normalcy.

These photos above are from last year’s Dallas St. Patrick’s Parade & Festival. This year would’ve been the event’s Dirk year, 41 years straight in Dallas, but 2020 is going to 2020. Giant hordes of people lining along Greenville Avenue, day-drinking, didn’t happen this year. That’s the point we’ve reached with this pandemic.

My EDC photos and the photos above were the last thing I posted on this Web site last year. Figured while I’m at social distancing at home this would be a good time to re-visit them.

For those that are out and about working because they have to, thank you so much and stay safe!

For now, I’ll leave you with a video of a song that I believe is severely underrated, John Mayer’s “St. Patrick’s Day,” all the way from the early aughts. Man, life was so much simpler.