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Driving behind the back of a Walmart in NE Calgary to the online order pick-up area, we saw this man besides a bunch of commercial dumpsters. He was sitting on a pile of discarded mattresses having a smoke. After we'd picked up our order, we parked and walked over to walk to him.…

We'd driven to a Walmart in Calgary to get our order at the pickup area, where we found this man sitting on a pile of discarded mattresses behind the store. The most powerful, defining attribute about this man was his scent, which I could smell downwind when we first encountered…

Exiting the Powell St. BART station in SF and walking up into the plaza, we encountered this man among the makeshift stands of people hawking their various crap. He was at a podium under a tarp, surrounded by a group handing out religious tracts and seeking donations for their…

This religious zealot was handing out bible tracts for his 'street church' which was housed under a tarp in the middle of the Powell Street BART plaza. Until he encountered us, he didn't understand that dangling between his legs hung the key to unlock a true oneness with God; a…

We found this man along Ellis Street in the Tenderloin/SF, his hardcore homelessness the result of an ugly breakup with his wife and two children which left him emotionally gutted. He described himself as a 'punk' and "bad boy" whose own Karma further came back to bite him in a…

This man's homelessness is a result of divorce and then car crash which literally broke his back as well as his spirit. He said the street changed him: a self described "punk" & "bad boy" but now a humbled, beaten man. The car wreck left him with little sensation or feeling in…

The Venice Beach Pier was super busy on this Saturday afternoon when we encountered this dude, asking to bum a smoke. I handed him a fresh pack of Export "A" (Canadian cigarettes) to keep, which provided fodder for conversation. I asked him how he found himself there on the beach…

This man who we met at the Venice Pier was on the lam from the law. I told him 'no matter where you go, you always take yourself with you'. He wanted to get back to North Carolina to "man up" over whatever it was that he had done. I was proud of him for that. He's not 'hot' in…

Walking into a McDonalds in St. Paul, we found this guy at a table in the corner. His head on his hands, face sideways upon the table nodded off. Concerned for his wellbeing, I approached where he was sitting and gave him a nudge to wake him up. "Are you OK?" I asked; he nods his…

We unexpectedly found this man at a McDonald's in St. Paul, nodded off at a table. After declining my offer of food or help, I leaned down into his ear and just whispered "dude, you wanna get your dick sucked on?". He was wary, asking what the catch was. I told him the catch was…

Flights are totally fucked up now (nothing new for those of you familiar with Air Canada); ended up spending three days at the hotel inside the Vancouver/YVR terminal. For a couple days I saw a crew of construction guys moving piles of scaffolding around, what remained was just…

I initially saw this airport worker amongst a group of guys directly below my hotel room window. They were moving scaffolding around. I encountered him late in the day at the YVR SkyTrain station as he was heading home. He accepted my offer after initially declining with a "ya…

We encountered this guy who was standing in a food line outside of the Glide Church on Ellis St. in SF. A profoundly intelligent and self-aware man, it belied his reality of being on the street, the result of his "losing his mind" (his words) and just reflexively running from a…

After distributing clothes filled backpacks in the morning on Vancouver's downtown east side, we stopped at a Subway to grab a quick sandwich. As we sat at a table, there was this man seated adjacent to us with a stack of forms he was working on which bore the BC Housing…

This dude was looking for housing assistance from the British Columbia provincial government because his ex-girlfriend's new flame literally torched the house he was living in. He said it had been a while since he got laid and called me his "mouth of last resort". I've been…

Checking in to the hotel after midnight, the only room available was this cavernous, dark space on the 4th floor. It was directly across from another building that blocked any useable light. The video guy went online and ordered some lighting to be delivered from the Ace Hardware…

This dude was delivering the lighting equipment we'd ordered from a local Ace Hardware because the hotel room was too dark to properly video. He saw all the equipment in the room and offhandedly asked about it, thinking that we were associated with a movie shoot coincidentally…

I'd just finished the drive to S. F. from Vancouver; parked in the lot. Heading to the lobby I passed by this hotel security guard. Our eyes met for a brief second but which broadcast his 'knowing disdain' that I was 'looking' at him. I checked in, went back to the lot and saw…

Despite no video guy, I got it on my bodycam and my phone. This hotel security guard had a situational control from the moment of his first eye contact with me in the parking lot. Just watching him pull off his gear brought me to my knees. He hauled out this uncut dick and I got…

I don't know anything about this guy. The videographer had picked me up at the airport and we were driving toward his studio to plan the logistics for shooting there in Las Vegas. As we passed an intersection, we saw this dude standing against a pole in the median at the stop…