Why are there more people on transit on hot, sunny days? On days when road condition are best and driving is most pleasant, people pack themselves like sweating monkeys piled in the back of Congolese poacher's truck, bound to give their lives in a cosmetics lab for the greater glory of better making nines of threes. What is the rationale behind this?
It occurred to me today that in the six months I have been here, in addition to the valuable services I provide, I have quantifiably saved my employer more money than the gross total of my salary in the same period.
As the Skytrain rolled past the 1960's concrete towers near Lougheed Mall I started thinking about how these buildings were the inspiration for the apartments-on-stalks in the Jetsons.
I am a strange man. I've kept, with an eye to making some kind of artwork, every ID, credit, membership, bank, etc. card I have ever had since high school. This image is made from my student-ID card and drivers-licence photos from 1983 through 2003.