gone but not forgotten

Let's get this out of the way now. We have many great characters that have been written out of the script for this grand show we live here at the corner. We should acknowledge our favorites that are no longer with us. This post will be edited as we recall more.

Mark, actually a really nice guy. His story is long and very sad, we may get to it eventually. Long story short, he passed away after a short battle with cancer. I genuinely miss him.

Ratmandu/Jim, this fucking guy. I remember him coming in an absolute wreck one day. Eye swollen shut, bruised to shit, still a little bloody. Apparently he was at a gay bar and someone was hitting on him(highly unlikely, probably just passing by) and Jim swung on him. Well, that guy beat the homophobia right out of Jim, it was great. Jim lit himself/his apartment on fire 3 times in the less than 3 years I've been here. The third time was the last, it was a gruesome tale recalled to me by many of the neighborhood folks. He basically melted. Fuck.

And obviously Judy.  Judy was more than human. She had eyes only for one man that worked here. It was unrequited. It was truly one of life's greatest tragic comedies.