On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:46:38 -0500, NP-f31
<dudewiththe(REMOVE)hair@hushmail.com> wrote:
>Dear Fortsters,
>
>It appears, as announced here by Darks Shadows yesterday, that our
>beloved Mephistopheles has passed away. Friends tell me that he had
>been ill for awhile. Mephi, above all, was a fun lover. His wonderful
>sense of humour often had me in stitches. He cared about boys very
>much and did a lot to promote their well being in these groups.
>
>Mephi was, as he told us, 'brought up by hand'; which apparently
>involved physical and mental abuse doled out by Catholic nuns. This he
>took in stride and was able to joke about in later years.
>
>Mephi came into our consciousness in 2003 and 2004 with his 'poetry
>slams' with MTB. There remains in my mind an indelible image of Mephi
>sitting in a wooden tub, off the coast of Athens during the 2004
>Olympics. When 'Doc the Pirate' took to the open waters, Mephi's was a
>voice of reason. He was at his best when he played the '60 Second
>Sleuth' in 'Full Moon Over The Fort' when he attempted to solve a
>series of buttshaped graffiti attacks with a wheelbarrow. And in
>recent months what camaraderie and culture that existed here in The
>Fort was due mainly to his loving influence and selfless
>contributions.
>
>Let us, his friends, gather here and in his other happy haunt - n**p,
>to celebrate and remember this most delightful member of our
>community.
>
>In boylove,
>Doc
>NP-f31
Dear Doc,
Certainly a most distressing revelation. I submit my most sincere and
heartfelt sympathies to all who shall miss him!
With Condolences,
HMS Victor Victorian
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