Mike was a great person and a wonderful merchant, not to mention the best IDOC/House placer on the Atlantic Shard. He had mentioned to me a few times in passing of his condition and he was always positive despite the pain and suffering he must have been going through. He was always willing to work with people, when I was just starting out collecting he had a collection of guildstones that I wanted more than anything, he accepted in trade a ton of objects of questionable worth and what little gold I could come up with. I still have one left, his favorite of the collection and mine as well (So Easy To Use No Wonder Its #1 [AOL]).
This is harder to type out than I thought it would be. During this past rares fest, not the most recent one on GL, the one that Tomas and I hosted on atl, I purchased from him 2 pillars stuck in a box which I placed in front of my house at Treasure Trove. I've got a lot of memories of Mike and every single one is something that I will never forget, fun to just hang out with, always a good story. He was always happy to help new players, giving away homes in Haven. He was the sort of person that made UO the kind of game that I want to play and he won't be forgotten.
Athelas [Treasure Trove] Atlantic