For those of you who were worried that an elderly vet (and self admitted wife beater) was going to be evicted in the Christmas season, don’t worry – according to the Daily News Richard Martin has not been evicted.

This is a rather mixed bag of news -I’m both happy and annoyed that the man isn’t getting tossed out. See, there were numerous people concerned that Martin would go on a murderous rampage, or perhaps burn down the building before his last day living there.
I’m glad that he is staying and that the idea of a really bad rage filled incident will most likely not occur, and at the same time this means that the guy will be way too close for comfort for me.
And in case anyone is wondering, with the new owners and super of the building came new flood lights by the entrance to the building. There are two VERY bright lights than illuminate roughly 20 feet around the building which has turned what had been a very dark hang out spot in front of the building into a very bright “I don’t want to hang out and drink a 40oz here all night long” spot.
Lastly, I’d like to clarify to some authors in the blogosphere out there…the story of Richard Martin didn’t go viral after the Daily News piece – the Daily News and Post caught up to the viral mayhem that is Richard Martin.






