Ed is Carole's chief lackey. Believed to be an eighth year doctoral candidate in sociology, Ed lives in another one of her slums and is probably receiving rent reductions or pay under the table for his shoddy repair work. When Ed came around to repair our plasterwork, he slapped up runny plaster almost an inch thick. This cracked clean through by the next day, even before it was fully dry. Ed just put another skim coat over it. And again the following day. And again. Ed admitted that "as long as it lasts two months, she (Carole) doesn't care, so I don't care." Ed's admission to his part in deceiving the housing inspector moved him out of the dupe category and into the realm of the active collaborator.

Everyone wonders is Luke really exists. Like Schrodenger's Cat, Luke exists only as a cloud of probabilities. He may be an actual grad student in the Carole's other slum, as I was told. He may be Carole's son, as Bill was told. Either way, he may be a willing participant in the bait and switch scheme Carole used to attract her victims. Or he may not even know his name is being used. It's possible that there is no "Luke". I lean heavily towards the theory that there is no Luke, but I find the idea of Carole involving her children in her criminal enterprise surprisingly likely.

We all wonder about Ed2. Ed2 was supposed to be dispatched to the house to wall up the skunk hole. Given that there's still a tree growing out of under the house that blocks any attempt at closing the skunk hole, it's clear that Ed2 has never been. Frankly, Ed2 seems a mythical as Luke.

Early in our tenancy, Bill called Carole at her office. Carole answered the phone, and denied that Carole was there. She tried to find out what he wanted, and once she realized it was Bill, she admitted she was the one on the phone. Her explanation was that "I thought you were trying to get Caroline, who used to work here." And so Caroline joins Carole's pantheon of imaginary friends and accomplices.

Bober (the narc) is Carole's in house accomplice. Between calling Carole and telling her that "the guys all try to destroy the house, and I'm the only one that cleans up around here," to informing her of the coming fire inspection just hours after we had scheduled it, he's shown himself to be an able stoolie. Unfortunately for him, his desire to be Carole's friend hasn't equipped him with any actual social skills that would have prevented him from becoming our instant enemy. You can read a lot more about him in the interpersonal fun page. UPDATE! Bober (the narc) moved out April 8!

All text Copyright Brendan Impson 1999 unless otherwise noted. Images are copyrighted by either myself or Bill. If you want to use any of this junk, please contact me at brendan@bit-net.com