The Mick is walking across the Common wearing a t-shirt with a large "P" on it, when Spare Change Guy approaches her, asks if she goes to Princeton and smokes weed.

Callum Hanlon wonders what happened to the "angry gladiator-looking man" who would curse out anybody who dared look at him as he lumbered down Comm. Ave. by BU:

... I miss the way that you scream "Get the **** away from me," whenever I try to address you in any way, shape or form. I miss the way you wear those weights--especially that bullet-proof jacket looking thing--all over your extremely fit body ...

He's the guy you see sailing around Copley Square on a skateboard with a plastic sail. He reports on his excursion late Saturday night:

I found it strange that there were more than the usual number of detractors and disbelievers, the ones who only have comments like, "Try getting a better sail! Ha!" or, "As if that's going to work, you idiot! You suck!"

I have a hard time understanding people who can so freely and readily speak out of ignorance. Why can't these few insecure and fear-driven people even consider that, after all these years I've been succeeding in this and found it a perfect delight and joy, that any objection or problem they may suggest I've already dealt with and moved on? ...

He dances with his scooter, sometimes with it on his head.

Mike the Mad Biologist discovers a plunger comes in extremely handy when confronted with a crazy man on Newbury Street who won't stop yelling at you that you're a servant of the devil (don't worry: No violence was involved).

He's not just some innocent, if annoying, crank, he's a scary and potentially violent sexual harasser, duffless2323 warns:

... I have personally been harrased by him on 2 different occasions, a few years apart. I also saw him say some very violent and sexually explicit things to another young woman who was by herself until I turned the corner, I then walked with her and he went back to the spare change routine. She was very relieved someone came along. ...

Back when we lived in Brighton (man, has it really been 14 years already?), one of the neighborhood characters was the mysterious driver of this ancient brown and white Volvo with "God Loves You" painted on the trunk. We never saw it parked or the face of the driver, but it was always around.

A couple months back, we were driving down Chestnut Hill Avenue in Brookline and spotted him at Rte. 9. Now Cowbark takes a photo of the Jesus Volvo in the South End.

Say you're that guy who walks around Quincy Market all day dressed like Ben Franklin. What do you do when it's time to go home? Suzie reports you keep your britches on and get on the train to Andover, but adds that seeing him there only raises more questions:

... Does he take his wig off and lay his costume aside when he enters his home? Or does he don a nightcap and traditional Ben Franklin night clothes? Does he fly kites around the neighborhood? ...

Photo of the procession.

Historygradguy posts tons of photos from the procession and service.

Valentina Zic reports:

... I was particularly awed by the little girl wearing a Butch t-shirt and trying to convince her mother to go inside for the service itself. ...