Over the years that I was a forum member and Palomine was around, I had the pleasure of several conversations with him and got to know him a bit. We agreed on various standpoints. I found him to be a pretty cool person. He didn't reveal much in the way of actual identity to me, but we spoke of and agreed on philosophical levels.
I remember, however, that in some post (I can't remember specifically where), not very long before he vanished, he referred to some upcoming and inexorable event that would affect him in some serious way. The fact that he ultimately disappeared as an active forum moderator makes me believe he is gone.
I feel that I had lost a friend. I miss him.
-D'Artagnian