RIP. Local business icon Nick Hill died yesterday. I never met Mr. Hill, but I've seen his television commercials so often that I almost feel like I know him. The charismatic owner of Kern-Hill Furniture Co-op was known for his tacky advertisements that were so incredibly lame that they actually became kind of cool. Many times we heard about the "incredible deals" in his store because his number one son had left the sofa-making-machine on once again. Each advertisement always ended with his friendly invitation to "come on... down!" Yeah, I'm kinda gonna miss that.