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Hi everyone, my Dad wanted me to post this as his post count isn't high enough:
"First, I would like to thank all of the kind people from Democratic Underground for their condolences and fond wishes for Scott and our family.
I didn’t really know of Scott’s contributions to DU. He kept it to himself; he didn’t honk his horn or make a big deal of it. But, obviously he found his calling in life. He made many acquaintances and some good friends there and that is more than most of us have in this life.
Scott had a difficult 37 years. He did not get a lot of breaks from life and unfortunately he stumbled and fell several times along the way. But through it all he never changed from the gentle person he was. While he could have turned hard or uncaring he became more empathetic to people.
But don’t confuse gentle with anything but a man. One memory that we got a laugh out of later was the time someone broke into the house and, realizing his mother and grandmother may be harmed, made a charge that John Wayne would have been proud of. The intruder turned heel and got the hell out of there.
Scott was always searching for something spiritual. He always gravitated towards lesser known Gods. He was a great believer in a supreme being but was always searching. I was floored when I heard that he had joined the Masons a few years ago. I was surprised because for a person who looked for new age spiritualism and ancient gods he joined an organization with deep historical and religious roots. But maybe it made perfect sense after all.
I recently saw the movie Troy in which fallen warriors were sent on their way to their god by placing coins over their eyes to pay the boatman to take them across the river Styx to the underworld and onto the Elysian Fields, reserved for heroes. In some ways that is comforting and I think Scott would have liked that.
Goodbye Scott we love you and will miss you."
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