John Joseph Scocca, 1940-2012 Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Churchville, Maryland, May 15, 2012 My father, John Scocca, used to tell me something. The usual thing to do at a time like this is to quote the wisdom of the departed. My father shared great deal of wisdom through his years, but-- quoting him accurately, here in church, presents a problem. His single finest piece of advice, offered more than once, was, "Don't be an --" --but to finish that sentence out loud, in a house of worship, would be contrary to the advice itself. The last word was an Anglo-Saxon compound, two syllables, which might be found in an unabridged dictionary not far from "assistant dean." For which, in my father's eyes, it was perhaps ... Continue reading →
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The Internet asifa at Citi Field. On Sunday, 40,000 mostly Hasidic Jewish men in black hats and black suits gathered at Citi Field for a series of speeches concerning the corrupting influence of the Internet. The talks were broadcast to the JumboTron, betwixt the oversized bottles of Cholula censored with a white cloth over the label, which shows a woman. The 7 train from Grand Central had become packed with men in black, all in a fine mood, before we poured out at the Mets-Willets Point train station like kids on a field trip. Now there were all kinds of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men in the stadium: fat, skinny, young, old, short, tall, with glasses, without beards, wearing watches, smoking cigarettes, talking on cellphones. “Hats off! ... Continue reading →
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