Scott has a B.A. in English and communication studies and an M.A. in cinema and media studies. He is partially disabled and can work only in a desk job due to leg and spine problems. He was unemployed since a seasonal layoff in February 2009 that was followed by cutbacks. After an eviction scare in 2011, he was hired by one of his grad school colleagues and is on probation for a new job as of February 2012, which required him to move to Jacksonville.
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