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Scott Free: Every death offers my promise to reinvent myself
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Scott Free: Every death offers my promise to reinvent myself

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  • Jun 2, 2020
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This bird is robin me of the right to use my front door!

This bird is robin me of the right to use my front door!

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  • May 27, 2020
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It's a shopping trip to dye for

It's a shopping trip to dye for

  • By Scott Peterson ScottP@wdtimes.com
  • May 19, 2020
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There's no reveling in the rubble of the old Daily Times building

There's no reveling in the rubble of the old Daily Times building

  • By Scott Peterson ScottP@wdtimes.com
  • May 12, 2020
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Can you (or your friends) survive four days without showering?

Can you (or your friends) survive four days without showering?

  • By Scott Peterson ScottP@wdtimes.com
  • May 5, 2020
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What do men think when they are mowing? Don't ask

  • By Scott Peterson ScottP@wdtimes.com
  • Apr 29, 2020
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Scoring some scarce toilet paper warrants a party, doesn't it?

  • Scott Peterson
  • Apr 23, 2020
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Miracles are happening all around us

  • By Scott Peterson ScottP@wdtimes.com
  • Apr 15, 2020
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Normal, how I missed you so!

  • By Scott Peterson ScottP@wdtimes.com
  • Apr 8, 2020
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Scott Free: What should we take from all of this?

Scott Free: What should we take from all of this?

  • By Scott Peterson ScottP@wdtimes.com
  • Mar 31, 2020
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Things you learn when you are cooped up in your house

  • By Scott Peterson ScottP@wdtimes.com
  • Mar 25, 2020
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Scott Free: Where has all the paper gone?

  • Scott Peterson
  • Mar 19, 2020
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What the world needs is another tool like this

  • Scott Peterson
  • Mar 12, 2020
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How to whip winter using a dried potato stick as a light sabre

  • Scott Peterson
  • Mar 5, 2020
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What do you do about a sign of the times? Ignore it!

  • Scott Peterson
  • Feb 27, 2020
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Rules are rules, kids are told (and adults untold)

  • By Scott Peterson ScottP@wdtimes.com
  • Feb 18, 2020
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ScottFree: The surprising power of quiet

  • By Scott Peterson ScottP@wdtimes.com
  • Feb 14, 2020
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Scott Free: Don't ever tell my wife that nagging really works

  • Scott Peterson
  • Feb 6, 2020
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It's going to take more than this to stop us from putting out a paper

  • Scott Peterson
  • Jan 30, 2020
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What does it mean to get a vacuum as a gift?

What does it mean to get a vacuum as a gift?

  • Scott Peterson
  • Jan 23, 2020
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Thank goodness we're so much smarter than cows

  • Scott Peterson
  • Jan 16, 2020
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Oh what fun it is to try a Christmas fade away!

  • Scott Peterson
  • Jan 6, 2020
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Our annual Christmas journey from the chaos to the calm

Our annual Christmas journey from the chaos to the calm

  • By Scott Peterson ScottP@wdtimes.com
  • Dec 31, 2019
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O Tannenbaum, o tannenbaum, how smelly are your light strings

  • Scott Peterson
  • Dec 26, 2019
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The gift of a child continues through the generations

  • By Scott Peterson ScottP@wdtimes.com
  • Dec 17, 2019
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What needs to be done by Christmas? Let me count the days!

What needs to be done by Christmas? Let me count the days!

  • Scott Peterson
  • Dec 12, 2019
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What's the perfect Christimas tree? Don't get us started!

  • Scott Peterson
  • Dec 2, 2019
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Scott Free Christmas carols are not the ones anyone wants to hear

Scott Free Christmas carols are not the ones anyone wants to hear

  • By Scott Peterson ScottP@wdtimes.com
  • Nov 22, 2019
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Scott Free: Is that the winter wind blowing in his one ear and out the other?

  • Scott Peterson
  • Nov 14, 2019
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Scott Free: What we need are more gestures

Scott Free: What we need are more gestures

  • By Scott Peterson ScottP@wdtimes.com
  • Nov 5, 2019
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A birthday gift that says a lot about its user

  • By Scott Peterson ScottP@wdtimes.com
  • Oct 31, 2019
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Scott Free: The legacy of a brother I never knew

Scott Free: The legacy of a brother I never knew

  • By Scott Peterson ScottP@wdtimes.com
  • Oct 23, 2019
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Scott Free: So this is why smart people don't golf in October

  • By Scott Peterson scottp@wdtimes.com
  • Oct 15, 2019
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Scott Free: Look out! And other things my wife tells me while driving

  • Scott Peterson
  • Oct 8, 2019
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Scott Free: This sounds like another clothes call

  • By Scott Peterson ScottP@wdtimes.com
  • Sep 26, 2019
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