Ed Cottrell

  • Stupid, Stupid Drivers

    Last week, somebody backed over the top of my front bumper. Today, somebody rear-ended my car, while parking illegally, right next to the law school. Both incidents gashed the respective bumpers. Neither driver left a note, of course. The latter didn’t even have the decency to back up enough for me to pull out (the…

  • The Other End of the Line

    I have received one call on my land line in the last month or so. It was yesterday, from a Chicago number, and the caller ID simply displays the name as, “PRISON.”

  • Best Footnote Ever

    In the case of Woods-Leber v. Hyatt Hotels of Puerto Rico, a rabid mongoose leaps out of the woods and bites a poolside sunbather. The sunbather, being a properly litigious American, sues the hotel owning the pool, claiming it should have known of an infestation of mongooses, some of which might be rabid. Of course,…

  • Oh, that’s just great.

    CNN reports that DHS is launching a “Ready Kids” emergency prep program. The program itself – costing more than $100 million – sounds pretty pointless. The best part is the following quote, from a report by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, in reference to the program website: The original plan included a Web site that…

  • Ouch

    According to a new study, most college students are basically unable to handle real-world life. Not surprising, but very disturbing.