Ed Cottrell

  • Words to Live By

    Two simple rules that everyone should remember: 1) Never become somebody that everyone else will hate. 2) Never try to be somebody that everyone else will like.

  • UT-A – Still Junk Mail U.

    I previously griped about the quantity of unsolicited junk mail (physical and electronic) the University of Texas at Austin sends applicants, even when they aren’t enrolling. Well, it keeps coming. I just unsubscribed from the UT athletics e-mail list for the second time. I still get stuff from Austin-area apartment complexes. Meanwhile, NYU and University…

  • Law School, Day One

    Well, I really must be a geek, because I’m enjoying this. I enjoyed the first set of readings (minus one opinion by a windbag of a justice, which could have been reduced from 9 pages to maybe 2-3 sentences). Lunch included a discussion on political theory, especially the 2004 and 2008 Presidential elections. In any…

  • More Delays

    Well, between hanging out with my new classmates, troubleshooting a very bad Internet connection, and trying to prepare for D11L (Day One, One-L year of law school), I have not delivered very well on my promise to blog more. I will. I mean it. Just not yet.

  • Houston Under Mandatory Evacuation Order

    Details here. Yikes. If you’re one of my Houston-area friends and see this, I hope you’re evacuated and safe!