Though I'm originally from Nashville, TN, I grew up in Raleigh, NC, and graduated college in Houston, TX. I currently hail from Lake Junaluska, NC, in the Smoky Mountains, which is where my family lives. I graduated in May 2001 from Rice University, where I had a dual major in Math and Religious Studies.

In 2001-2002, I lived in France and North Africa, teaching English and taking part in a cultural, religious, and linguistic exchange. I hope to have some photos up soon. To learn more, contact me.

The most important part of my life has been and will always be Jesus Christ - read my testimony to learn more about Him.

Currently, I am a JD student at the University of Chicago Law School. I also co-founded and co-own two small businesses: a web design and software development company, Topsail Consulting, LLC; and Safe At Hand, LLC, which sells hand safety products. In September, 2005, I enrolled at as a JD student.

Some random (well, not really - they're mostly hard-coded) facts about me:

  Name: Edward Michael Cottrell
  Occupations: Law student
Web developer, programmer, IT consultant
Entrepreneur
  Hometown: Chicago, IL
(most recently of Lake Junaluska, NC)
  Favorite Color: Blue
  Favorite Books: Les Misérables
The Lord of the Rings
  Favorite Movies: Last of the Mohicans
Dances with Wolves
The Village
The Lord of the Rings
The Bourne Identity
(I couldn't pick just one)
  Favorite Foreign Country: Germany
  Foreign Countries Visited: 12  (Mexico, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, UK, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, & [unnamed N. African nation])
  Places I've Lived (for at least a summer): Fairview, Tennessee, USA
Cary, North Carolina, USA
Cimarron, New Mexico, USA
Houston, Texas, USA
Panama City Beach, Florida
Amman, Jordan
Aix en Provence, France
(various places in Africa)
Fayetteville, Georgia, USA
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
  Favorite Pastimes: Hiking, biking, playing/writing/listening to music, reading, writing, learning, playing chess, playing poker, programming computers to do useful things, and a bunch of other things.
  Languages I speak/read/write: French
Spanish
Hebrew
Greek
Arabic

 

Interested in more about me? Check out my resumé, interests, writings, friends, or blog/blawg.

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