Personal Life

Updates on Ed’s personal comings and goings

Craziness Halted

For the first time in several months, we’ve both been able to leave the office at pretty normal hours, without taking work home, more than once in a week. Finally, our respective cases have calmed down enough that we’re running near a normal work week again. It’s nice. Also, big congratulations to my buddies Phil […]

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How Not to Set Up a Patio Set

Last weekend’s big project was for me to set up our patio furniture. Newly arrived – we ordered it online – it sat on the back porch for only about 12 hours; I really wanted to get to it. So, I went outside, cut open the table box with a utility knife, started removing the

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Epic Mail Merge Fail

I received a mass-mailed (via U.S. Mail) invitation to purchase window blinds – lots of them – today. The recipient on the label was: Cottrell Edward Michael Etal Cottrell Edward Michael Etal FAIL.

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We bought a house!

We’re homeowners! Only about 15 family members and friends have asked for pictures since 4:00, so I’ll try to get some up in the next couple of days, before our stuff clutters everything up. Meanwhile, here’s to home ownership!

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