Ed Costello
@epcostello.com
“So, back we go to these questions. Friendship? Character? Ethics?”
Definitely not the Ed Costello you were looking for.
“Life is just a state of mind.”
Definitely not the Ed Costello you were looking for.
“Life is just a state of mind.”
Happy Ceaușescu day to all who observe.
December 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Happy Ceaușescu day to all who observe.
Reposted by Ed Costello
posing for @epcostello.com in front of this tree he won’t let us pull the things off the tree i live a difficult life
#dog #goldenretriever #dogsofnyc #dogsofwestchelsea #dogsofinstagram
#dog #goldenretriever #dogsofnyc #dogsofwestchelsea #dogsofinstagram
December 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
posing for @epcostello.com in front of this tree he won’t let us pull the things off the tree i live a difficult life
#dog #goldenretriever #dogsofnyc #dogsofwestchelsea #dogsofinstagram
#dog #goldenretriever #dogsofnyc #dogsofwestchelsea #dogsofinstagram
Reposted by Ed Costello
this is incredible stuff. most state DOTs would spend tens of billions on highway expansions to try and see numbers like this (that wouldn’t even pan out anyway thanks to induced demand lol)
January 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
this is incredible stuff. most state DOTs would spend tens of billions on highway expansions to try and see numbers like this (that wouldn’t even pan out anyway thanks to induced demand lol)
Old enough that even with reading glasses sometimes I like to –+ a page a few times. Unfortunately, someone at Google decided that if you zoom one Gmail window, all gmail windows are zoomed. I don't see this with any other tabs in Chrome or separated windows in Chrome, just Gmail (so far).
December 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Old enough that even with reading glasses sometimes I like to –+ a page a few times. Unfortunately, someone at Google decided that if you zoom one Gmail window, all gmail windows are zoomed. I don't see this with any other tabs in Chrome or separated windows in Chrome, just Gmail (so far).
Played with fire this morning and upgraded the home firewall two full levels and since everything seems to be running still post upgrade that’ll be it for the year (it has automatic upgrades turned off due to previous surprises).
December 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Played with fire this morning and upgraded the home firewall two full levels and since everything seems to be running still post upgrade that’ll be it for the year (it has automatic upgrades turned off due to previous surprises).
It took well into adulthood, perhaps too long, to realize and accept that I could simply cut terrible, shitty, people out of my life.
December 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It took well into adulthood, perhaps too long, to realize and accept that I could simply cut terrible, shitty, people out of my life.
Was thinking about the fact that enough “Epstein photos” have been released that, when coupled with a person’s public social media history and that wonderful creation of Sillycon Valley wingnuts, Deep Fake AI image processing, one could create convincing photos of anyone hanging out with Epstein.
December 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Was thinking about the fact that enough “Epstein photos” have been released that, when coupled with a person’s public social media history and that wonderful creation of Sillycon Valley wingnuts, Deep Fake AI image processing, one could create convincing photos of anyone hanging out with Epstein.
Coming around to the guiding principle of Fight Club though I would get caught on the outskirts of the blast radius.
December 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Coming around to the guiding principle of Fight Club though I would get caught on the outskirts of the blast radius.
Can’t wait until reciprocity kicks in and Americans have to provide five years of social media, internet addresses, family email accounts, and DNA to visit London or Paris: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists’ Social Media History
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Can’t wait until reciprocity kicks in and Americans have to provide five years of social media, internet addresses, family email accounts, and DNA to visit London or Paris: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
12:45 a.m. the almost two year old puppy sits very firmly and intentionally on my back on the bed, then jumps off, runs to my side, panting and nudging ny hand.
12:47 a.m. brain recognizes the pattern (ancient 1960s human model) and scrambles to dress and get her out the door, and to the elevator.
12:47 a.m. brain recognizes the pattern (ancient 1960s human model) and scrambles to dress and get her out the door, and to the elevator.
December 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
12:45 a.m. the almost two year old puppy sits very firmly and intentionally on my back on the bed, then jumps off, runs to my side, panting and nudging ny hand.
12:47 a.m. brain recognizes the pattern (ancient 1960s human model) and scrambles to dress and get her out the door, and to the elevator.
12:47 a.m. brain recognizes the pattern (ancient 1960s human model) and scrambles to dress and get her out the door, and to the elevator.
Started to descale our Breville Oracle Pro and apparently I’m too slow because halfway through making the solution it reset to the screen saver and I get to repeat the setup process again.
I now know why I avoided doing this.
I now know why I avoided doing this.
December 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Started to descale our Breville Oracle Pro and apparently I’m too slow because halfway through making the solution it reset to the screen saver and I get to repeat the setup process again.
I now know why I avoided doing this.
I now know why I avoided doing this.
New spam/scam strategy: getting tons of touts to sell my dead, never really functional, LLC to "an interested offshore family who invests in successful businesses in that space". Domains resolve but have no web sites and were registered in past month.
December 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
New spam/scam strategy: getting tons of touts to sell my dead, never really functional, LLC to "an interested offshore family who invests in successful businesses in that space". Domains resolve but have no web sites and were registered in past month.
Wild that simply reminding people of the Constitutional constraints on state and Federal power is now cast as illegal and treasonous. You know that an agency that can ignore the 1st, 4th, and 5th amendments can also easily ignore the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, and others, right?
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Wild that simply reminding people of the Constitutional constraints on state and Federal power is now cast as illegal and treasonous. You know that an agency that can ignore the 1st, 4th, and 5th amendments can also easily ignore the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, and others, right?
Late night, jet–lagged, discovery that something randomly is deleting important messages in Gmail and can't figure out what it is (no filters match).
December 9, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Late night, jet–lagged, discovery that something randomly is deleting important messages in Gmail and can't figure out what it is (no filters match).
Time for the annual newsletter cleanse.
Unsubscribe from anything I haven’t been reading.
Unsubscribe from anything I haven’t been reading.
December 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Time for the annual newsletter cleanse.
Unsubscribe from anything I haven’t been reading.
Unsubscribe from anything I haven’t been reading.
Getting the deluge of post–trip surveys. Generally don’t mind providing feedback except when the survey becomes a public review. Canceled out of three so far once it became clear the responses would be posted publicly.
December 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Getting the deluge of post–trip surveys. Generally don’t mind providing feedback except when the survey becomes a public review. Canceled out of three so far once it became clear the responses would be posted publicly.
There are many good dogs in Poblenau and I attempted to say hi to many of them. Next trip I need to bring or buy treats.
December 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
There are many good dogs in Poblenau and I attempted to say hi to many of them. Next trip I need to bring or buy treats.
Trying to figure out the Catalan for “tell your dog I said hi” and “may I pet your dog?”
December 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Trying to figure out the Catalan for “tell your dog I said hi” and “may I pet your dog?”
If I’m not replying to you and that causes you some sort of discomfort, go outside and touch some snow, I’m going to be on a plane for eight hours.
December 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If I’m not replying to you and that causes you some sort of discomfort, go outside and touch some snow, I’m going to be on a plane for eight hours.
Republicans will gloat that they handily won TN–07. Democrats will wring their hands over how a “better candidate” would have won or that the candidate was “too far left”.
December 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Republicans will gloat that they handily won TN–07. Democrats will wring their hands over how a “better candidate” would have won or that the candidate was “too far left”.
I need liberal campaigns (political or non-profit) to come up with a contact level that is somewhere between never, ever, contact me again and please, yes, send me a message every minute.
Yes, I donated, and I support you. But, I don’t need a messaging “touch” multiple times a day nor week.
Yes, I donated, and I support you. But, I don’t need a messaging “touch” multiple times a day nor week.
December 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I need liberal campaigns (political or non-profit) to come up with a contact level that is somewhere between never, ever, contact me again and please, yes, send me a message every minute.
Yes, I donated, and I support you. But, I don’t need a messaging “touch” multiple times a day nor week.
Yes, I donated, and I support you. But, I don’t need a messaging “touch” multiple times a day nor week.
So, he’s admitting he can’t actually sign documents himself anymore, right?
In the whole upside–down is right–side up universe we’re in.
In the whole upside–down is right–side up universe we’re in.
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
So, he’s admitting he can’t actually sign documents himself anymore, right?
In the whole upside–down is right–side up universe we’re in.
In the whole upside–down is right–side up universe we’re in.
I need it to get just a tad bit warmer outside to finish my before–it–snows punch list. Just. A. Bit.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I need it to get just a tad bit warmer outside to finish my before–it–snows punch list. Just. A. Bit.
Estimate of six calendar days to mail an item from Rhinebeck to Poughkeepsie, maybe twenty five miles? And same sorting center. Louis de Joy’s “reforms” of the Post Office going awesomely.
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Estimate of six calendar days to mail an item from Rhinebeck to Poughkeepsie, maybe twenty five miles? And same sorting center. Louis de Joy’s “reforms” of the Post Office going awesomely.
Nothing like a surprise yet expected trip to the EU to derail the plans for the day, week, and month to come.
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Nothing like a surprise yet expected trip to the EU to derail the plans for the day, week, and month to come.