Ramble On » Family http://www.dcooley.com Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:14:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How to clear a room of teenagers http://www.dcooley.com/how-to-clear-a-room-of-teenagers/ http://www.dcooley.com/how-to-clear-a-room-of-teenagers/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:50:00 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/how-to-clear-a-room-of-teenagers/

I have 2 teenagers, both girls. It seems there is always a guest in our house. It may be just one additional kid, or a whole house full, but, I am going to start taking their pictures and hanging them on the wall so I can remember who they are.

One thing I have learned is how to clear the room any time I want. 5 words, that’s all it takes. And here is how to accomplish this unbelievable feat.

Just get in the room with the kids. Listen carefully (but not obviously) to the conversations you hear. And yes I said conversations, that’s plural, because where there are teenagers there are multiple conversations taking place at one time. When you hear something that you can relate to as a youth, just say the magic phrase.

“When I was your age…..”

That’s it, no need to even finish the sentence, the kids will roll their eyes and quickly make an exit. Usually while taunting me with, “yeah, yeah, we know, you walked to school in the snow uphill both ways and were thankful”

Well, I did.

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I am married with 2 teenage daughters. We have 2 female dogs and 2 female cats.

Is it any wonder I am a geek?

Oh yeah, there is one male Gerbil left, although we have not spent much time together.

Things that I can’t grasp.

  • Didn’t we just buy a 24 roll pack of toilet paper.
  • Why do they have to straighten their hair?
  • How much does makeup cost?
  • That bug is smaller than your fingernail, step on it!
  • How many pair of shoes is in that closet?
  • Start getting ready for a 7pm movie at 2pm.

Things that help me survive.

  • Headphones
  • Nascar
  • Guitar
  • Ukulele
  • Internet
  • Soduko
  • Poker

So, it is a fact, 3 Estrogen – 1 Testosterone = Insanity

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Flying V UkuleleI hope all the Fathers out there had as much fun as I did on Fathers Day.

My 2 teenagers pitched in a bought me a Mahalo White Flying V Ukulele. I had been looking at the Ukulele as a potential new instrument since seeing the Jake Shimabukuro video of him playing While My Guitar Gently Weeps. If you have not seen it, check it out.

The kids gave me the Uke on Saturday so I could have fun all weekend, and that is exactly what I did.

What really impressed me was how much stuff is on the web for the Ukulele, you can get all the chord diagrams and tabs just like for the guitar, but, there are a lot of interactive lesson sites that play the song and show the chord diagram as the song plays. I wll post some of these links later.

Thanks girls !!

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]]> http://www.dcooley.com/fathers-day-fun/feed/ 0 The rest of the Year http://www.dcooley.com/the-rest-of-the-year/ http://www.dcooley.com/the-rest-of-the-year/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2005 15:01:00 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/the-rest-of-the-year/

Well I made it through Christmas. My Dad came from Florida and spent a couple days with us on his way to Texas. Always good to have him with us. I always realize how much like him I truly am. Like looking in a mirror.

I am working 2 days this week and then I will be off until next Tues. I would like to think I will relax and work on some of my pet projects, but, I am sure the “Honey Do’s” will capture a lot of my time.

Just a few of my computer projects I have going.

I am still working on CybersMusic with my brother Mike.

Started another site with a friend called Blog Snare

Working on my CAADD @ CyberCoded.net Blog

Trying to update my old CyberCoded.com website, and contemplating moving some of the code to PHP from ASP, which should be fun for me.

I really need to put a new hard drive in my home PC.

Yep, I got enough to keep me busy for a few days, along with picking up leaves, hanging pictures, changing oil, yadda yadda yadda…..

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]]> http://www.dcooley.com/the-rest-of-the-year/feed/ 0 Having fun with Music http://www.dcooley.com/having-fun-with-music/ http://www.dcooley.com/having-fun-with-music/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2005 14:37:00 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/having-fun-with-music/

All of my life I have had some involvement with music. As the youngest child I was taught to play the guitar by my brother so I could “sit in” with him and my sister. My sister is one of the best piano players I know. She has a God given talent, it justs flows from her fingers as naturally as anything I have ever seen.

For several years in the mid 80′s my brother and I were both working in the music industry. Him at WEA and myself working for a national music store retail chain. We had some interaction and enjoyed any time we got together.

Now we have finally embarked on a project together. We both still love music, and we are both involved in computers and the internet. So the obvious choice was to work on a website together.

And here it is…..CybersMusic , so stop by and say hi.

You can also visit his site at MikieSoft.com

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]]> http://www.dcooley.com/having-fun-with-music/feed/ 0 Happy Thanksgiving http://www.dcooley.com/happy-thanksgiving/ http://www.dcooley.com/happy-thanksgiving/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:43:00 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/happy-thanksgiving/

Happy Thanksgiving. This is one of my favorite Holidays, although I am known as somewhat of a scrooge for most Holidays.

Thanksgiving is always a time of personal and family reflection, along with great food and football. This years trip to the in-laws will be a little hard for us. My father in-law passed away a month ago and this will be our first holiday without him.

I always look forward to the drive. In 18 years of marriage I have become spoiled on road trips. My wife likes to drive and let me just ride along playing on my laptop. Over the years I have done some of my best programming in a car.

Then upon arrival there is all this food and football. And being a Dallas Cowboys fan has a real benefit on Thanksgiving day as they are a perennial favorite for Thanksgiving day games.

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]]> http://www.dcooley.com/happy-thanksgiving/feed/ 0 Mr. Mom http://www.dcooley.com/mr-mom/ http://www.dcooley.com/mr-mom/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2005 21:10:00 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/mr-mom/

My lovely wife has been away for a few days, and I am soooo glad she is back !!

I will admit that my teenage daughters are not as hard to take care of as they once were, but, I know that my wife does so much on a daily basis to make our family run smoothly. I consider myself a pretty good man when it comes to helping around the house, however, keeping up with the kids and all their functions is a little overload on top of my daily work and duties.

My wife would call and start asking me about things that I had no clue. And if I did not write it down, well, you can just assume I forgot it.

Welcome home !!!

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