Why am I called Cooper?

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=195 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="078c6c00egerdp.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="77" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 122 WIDTH="71"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="122" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="71" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <A HREF="firstweekend.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My First Weekend"><U><B>prior album</B></U></A><B>  |  </B><A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cooper loves boating"><U><B>next album</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="photoalbum.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Albums"><U><B>back to Photo Album section</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome!"><U><B>back to Cooper's </B></U></A><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome!"><U><B>Home page</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=65 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="07940411egdysm.gif"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="07acb310.gif" border=0 width="203" height="49" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=415 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="07cc8853.gif"> <div> Why am I called Cooper?</div> <div> Everyone wants to know where the name Cooper came from. </div> <div> OK, so here's the answer: The name Cooper comes from <B>Cooper Island</B> in the British Virgin Islands. Mom and Dad sailed there this spring with their friends, Larry & Susan (you can check out the web site for their <A HREF="/sailing/index.htm" target="blank" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.goofster.com/sailing/index.ht"><U>It's About Time sailing voyage</U></A>). Mom saw the name on the navigation charts and said, "hey, <B>Cooper</B> seems like a great name, let's visit this island." They did, it was beautiful and the rest is history.</div> <div> <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cooper Island, BVI"><U><IMG SRC="2eac88d0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="141" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Dad bought this post card and some other stuff during their visit</div> <div> (you can <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cooper Island, BVI"><U>click</U></A> to see a bigger copy of the post card)</div> <div> By the way, my middle name, <B>Ross</B>, was chosen for no particular reason. Mom just liked it in combination with Cooper and several other "candidate" first names.  I kind of like the whole thing as a package: <B>Cooper Ross Bulens</B>.  Don't you?</div> <div> Here are some more Cooper Island pictures (click on any of them to see a larger size). Want to visit Cooper Island yourself? Visit the <A HREF="cooperislandresort.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="index"><U><B>Cooper Island Beach Club</B></U></A> web site. I'm hoping my parents bring me there for a visit real soon ...</div> <div> <A HREF="id94.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cooper Island sunset"><U><IMG SRC="2a7c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>  <A HREF="id99.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="another sunset shot ..."><U><IMG SRC="2a596b00.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Larry took these sunset pictures from the anchorage at Manchioneel</div> <div> Bay on Cooper Island</div> <div> <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Manchioneel Bay"><U><IMG SRC="2b0fa8a0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="138" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> This is Manchioneel Bay, looking toward Cooper Island</div> <div> <A HREF="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Larry takes Dads picture"><U><IMG SRC="2a98faa0.jpg" border=0 width="143" height="170" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>  <A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dad takes Larrys picture"><U><IMG SRC="2acebaa0.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="170" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Dad and Larry took these pictures of each other ... pretty silly!</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>