MLK Day Delights

at 01/18/05 3:07PM

Emily and I got engaged on MLK day. 'Coincidence,' you say? I think not.

I got Emily a phat ring, phat in the sense that it was a flippin' awesome deal and the stone's a phat cut.

If you ever intend on buying an engagement ring, I highly recommend doing some research and purchasing from a PriceScope recommended internet vendor. It's safe, and you'll avoid markups (consistently up to 300%) from popular retailers.

Happy MLK day. And remember, a good deal is forever.

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Was the picture taken with Emily's camera phone?

by tmepiper at 01/18/05 4:20PM
It's a picture her sister sent me from a digital camera, I think.

by danielstephen at 01/18/05 4:23PM
congrats dan!

by sethro at 01/18/05 4:36PM
congratulations daniel & em!

by tickets at 01/18/05 4:46PM
or Jared's is good too...

by tickets at 01/18/05 4:47PM
you call what we were doing sunday night hugging? hmmm....i guess that.....kind of.....fits

by dr_funkypants at 01/18/05 4:53PM
Congratulations! And thanks for the ring advice. I didn't think it was a coincidence for a second.

by wilbur at 01/18/05 9:18PM
WOW! I was going to ask you to update me on your life, but I guess there is no further explaining to be done :) Congratulations...Yes I'm living in Europe (Italy) since last April, and will be here for another 3 years if I extend here...Off to back for Spain now!! whoop

by fliegendenfisch at 01/19/05 1:40AM
congratulations daniel! i am so excited for you! marriage is great. :) :) :)

by lynny at 01/19/05 3:54PM
daniel and emily sitting in the tree

by bor at 01/19/05 10:54PM
P-R-A-Y-I-N-G

by danielstephen at 01/19/05 11:08PM
first came dr king, then came tramell. then came the handcuffs and he's locked up in the slammer.

by dave at 01/19/05 11:36PM
LOL!!!! Kings to you.

by goonie at 01/20/05 2:40PM
Congratulations on the good deal. (And the engagement.)

by dwboyd at 01/21/05 11:15PM
hey Dan

by em at 01/23/05 4:12PM
big football game in bessemer this weekend....so....u should come...because...u don't have much longer to do this type of bachelor stuff

by dr_funkypants at 01/24/05 8:57AM
I like Jim's joke until dan ruined it

by tomslick at 01/25/05 8:56PM
I though dan did a pretty good job with that :)

by jra at 01/26/05 9:34AM
then came the pops and he's locked up in the slammer

by bor at 01/26/05 2:56PM
P.S.

by em at 02/02/05 3:23PM

Thxgiving

at 11/27/04 1:04AM

...had a good time at the Tramell's for Thanksgiving. It was definitely better than having my face buried in a book (or the feeling of guilt about not having my face buried in a book in lieu of online gaming).

Em & I woke up at 5:30 AM to go shopping on the day after Thanksgiving, and I didn't really mind cuz 1) it made her happy, and 2) i find the idea of thousands and thousands of people getting out of their cozy beds to go sit in endless traffic and stand in long lines to spend money shopping an extraordinarily interesting sociological phenomenon, definitely worthy of observation at least once in a lifetime.

I, personally, cannot fathom the idea of spending more than, oh $30, on an article of clothing, but therein lay the difference between Man and Woman. And that's okay. Em was a smart shopper.

Other highlights of the week were hearing about Bor and Artemis' board breaking 7-letter bingo in Scrabble and getting burnt by Em's brother on hot routes courtesy Tasty "Peyton" Hasty

board breaking is right. It opened the game and stunned all in such a way they couldn't recover. Chloric.

by bor at 11/29/04 10:06AM
that's right--we maintained the lead all the way through in spite of losing a turn.

by jra at 11/29/04 6:46PM
So how much did Emily actually spend???

by tmepiper at 11/29/04 7:03PM
not much--she got most of it w/free ad things

by danielstephen at 11/29/04 10:25PM
I'm glad you had fun at the tramells! Those were always good times. I miss them :( Hope everything's going well for you!

by jk at 11/30/04 11:21AM
Then I would have to agree with you that she was a smart shopper!!

by tmepiper at 11/30/04 9:36PM
of course i was there... wasn't i always in mathlab? sigh. :)

by mjintexas at 12/01/04 3:38PM
atherton?

by mjintexas at 12/02/04 7:52AM
nice to see you! life is good. :) busy, but good. what are you up to?

by mjintexas at 12/02/04 10:20AM
fun. :) what are you majoring in? grad? undergrad?

by mjintexas at 12/03/04 9:12AM
sorry about that. i'm sure you'll get worse stuff in med school though!!! :-D

by mjintexas at 12/03/04 11:44AM
you shouldn't use the America's symbol for oppression of women (the Middle East) as an example for why it is not better to be a man than to be a woman

by bor at 12/09/04 8:48PM
congrats on getting into med school! maybe that happened a while back... but i just found out! so... congratulations!

by caty at 12/24/04 8:39AM
Saw you on her blog...wondering if this is Dan Atherton...if so drop by and say hi

by fliegendenfisch at 01/17/05 7:11AM

11/09/04 12:57AM

Here

That's the link to an entertaining segment from CNN's Crossfire w/guest Jon Stewart from Comedy Central's Daily Show.

Stewart does a decent job bridging the gap from his customary comedy-driven audience to a more CNNish audience, and also throws in a few jabs at Tucker Carlson.

I think it shows how the clever use of comedy always wins over substance in a debate.

The people are fickle and want to be entertained.

amen. happy ninth.

by dave at 11/09/04 1:03AM
So far so good!! - No failures yet!

by tmepiper at 11/09/04 12:16PM
yeah there were some interesting things about that clip

by bor at 11/09/04 3:36PM
John Stuart ruled the day but the crossfire crew pulled the rug out from under him in the last 30 seconds

by bor at 11/09/04 3:37PM
but one interesting things he said: he was asked "what do you think about the Bill O-Reilly Vi***tor story" he gave a great response

by bor at 11/09/04 3:38PM
I saw he battle it out with Bill O-Reilly, I thought there was respect between them, but Bill took him. John Stuart goes "I'm sorry, I don't." Classic.

by bor at 11/09/04 3:39PM
yah, jon had an appropriate response to an inappropriate question. tucker was a bit flustered. i enjoyed the bow-tie jab from stewart.

by danielstephen at 11/09/04 8:32PM
blah blah blah...

by em at 11/10/04 11:28AM
that was a horrible hit. I felt so bad for the guy! I said a little prayer, I was glad he was ok!

by jk at 11/16/04 2:23PM
Jon made the Bow tie jab cause he is jealous he can't be that cool.

by goonie at 11/17/04 5:35PM
I mean check out this pic of THE John.

by goonie at 11/17/04 5:36PM
by goonie at 11/17/04 5:40PM
who is that rogue?!

by danielstephen at 11/22/04 5:38PM

10/16/04 6:08PM

today jimbo took a community chair from the bar and claimed it for his own, so i ran and tackled him and poured salt in his eyes.

that'll learn him.

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jim will eat you with his mind.

by dave at 10/21/04 1:53AM
remember when we made that pumkin at halloween. The Dickeys and Atherton's made it flame. We did it together. It didn't work out as we planned, but it was a great idea.

by bor at 10/22/04 9:47PM
and it even worked a little

by bor at 10/22/04 9:47PM
salt = soddom and gamorrah

by bor at 10/22/04 9:48PM
soddom and gamorrah = God's punishment

by bor at 10/22/04 9:48PM
God's punishment = expression of God's glory

by bor at 10/22/04 9:49PM
this means mine eyes have see the glory of the coming of the Lord

by bor at 10/22/04 9:49PM
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

by tomslick at 10/22/04 10:07PM
and I remember that pumpkin, I belive we got in trouble for it to if I'm not mistaken

by tomslick at 10/22/04 10:08PM
DYOC - Salt is an expression of God's Glory

by goonie at 10/23/04 9:32AM
I remember the pumpkin. I've got pics of the pumpkin. Maybe I'll try to figure out how to post them.

by jra at 10/24/04 10:18PM
I even remember the pumpkin- and yes someone's mother was not overly happy aboutthe fact that we tried to flame it up. By the way Dan COULD takle Jim, but then Jim would quote an ode to Daniel and Daniels ears would wither and fall off

by nacmacfeegle at 10/26/04 10:21AM
haha that post makes me laugh. Are you driving over for Emily's party?

by jk at 10/27/04 12:19PM
nope, cant make it over there for the party!

by danielstephen at 10/29/04 9:42AM
I'll put one up if I can figure out how! Hope you have a great halloween weekend! Are you doing any special?

by jk at 10/29/04 10:35AM
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by non_fc_contingent at 10/30/04 7:43PM
Hey Danny...The pumpkin picture you have there reminds me of something....Hmm..I cant quite put my finger on it...

by em at 10/31/04 4:46PM
um--ew. You sick?

by jra at 11/01/04 2:29PM
u know, i did get really sick last wknd, and it was after i posted that pic

by danielstephen at 11/03/04 11:44PM
leave me alone, halloween!!!!

by danielstephen at 11/03/04 11:50PM

09/09/04 11:21PM

I don't recommend doing this:

Courtesy nfl.com

Dear Honey,

I have some bad news. We had a wonderful spring and a summer to remember. But now that football is back this week, and will be here until, well, 2005. Therefore, I'm afraid I won't have as much time to spend with you anymore. No more walks on the beach or window shopping in your favorite mall. No more warm conversations by the fireplace.

From now on, if you want to spend time with me, you're gonna have to know my entire fantasy football roster from top to bottom. We can no longer talk about your grandmother's quilt; instead we must discuss the merits of the 3-4 defense. No more talking about where to go to dinner; instead, it's who to start at running back. No more discussions about our next vacation ... unless it's to Jacksonville in February.

If you need me, I'll be on the couch in the living room with my laptop to my left and the remote control to my right. I'll be the one yelling, "Go, LaDainian! Run for your life!!" If you want to talk, you may have to call my name several times to get my attention, unless you shout, "Almighty fantasy football king!" Then even if you do, you should either have an injury update for me to hear or a snack for me to chow on.

I love you, but the fantasy football season has arrived. I'm sorry. I'll be back in February.

Love,
Dan

send me that and see what happens

by em at 09/10/04 10:24AM
that's hysterical.

by jenbug at 09/10/04 12:48PM
yeah! football! bro's before... um...er... nevermind.

by ward at 09/10/04 2:13PM
yeah! you tell em dan. ~dave (who doesnt have a girlfriend)

by dave at 09/10/04 3:28PM
fantasy football..the great time vacum of our age.. GOTA LOVE IT

by bharris007 at 09/11/04 11:35AM
Emily, you're great! I just love you!

by jra at 09/11/04 9:08PM
lol!!

by tiffany at 09/14/04 8:59AM
I'd like to see what happens if he sends that out, probably an empty threat is all . . .

by bor at 09/14/04 12:05PM
I like that picture of you and jim!

by lyds at 09/18/04 12:03PM
GOTta LuV iT!!!

by hreynolds2 at 09/21/04 9:28PM
update buddy list to new name (no longer am i thats_not_very_ladylike)

by tickets at 09/25/04 9:56AM
You Stole My PICTURE!!!!

by tomslick at 10/08/04 3:06PM

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