{"id":109,"date":"2004-12-15T18:33:27","date_gmt":"2004-12-16T02:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thechunk.com\/blog\/archive\/binge-and-purge\/"},"modified":"2004-12-15T18:33:27","modified_gmt":"2004-12-16T02:33:27","slug":"binge-and-purge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thechunk.com\/blog\/archive\/binge-and-purge\/","title":{"rendered":"Binge and purge"},"content":{"rendered":"

There have been many days since the election when I wonder if I’m in the right place or not. Perhaps it’s from lack of sleep trying to meet a work deadline last night, but that feeling seems particularly strong after listening to\/reading news over the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n

For your consideration:<\/p>\n

Gay teen expelled from high school<\/a> – One more reason to be glad I don’t live in Dallas anymore. TCA was one of our rival schools when I was growing up. I’ve been there for basketball games, track meets, etc. They always did seem a more uptight than we were. That being said, I’m not sure that my alma mater would have done anything different. I’d like to think so, but I doubt it. His consolation is that he doesn’t need any of their crap at this point anyway. He already had a successful enough web design business before he started the site that got him expelled. I’m sure this kind of publicity will score him plenty of new contacts as he moves into the real world. Good luck, James.<\/p>\n

U.S. missile defense test fails<\/a> – The fucking thing never has worked and probably never will<\/a>. What a colossal waste of money. Thanks, Bush administration. You’re a bunch of geniuses. Let’s keep sinking ridiculous amounts of money into a system that isn’t going to protect us. The only worse offense would be spending a bunch of money to invade a country, creating an insurgency that we can’t defeat in an attempt to counter stateless terrorism. Oh, wait…<\/p>\n

Wal-Mart sued for selling Evanescence CD that contains obscenity<\/a> – While I’m all for sticking it to Wal-Mart, this is a ridiculous lawsuit that should be thrown out of court. The parents should be fined for being dumbasses and the lawyer involved should be stuffed alive with copies of the “offending” CD until he admits he’s a money-grubbing pox on society. I think I’m going to sue anyone who actually listens to Evanescece for bad taste.<\/p>\n

Since I used MTV News as a source for my last post, they’re also the source of what I’ll call “Headlines that should come as a shock to no one” today: <\/p>\n