A forced reboot for software updates at 4:00 means I'm leaving for the day. Like it or not.

Rolling Stone is agitated.

Nothing sums up 2018 like the fact that Toto’s “Africa” has become our unofficial anthem. It’s a song that’s ridiculous by definition — an Eighties ode to Africa by a bunch of L.A. rock dudes who’d never set foot in the place. But something about this song speaks to our moment. It’s the new “Don’t Stop Believin’” — a mega-cheese classic of Eighties sentiment that’s gotten bizarrely popular in recent years, beloved by hipsters and moms and tone-deaf karaoke singers screaming “I bless the rains down in Africa!” Love it or hate it, you’ve probably heard it today. You’ll hear it tomorrow. This damn song follows you everywhere, like the sound of wild dogs crying out in the night.

I haven't heard the song in years. I've read bloggy headlines about how popular it is now, but I've neither seen nor heard any evidence of it. I know Weezer did a cover, and that Toto did a Weezer cover, or something, I don't care.

Which is to say: I've reached the age where entire cultural events pass me by.

I like it!

Have you ever wanted to do numeric addition? Have you ever wanted to use regular expressions to do it?

No?

Good.

There's nothing but madness down that path.

‘Until we have a well-rounded understanding of both the positive and negative consequences of extraverted behaviour, advocating any real-world applications of acting extraverted could be premature and potentially hazardous.’

Science says "stay cool", my bretheren.

As I was saying...

DAKAR, Senegal — The Nigerian Army, part of a military criticized for rampant human rights abuses, on Friday used the words of President Trump to justify its fatal shootings of rock-throwing protesters.

Soldiers opened fire this past Monday on a march of about 1,000 Islamic Shia activists who had been blocking traffic in the capital, Abuja. Videos circulated on social media showed several protesters hurling rocks at the heavily armed soldiers who then shot fleeing protesters in the back.

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The Army’s official Twitter account posted a video, “Please Watch and Make Your Deductions,” showing Mr. Trump’s anti-migrant speech on Thursday in which he said rocks would be considered firearms if thrown toward the American military at the nation’s borders.

IBM announced this afternoon that it will acquire open-source software company Red Hat for $34 billion. The deal will help IBM expand its reach as an enterprise cloud computing provider.

Somehow, conservatives think that the words to popular songs can instantly corrupt the innocent minds of children, but Trump's words never influence anyone. Except that they also think his tough talk about other countries is responsible for all kinds of wonderful things. But his talk about hurting journalists and how Democrats are 'crazy' is nothing to be concerned about. Yet when he talks about Making America Great Again it's inspirational and motivating. But when he says maybe the 2nd amendment people could have solved a potential Hillary Clinton problem, that's just bluster. And when he says "Merry Christmas" and "God bless America" he's showing moral leadership. But when he says he's entitled to grab women by their pussies, it's just harmless locker room talk.

I'd say they can't have it both ways. But I'd be wrong.

This is almost exactly what I do. Except I don't do it sitting up with the light on because I find it's better to just let myself fall asleep than to fuck around with a lamp.

Morrisville, N.C. — Three people accused of conducting a drug deal at Raleigh-Durham International Airport will still face charges even after it turned out all they were selling was bars of soap.

An RDU spokesperson said Tarvares Hargrave, 43, Jason Anderson, 40, and Luz Orgega, 44, were arrested on drug trafficking charges on Oct. 5 after police believed Anderson and Ortega sold three pounds of cocaine to Hargrave.

The results of a laboratory test on Tuesday showed that what authorities believed to be cocaine was actually 10 bars of Ivory soap that had been wrapped in thick plastic.

Authorities said the trio will still face charges because it is illegal to take part in an exchange that a buyer or seller believes to be a drug deal.

Ortega and Anderson were charged with felony possession with intent to sell and deliver a counterfeit controlled substance and Hargrave was charged with attempted trafficking in cocaine.

It is not clear if Anderson and Ortega knew the packages contained soap instead of drugs.

Thanks to a FOIA request, we now know the truth about President Trump’s wild claim that he “could give you 100 pictures of [Mueller] and Comey hugging and kissing each other.”