So I can write code in 5 or 6 computer languages, I can read code in a dozen or so, but when it comes to human languages I'm a complete moron.... I struggled through the requisite two years of high-school Spanish and promptly killed off all those brain cells my first semester in college.... The title of this entry comes from a particularly stupid moment I had when visiting Paris many years ago: I was in a small shop when a girl came up to me and asked, in French obviously, if I needed any help. I...