I've been reprogramming my brain to accept C#. Microsoft's http://www.gotdotnet.com offers samples out the wazoo.

When I was a kid, I used to lay awake at night and think that at any moment, at any second, I could
cease to exist. Instant vaporization or what have you. So I'd lay there thinking, "I could be dead right now, no now, no now...". Eventually I'd fall asleep.