Another thing I never expected as a child is that, when I grew up, librarians and linguists would not only be cool, but would also rule the world. Yet now, look: what is google.com but a librarian and a linguist combined? And not only that, it turns out librarians will babysit your children (sorry about that) and a linguist is able to make Gamma sleep by speaking Dutch to her. Now if I could only prevent librarians from drinking my best single malt whiskey.