I saw the craziest thing Friday in my little town, there were five, maybe six postal carriers all on one street and they looked like they were in a hurry to get everyone their mail. I'm wondering now how many others there were on other streets that I just didn't see. It was so bizarre.
There is an interesting episode of Last Podcast on the Left where they go into detail about the lives of executioner's in the past. It's especially interesting the amount of alcohol that went into the job.
Maybe try Ruby. I just started getting into it and like how playful and weirdly pleasurable. I also like how there seem to be a lot of choices in how to write and do things and it's not so constricting.
I would but one of the biggest problems I have with it is how I can't look up info. in certain areas like Reddit which I use a lot because it only gives one link even if I include the word "reddit".