They'd treat me with antibiotics, which always worked immediately—except for the raging yeast infections left in their wake. When I was not holding a guy between my legs, I was holding an ice pack or a crotchful of Monistat.

OCaml’s big selling point is its “type system,” which is something like Microsoft Word’s grammar checker, except that instead of just putting a squiggly green line underneath code it thinks is wrong, it won’t let you run it.

Thousands were left homeless as the flood waters washed away the eastern part of the city.

This was more than he had bargained for, and he squeaked shrilly with the pain.