Go read! 2.0
OMG! Is everyone else sitting about as speechless as I've been for over an hour? The SSHG Gift Exchange just posted an extraordinary story. I've had fun watching the comments come in - watching normally eloquent folk reduced to single adjectives, if they're lucky. karelia's first line in ASCII is exactly what I was thinking, but wasn't brave enough to commit to the comment box.
Anyway - stop what you're doing and go read - Arithmantic Equations as a Second Language
Anyway - stop what you're doing and go read - Arithmantic Equations as a Second Language