I met her when I was working in Grozny on a programming contract. This was well before the war there. I was walking down the street one summers Saturday, and made eye contact with her. Neither of us could break the eye contact, even as she passed me. Our heads turned, she took two more steps, and promptly fell over with all the grace of a baby giraffe in high heels. I ran over to offer assistance. She wasn't badly hurt. S...