First Programming Language

I've dabbled in programming before but I want to get back into it. I was thinking Python, Ruby or Perl, but I can't decide which to start programming in. And then when I start learning a language, what kind of programs should I make? That's always been my big problem, not having any ideas to program.

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Yeah, they do math, but not MATH. Desktop apps don't do much beyond algebra (besides spreadsheets or whatever), and if you can't do algebra you should just become an hero. When a person says "learn math" that implies something other than what everybody should damn well know.