Newbie namespace question

[Brandon]

I did the constructor thing and just didn't like it, it didn't feel
clean (I know, I know and monkeying with __builtin__ is?)

As for global, that will just make it modlue-level global (I think?)
and I have this reference in multiple modules.  I think I tried it
already, but I can't remember for sure...  Anyway, all of this got me
brainstorming and I think I've got a solution that I think is clean and
will be effective, I'll bust it out and post it here for comments.
Thanks for your input!