Python Newbie

[linuxfreak]

Hi all,
   I came accross this article by Eric Raymond in which he has sung
peans about the python language. Well that has whetted my appetite...
So I decided to get down and dirty. But alas I got down but not dirty..
i cant seem to find a good tutorial to help me get started. Whats the
next best thing to do? Ask the pros and where do you find them...in a
mailing list of course. So heres me asking if anyone has any pointers
to some good basic python tutorial. Something that teaches one to get
going.
    Thanks a ton guys,



Linuxfreak