Why is my Tkintering so bad?

[dsavitsk]

> So by adding these two lines, your code should work.
>
> That said, it is not a very pythonic way to do things.  Most python
> programmers will create a class that encapsulates the behaviour. See
> below for an example that demonstrates this.
>

thanks for the suggestions, i really do appreciate the time it takes to
answer these things.
i am digging myself out of a year of vb programming, and it seems to teach a
lot of habits that don't transfer well to other languages.

doug