global name 'self' is not defined - noob trying to learn

[mark.seagoe at gmail.com]

Just as feedback, I went back to the __init__ style routine, weeded
out a few things, installed python 2.6.1, and it works great.  Thanks
for all your help.  Now I've got to convince 1000 people at my company
to switch.  That's going to be the tough part.