[Pythonmac-SIG] newbie list?

[The Dude]

Folks,

I am a complete newbie to python... just got my first O'Reilly text 
on what appears to be just what I needed in terms of a programming 
tool.  I've lurked on your list for a few days and see a lot of 
over-my-head comment.

Is there a newbies list you may recommend?  I have an Apache-based 
project in mind -- basically a large CGI in Python that I would like 
to develop, but don't know quite where to start.

I feel like this is a chicken/egg dilemma: I clearly need to know 
python well to know how to proceed with development, and I need to 
ask the right questions to learn python without undue frustration. 
Arrrgh.

Any recommendations are most welcome.  I'm on digest, so if you post 
here and I don't respond for a few days, it's not an insult.

Thanks

p