and make it a singleton, viz: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/52558 http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/66531
http://www.python.org/2.2.3/descrintro.html (scroll wayyy down) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
