Lisping and Scheming

[Craig Brooksby]

Two quick points:

1) I'm a west-sider:  The Blender presentation and the location both
look great.  I'm out of town on the 27th but am looking forward to
future meetings.

2) I want to learn Lisp and seek the enlightenment of "functional
programming."  I tried before, but bounced off.  This is just for my
own personal education.

These articles have gotten me re-fired up.

http://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/fp.html
http://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/lisp.html

Has anyone on this list been to the mountaintop and been permanently
transformed by Lisp?  Any advice for a re-learner like me, as to
books, classes, resources?  I can't go take a class at MIT -- I have
to do it here.  :-)

Craig