Well, I thought Lynda.com was the only place to find a guided training introduction to Blender. 

Digital Tutors has now added a guided training intro to Blender. 

I like guided training to get started.  Yes, youtube is good for specific things and advanced users.  For those of use who loaded the app and started to bungle around, well, Lynda and now DT will get us through the basics.

I'm still busy with learning the autodesk package (except for XSI, got that down reasonable well and prefer it for modeling).  And there are a few other apps on my bucket list ahead of Blender... However, Blender does seem to have a lot to offer. 

Gotta love the price.

Eric