This is a pretty good explanation of monads. Let's see if StackOverflow can help me out with Y-combinators

This looks like a must-read for me : Monads in Python

... and another Monad Tutorial I should read so I can understand it.

Maybe I could understand Monads. Next year I should make a concerted effort to go deeper into Haskell. And I suppose at some point I must get to grips with LINQ.