Likewise, I could never quite get monads. I was afraid that I might have to learn Haskel to understand them. Now, I realize that they are a pattern that I hav

Likewise, I could never quite get monads. I was afraid that I might have to learn Haskel to understand them. Now, I realize that they are a pattern that I have used for decades but applied inconsistently. This was one of those "Ah ha" moments where I realized that I had almost had it and probably would have gotten it with a little more introspection about Jquery.