diff --git a/doc/basic_usage.rst b/doc/basic_usage.rst
index fb18972..c7a68e1 100644
--- a/doc/basic_usage.rst
+++ b/doc/basic_usage.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ Though Eventlet has many modules, much of the most-used stuff is accessible simp
 
     Suspends the current greenthread and allows others a chance to process.  See :func:`sleep <eventlet.greenthread.sleep>` for more details.
 
+.. autofunction:: eventlet.connect
+
+.. autofunction:: eventlet.listen
+
 .. class:: eventlet.GreenPool
 
    Pools control concurrency.  It's very common in applications to want to consume only a finite amount of memory, or to restrict the amount of connections that one part of the code holds open so as to leave more for the rest, or to behave consistently in the face of unpredictable input data.  GreenPools provide this control.  See :class:`GreenPool <eventlet.greenpool.GreenPool>` for more on how to use these.
@@ -58,5 +62,6 @@ Though Eventlet has many modules, much of the most-used stuff is accessible simp
 
     Globally patches certain system modules to be greenthread-friendly. The keyword arguments afford some control over which modules are patched. If *all* is True, then all modules are patched regardless of the other arguments. If it's False, then the rest of the keyword arguments control patching of specific subsections of the standard library.  Most patch the single module of the same name (os, time, select).  The exceptions are socket, which also patches the ssl module if present; and thread, which patches thread, threading, and Queue.  It's safe to call monkey_patch multiple times.  For more information see :ref:`monkey-patch`.
 
+
     
 These are the basic primitives of Eventlet; there are a lot more out there in the other Eventlet modules; check out the :doc:`modules`.
diff --git a/doc/design_patterns.rst b/doc/design_patterns.rst
index bcac55b..fdd8f5f 100644
--- a/doc/design_patterns.rst
+++ b/doc/design_patterns.rst
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ Server Pattern
 Here's a simple server-side example, a simple echo server::
     
     import eventlet
-    from eventlet.green import socket
     
     def handle(client):
         while True:
@@ -50,9 +49,7 @@ Here's a simple server-side example, a simple echo server::
             if not c: break
             client.sendall(c)
     
-    server = socket.socket()
-    server.bind(('0.0.0.0', 6000))
-    server.listen(50)
+    server = eventlet.listen(('0.0.0.0', 6000))
     pool = eventlet.GreenPool(10000)
     while True:
         new_sock, address = server.accept()
@@ -60,7 +57,7 @@ Here's a simple server-side example, a simple echo server::
 
 The file :ref:`echo server example <echo_server_example>` contains a somewhat more robust and complex version of this example.
 
-``from eventlet.green import socket`` imports eventlet's socket module, which is just like the regular socket module, but cooperatively yielding.
+``server = eventlet.listen(('0.0.0.0', 6000))`` uses a convenience function to create a listening socket.
 
 ``pool = eventlet.GreenPool(10000)`` creates a pool of green threads that could handle ten thousand clients.  
 
diff --git a/doc/modules/processes.rst b/doc/modules/processes.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ae5b15..0000000
--- a/doc/modules/processes.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-:mod:`processes` -- Running child processes
-=============================================
-
-.. automodule:: eventlet.processes
-	:members:
diff --git a/doc/modules/saranwrap.rst b/doc/modules/saranwrap.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d328fd..0000000
--- a/doc/modules/saranwrap.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-:mod:`saranwrap` -- Running code in separate processes
-=======================================================
-
-This is a convenient way of bundling code off into a separate process.  If you are using Python 2.6, the multiprocessing module probably suits your needs better than saranwrap will.
-
-The simplest way to use saranwrap is to wrap a module and then call functions on that module::
-
- >>> from eventlet import saranwrap
- >>> import time
- >>> s_time = saranwrap.wrap(time)
- >>> timeobj = s_time.gmtime(0)
- >>> timeobj
- saran:(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 3, 1, 0)
- >>> timeobj.tm_sec
- 0
-
-The objects so wrapped behave as if they are resident in the current process space, but every attribute access and function call is passed over a nonblocking pipe to the child process.  For efficiency, it's best to make as few attribute calls as possible relative to the amount of work being delegated to the child process.
-
-.. automodule:: eventlet.saranwrap
-	:members:
-
-
-Underlying Protocol
--------------------
-
-Saranwrap's remote procedure calls are achieved by intercepting the basic
-getattr and setattr calls in a client proxy, which commnicates those
-down to the server which will dispatch them to objects in it's process
-space.
-
-The basic protocol to get and set attributes is for the client proxy
-to issue the command::
-
- getattr $id $name
- setattr $id $name $value
-
- getitem $id $item
- setitem $id $item $value
- eq $id $rhs
- del $id
-
-When the get returns a callable, the client proxy will provide a
-callable proxy which will invoke a remote procedure call. The command
-issued from the callable proxy to server is::
-
- call $id $name $args $kwargs
-
-If the client supplies an id of None, then the get/set/call is applied
-to the object(s) exported from the server.
-
-The server will parse the get/set/call, take the action indicated, and
-return back to the caller one of::
-
- value $val
- callable
- object $id
- exception $excp
-
-To handle object expiration, the proxy will instruct the rpc server to
-discard objects which are no longer in use. This is handled by
-catching proxy deletion and sending the command::
-
- del $id
-
-The server will handle this by removing clearing it's own internal
-references. This does not mean that the object will necessarily be
-cleaned from the server, but no artificial references will remain
-after successfully completing. On completion, the server will return
-one of::
-
- value None
- exception $excp
-
-The server also accepts a special command for debugging purposes::
-
- status
-
-Which will be intercepted by the server to write back::
-
- status {...}
-
-The wire protocol is to pickle the Request class in this file. The
-request class is basically an action and a map of parameters.
diff --git a/doc/modules/util.rst b/doc/modules/util.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index d573682..0000000
--- a/doc/modules/util.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-:mod:`util` -- Stdlib wrapping and compatibility functions
-===========================================================
-
-.. automodule:: eventlet.util
-	:members:
-	:undoc-members:
diff --git a/doc/modules/wsgi.rst b/doc/modules/wsgi.rst
index 9c69db4..c05485d 100644
--- a/doc/modules/wsgi.rst
+++ b/doc/modules/wsgi.rst
@@ -9,17 +9,13 @@ server package.  One such package is `Spawning <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Spaw
 To launch a wsgi server, simply create a socket and call :func:`eventlet.wsgi.server` with it::
 
     from eventlet import wsgi
-    from eventlet.green import socket
+    import eventlet
     
     def hello_world(env, start_response):
         start_response('200 OK', [('Content-Type', 'text/plain')])
         return ['Hello, World!\r\n']
     
-    sock = socket.socket()
-    sock.bind(('', 8090))
-    sock.listen(500)
-    
-    wsgi.server(sock, hello_world)
+    wsgi.server(eventlet.listen(('', 8090)), hello_world)
 
 
 You can find a slightly more elaborate version of this code in the file
diff --git a/eventlet/__init__.py b/eventlet/__init__.py
index 7810e96..57a73ac 100644
--- a/eventlet/__init__.py
+++ b/eventlet/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ try:
     from eventlet import queue
     from eventlet import timeout
     from eventlet import patcher
+    from eventlet import greenio
 
     sleep = greenthread.sleep
     spawn = greenthread.spawn
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@ try:
     import_patched = patcher.import_patched
     monkey_patch = patcher.monkey_patch
     
+    connect = greenio.connect
+    listen = greenio.listen
+    
     # deprecated    
     TimeoutError = timeout.Timeout
     exc_after = greenthread.exc_after
diff --git a/eventlet/greenio.py b/eventlet/greenio.py
index a575e8c..bcf03d9 100644
--- a/eventlet/greenio.py
+++ b/eventlet/greenio.py
@@ -501,4 +501,77 @@ def shutdown_safe(sock):
         # this will often be the case in an http server context
         if e[0] != errno.ENOTCONN:
             raise
+            
+            
+def connect(addr, family=socket.AF_INET, bind=None):
+    """Convenience function for opening client sockets.
+    
+    :param addr: Address of the server to connect to.  For TCP sockets, this is a (host, port) tuple.
+    :param family: Socket family, optional.  See :mod:`socket` documentation for available families.
+    :param bind: Local address to bind to, optional.
+    :return: The connected green socket object.
+    """
+    sock = GreenSocket(family, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    if bind is not None:
+        sock.bind(bind)
+    sock.connect(addr)
+    return sock
+    
+    
+def listen(addr, family=socket.AF_INET, backlog=50):
+    """Convenience function for opening server sockets.  This
+    socket can be used in an ``accept()`` loop.
 
+    Sets SO_REUSEADDR on the socket to save on annoyance.
+    
+    :param addr: Address to listen on.  For TCP sockets, this is a (host, port)  tuple.
+    :param family: Socket family, optional.  See :mod:`socket` documentation for available families.
+    :param backlog: The maximum number of queued connections. Should be at least 1; the maximum value is system-dependent.
+    :return: The listening green socket object.
+    """
+    sock = GreenSocket(family, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+    sock.bind(addr)
+    sock.listen(backlog)
+    return sock
+
+
+def wrap_ssl(sock, keyfile=None, certfile=None, server_side=False,
+    cert_reqs=None, ssl_version=None, ca_certs=None, 
+    do_handshake_on_connect=True, suppress_ragged_eofs=True):
+    """Convenience function for converting a regular socket into an SSL 
+    socket.  Has the same interface as :func:`ssl.wrap_socket`, but 
+    works on 2.5 or earlier, using PyOpenSSL.
+
+    The preferred idiom is to call wrap_ssl directly on the creation
+    method, e.g., ``wrap_ssl(connect(addr))`` or 
+    ``wrap_ssl(listen(addr), server_side=True)``. This way there is
+    no "naked" socket sitting around to accidentally corrupt the SSL
+    session.
+    
+    :return Green SSL object.
+    """
+    pass
+
+
+def serve(sock, handle, concurrency=1000):
+    """Runs a server on the supplied socket.  Calls the function 
+    *handle* in a separate greenthread for every incoming request. 
+    This function blocks the calling greenthread; it won't return until 
+    the server completes.  If you desire an immediate return,
+    spawn a new greenthread for :func:`serve`.
+    
+    The *handle* function must raise an EndServerException to 
+    gracefully terminate the server -- that's the only way to get the 
+    server() function to return.  Any other uncaught exceptions raised
+    in *handle* are raised as exceptions from :func:`serve`, so be 
+    sure to do a good job catching exceptions that your application 
+    raises.  The return value of *handle* is ignored.
+
+    The value in *concurrency* controls the maximum number of 
+    greenthreads that will be open at any time handling requests.  When 
+    the server hits the concurrency limit, it stops accepting new 
+    connections until the existing ones complete.
+    """
+    pass
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/chat_server.py b/examples/chat_server.py
index 3897c0f..bf24c98 100644
--- a/examples/chat_server.py
+++ b/examples/chat_server.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import eventlet
-from eventlet.green import socket
 
 participants = []
 
@@ -17,9 +16,7 @@ def read_chat_forever(writer, reader):
 
 try:
     print "ChatServer starting up on port 3000"
-    server = socket.socket()
-    server.bind(('0.0.0.0', 3000))
-    server.listen(50)
+    server = eventlet.listen(('0.0.0.0', 3000))
     while True:
         new_connection, address = server.accept()
         print "Participant joined chat."
diff --git a/examples/echoserver.py b/examples/echoserver.py
index 3c367a8..0888688 100644
--- a/examples/echoserver.py
+++ b/examples/echoserver.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ and then 'quit')
 """
 
 import eventlet
-from eventlet.green import socket
 
 def handle(fd):
     print "client connected"
@@ -25,10 +24,7 @@ def handle(fd):
     print "client disconnected"
 
 print "server socket listening on port 6000"
-server = socket.socket()
-server.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET,socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
-server.bind(('0.0.0.0', 6000))
-server.listen(50)
+server = eventlet.listen(('0.0.0.0', 6000))
 pool = eventlet.GreenPool()
 while True:
     try:
diff --git a/examples/feedscraper.py b/examples/feedscraper.py
index c037145..b9e7e11 100644
--- a/examples/feedscraper.py
+++ b/examples/feedscraper.py
@@ -32,9 +32,4 @@ def app(environ, start_response):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     from eventlet import wsgi
-    from eventlet.green import socket
-    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-    sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET,socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
-    sock.bind(('localhost', 9010))
-    sock.listen(50)
-    wsgi.server(sock, app)
\ No newline at end of file
+    wsgi.server(eventlet.listen(('localhost', 9010)), app)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/websocket.py b/examples/websocket.py
index afeb103..2cef80c 100644
--- a/examples/websocket.py
+++ b/examples/websocket.py
@@ -137,9 +137,5 @@ def dispatch(environ, start_response):
         
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     # run an example app from the command line            
-    from eventlet.green import socket
-    listener = socket.socket()
-    listener.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET,socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
-    listener.bind(('localhost', 7000))
-    listener.listen(500)
+    listener = eventlet.listen(('localhost', 7000))
     wsgi.server(listener, dispatch)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/wsgi.py b/examples/wsgi.py
index 93469fd..ba3f433 100644
--- a/examples/wsgi.py
+++ b/examples/wsgi.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ multiple threads, and graceful code reloading, see:
 http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Spawning/
 """
 
+import eventlet
 from eventlet import wsgi
-from eventlet.green import socket
 
 def hello_world(env, start_response):
     if env['PATH_INFO'] != '/':
@@ -15,8 +15,4 @@ def hello_world(env, start_response):
     start_response('200 OK', [('Content-Type', 'text/plain')])
     return ['Hello, World!\r\n']
         
-sock = socket.socket()
-sock.bind(('', 8090))
-sock.listen(500)
-
-wsgi.server(sock, hello_world)
+wsgi.server(eventlet.listen(('', 8090)), hello_world)