Hi there uberanimal...
Is there something in particular you wanted to start out doing / learning, whether it be a slideshow, animation, clickable flash banner, etc... ? The reason I ask is because there are a million things one can do with Flash it seems, everywhere from creating games to site navigation.
I imagine you want to start simple, but I guess the question is what would be a goal down the road you'd like to be doing. Then perhaps the templates and tutorials you start doing would cover the right basics to what you want to do later, and maybe get you there faster.
chandrika -- nice resource link, by the way!
