diff --git a/tools/python/jwutils/Object.py b/tools/python/jwutils/Object.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b51d1e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/python/jwutils/Object.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import jwutils.log
+
+class Object(object): # export
+
+    def __init__():
+        self.log_level = jwutils.log.NOTICE
+
+    def log(self, prio, *args):
+        if prio <= self.log_level:
+            msg = ""
+            for count, thing in enumerate(args):
+                msg += ' ' + str(thing)
+            if len(msg):
+                print msg[1:]
+
+    def debug(self, *args):
+        self.log(DEBUG, args)
diff --git a/tools/python/jwutils/algo/ShuntingYard.py b/tools/python/jwutils/algo/ShuntingYard.py
index 00df2e7..f1a5e7f 100644
--- a/tools/python/jwutils/algo/ShuntingYard.py
+++ b/tools/python/jwutils/algo/ShuntingYard.py
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ class ShuntingYard(object): # export
 
     def token_string(self):
         r = ""
-        for k, v in self.__ops.iteritems():
+        for k in sorted(self.__ops):
+            v = self.__ops[k]
             buf = ", \"" + k
             if v.nargs == 1:
                 if k[len(k)-1].isalnum():
diff --git a/tools/python/jwutils/log.py b/tools/python/jwutils/log.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..642d505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/python/jwutils/log.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import syslog
+
+EMERG = syslog.LOG_EMERG
+ALER = syslog.LOG_ALERT
+CRIT = syslog.LOG_CRIT
+ERR = syslog.LOG_ERR
+WARNING = syslog.LOG_WARNING
+NOTICE = syslog.LOG_NOTICE
+INFO = syslog.LOG_INFO
+DEBUG = syslog.LOG_DEBUG
+DEVEL = syslog.LOG_DEBUG + 1
+OFF = DEVEL + 1
+
+level = NOTICE
+
+def log(prio, *args): # export
+    if prio <= level:
+	msg = ""
+	for count, thing in enumerate(args):
+	    msg += ' ' + str(thing)
+	if len(msg):
+	    print msg[1:]