Request for HTTP documentation, tutorials, and/or workshops

[David Chisholm]

I'm having a wonderful time this morning reading the HTTP 1.1 spec.  YUCH!  I hate reading IETF and W3C spec documents!  Can anyone recommend a good book, tutorial, or even a class that discusses "using" HTTP versus "implementing" HTTP?  I don't know about anyone else, but to me it's like pulling teeth to find answers to practical usage problems from their spec documents.  The JSP spec is the ultimate developer's guide compared to the IETF and W3C specs.  Those of you who have read the JSP spec can appreciate that :) TIA, David