Mike,

>>- what the practical application is (what the reader will be able to immediately put to use)
>
>Oh crap. I always get burned on that one.

Right. No cool code to plot the occasional burps in the time-space continuum. We need something practical and cool, man.

>*Mike hits esc to interupt the running PRG, his modified version of Calvin's Monkeys that generates Jimi Hendrix-style lyrics.... 'Oh how sweet the feeling from my fingers over the distances accross our minds from the furthest experiences of a purple foxey lady, ahwright...'*

I like it. Can your program also rewrite the melody? Nah, forget that. Hendrix didn't have any melody did he? :-)