Thanks for the input.  I'd shelved my Pi a few months back because it kept corrupting the SD.  I'd even purchased two other cards just to make sure it wasn't the media. Power issues?  I tried it with several different ones.  I was in the cost of cards and power supplies several times more than the cost of the dang Pi!  I even RMA'd the Pi and received another one, same issue!  Doing some more searching today, I came across this thread over at the raspberrypi firmware GitHub.  Wouldn't you believe my bad luck...  I had purchased a Samsung and two Transcend cards, which are affected by this kernel level issue.  I guess maybe time to dig the Pi out of the bin and start tinkering with it again, but i now have anger issues with the kit, and it makes me not wanna play.