So it seems that I was "locked out" considering that resetting my password still did not grant me access.  I certainly hope that wasn't intentional since clearly nobody else has responded here indicating nobody else is locked out and I am surprised that slush didn't respond.  Oh well; I will keep my 333Mhash/s to myself (MSI Afterburner 6970 -v -w 128 ... fan is somewhat noisy @ 54% keeping the temp at 75C using custom fan control with case fans all on max).

Actually, that wasn't the problem, but you grazed it.  I was using my email address rather than the username.  I should have read the email more closely