well, that was a waste of time

everything works just fine from the mac store. The one thing I didn't do was reboot my modem......

apologies for all the testing

So here we stand.

I know what I can and can't post to LJ from the Ipad: yes to friends locked but not any custom groups. Thanks for the input.

LJ seems to be more working but not perfect.
The Bank still doesn't work.
I just got off the phone with comcast and they are actually owning the problem. yay.
There may actually be a problem in the lines, they've opened a ticket and someone will call me... uh... "later in the week".
In the meantime, there are work arounds.