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Thanks geekwright;
You have already gone above and beyond. To see the failure, you will have to be a real user.
Already using jGrowl redirect. As you state: likely my theme interfering.
will try Google Chrome's developer tools
bottom line: got some learning to do, to debug this.
for now, will just replace login control with a link to login, since I am focused on updating content, major release, new features will keep me busy for at least a week.
Regards;
Bill