... as to what happened to "Explosive."  Two things:

1.  I came within two miles of being run over by a rather large tornado.  Needed to stop for a couple of days.
2.  Vista finally let me load "Baldur's Gate" onto my computer.  Been trying to do that for six months.  No idea what changed, but as I have access again, I'm playing.  :D

Never fear, I'll be coming back to it.  Eventually.