-- fixing buggy component start
-- starting tests on refactored spittoon create / init functions
-- first complete pass with test-badinputto-db-create
-- removing some comment cruft & README tweak
-- adding code and test-goodinputto-db-conn & test-badinputto-db-conn
-- some tests and code around db-init
-- outlining the next development steps
-- putting back the bkell/start function
-- added a component bkell/stop test