Roger that. Failure is my normal state :)
I did learn two things the other day while doing ICM with .6 and .8 second exposures.
1) For a completely smooth blur, I needed to start the swing and then press the shutter. If I tried to press the shutter exactly at the moment I started the swing, l ended up with a frozen image with some added blur but not really. It looked more like a double exposure than a blur. It's weird. I need to play with this more.
2) Hang on... I have a picture to dig up. It involves color blending.