OK, I've messed around already several times with Python virtualenv environments and Pelican instances to try to get the hang of this, but now I've got a local working content directory and my remote web server 'update' location tied together via git, I've got my Markdown on, so maybe this one will take.
I've thought of trying to break this out into separate personal and "professional" (as a word itself something of a rant trigger perhaps to comment on later) blogs but for now maybe it'll suffice just to tag things up and leave it at that.