Is there a question there?

A question is something like this: "Here's a pared down, working (in that it exhibits the same problem) example of my code. I think IO::Socket isn't blocking but polling. I can't figure out how to change this, or even how to confirm my suspicions. Can someone see something I'm missing? Thanks."

Oh, and don't forget to actually include that pared down example. In code tags, preferably ;-)

Thanks,