Rather than set up my own blog for these purposes, I'd like to post these to Meditations here on PerlMonks unless I get resistance to the idea.

Resistance? No way! Like wazoox, just eager to see the examples. And like rhesa, also eager to see further discussions and examples raised in response. A brainstorming session can only be fruitful. BTW: you made me wonder about "how" to do what you want...