So OpenID only provides authentication in it's simplest form, that is,
it validates a password... that's it, finito, end of story, EOL. The
novalug site is built on Drupal, which requires a username and email
address as well as a password for an account. So the process for
first time logins is as follows.

1. Click the OpenID link in the login block.
2. Enter your OpenID login string (example: myname@yahoo.com [another
example: myname.wordpress.com])
3. You'll be redirected to that OpenID providers page to enter your password.
4. The OpenID provider redirects you back to novalug.com, which throws
errors because it doesn't have an email address from your OpenID
provider and the OpenID provider(in the case of Yahoo) has
fragments(data elements) in the identifier URL, which Drupal tries to
assume is the username, but the fragments are deliniated by special
characters not allowed in the username registration process of
Drupal... so it errs partially.