i was worried that i was going to have to find a way around my
router. but, the update was both a little deeper and a lot less
complicated than i thought.
so, the appspot site is now serving from python 2.7:
http://dghjdfsghkrdghdgja.appspot.com/
...which means that google won't shut me down in the summer.
now, to get the show reviews up...