...the problem with the headlights was that one of the ground wires
came off the 2 quarter sized "ground post terminal blocks" up behind
the fuse box.  The ground wire that came off must be quite
significant to the headlight system.

I guess I knocked it loose fishing a new speaker wire to the drivers
side door.... Dennis gets a gold star for knowing the exact solution
to the problem!

>You're missing a ground connection somewhere. Look above and to the left
>of the fuse box.