@GregL, well I just got around to hooking up and testing the I2C module with the lcd. The good news is that it's completely different than the one from web4robots.
I'm working on changing the lcdi2c library that's out there so it works. So far I can get it to turn on and clear the display etc. Still haven't gotten printing to the display working yet, but I'll let you know.
Why oh why did web4robots disappear? All this extra work sucks.