however, I have killed the finder trying to use the network connect icon. I usually do not use that method as the lack of mounting on the desktop is strange for me. Also, ejecting is too hard.

After the finder restarted my next 'glitch' as the Address Book apparently had a crash and offered to send a report of the misbehavior to Apple. I agreed.

Seems minimal and maybe it was my tinkering. We shall see.