This looks pretty good, my friend, but this time I'm gonna have to stay with Freddie's version. Since the phpinclude_start never changes between releases, I don't have to worry about doing another file edit on a re-install. I caught the postbot and postbit_legacy templaes not being cached and took care of that a while ago. That's usually one of the first things I check on an upgrade.
Good hack, nonetheless. Keep 'em comin'!