diff --git a/xwords4/common/board.c b/xwords4/common/board.c
index f7783a9d3..9d7a0bbe3 100644
--- a/xwords4/common/board.c
+++ b/xwords4/common/board.c
@@ -2887,7 +2887,6 @@ XP_Bool
 board_focusChanged( BoardCtxt* board, BoardObjectType typ, XP_Bool gained )
 {
     XP_Bool draw = XP_FALSE;
-    LOG_FUNC();
     /* Called when there's been a decision to advance the focus to a new
        object, or when an object will lose it.  Need to update internal data
        structures, but also to communicate to client draw code in a way that
@@ -2926,7 +2925,6 @@ board_focusChanged( BoardCtxt* board, BoardObjectType typ, XP_Bool gained )
         }
     }
 
-    LOG_RETURNF( "%d", (int)draw );
     return draw;
 } /* board_focusChanged */
 
diff --git a/xwords4/palm/palmbt.c b/xwords4/palm/palmbt.c
index 4d469d947..d2c893e0a 100644
--- a/xwords4/palm/palmbt.c
+++ b/xwords4/palm/palmbt.c
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ pbt_takedown_master( PalmBTStuff* btStuff )
     LOG_RETURN_VOID();
 } /* pbt_takedown_master */
 
-#ifdef DEBUG
+#if 0
 static void
 debug_logQueue( const PalmBTStuff* const btStuff )
 {
@@ -816,10 +816,10 @@ static void
 pbt_postpone( PalmBTStuff* btStuff, PBT_ACTION act )
 {
     EventType eventToPost;
-    eventToPost.eType = nilEvent;
+    eventToPost.eType = noopEvent;
+    EvtAddEventToQueue( &eventToPost );
 
     XP_LOGF( "%s(%s)", __func__, actToStr(act) );
-    EvtAddEventToQueue( &eventToPost );
 
     if ( DUPLICATES_OK(act)
          || (btStuff->queueLen == 0)
diff --git a/xwords4/palm/palmmain.c b/xwords4/palm/palmmain.c
index c244107df..a38dd9b99 100644
--- a/xwords4/palm/palmmain.c
+++ b/xwords4/palm/palmmain.c
@@ -2281,7 +2281,6 @@ handleFocusEvent( PalmAppGlobals* globals, const EventType* event,
             setFormFocus( globals->mainForm, objectID );
         }
     }
-    LOG_RETURNF( "%d", (int)isBoardObj );
     return isBoardObj;
 } /* handleFocusEvent */
 #endif
@@ -2521,6 +2520,12 @@ mainViewHandleEvent( EventPtr event )
         draw = handled = handleNilEvent( globals );
         break;
 
+
+    case noopEvent:
+        /* do nothing! Exists just to force EvtGetEvent to return */
+        XP_ASSERT( handled );
+        break;
+
     case newGameCancelEvent:
         /* If user cancelled the new game dialog that came up the first time
            he launched (i.e. when there's no game to fall back to) then just
@@ -3825,6 +3830,7 @@ palm_util_setTimer( XW_UtilCtxt* uc, XWTimerReason why,
 {
     PalmAppGlobals* globals = (PalmAppGlobals*)uc->closure;
     XP_U32 now = TimGetTicks();
+    EventType eventToPost;
 
     if ( why == TIMER_PENDOWN ) {
         now += PALM_TIMER_DELAY;
@@ -3846,6 +3852,11 @@ palm_util_setTimer( XW_UtilCtxt* uc, XWTimerReason why,
     globals->timerProcs[why] = proc;
     globals->timerClosures[why] = closure;
     globals->timerFireAt[why] = now;
+
+    /* Post an event to force us back out of EvtGetEvent.  Required if this
+     * is called from inside some BT callback. */
+    eventToPost.eType = noopEvent;
+    EvtAddEventToQueue( &eventToPost );
 } /* palm_util_setTimer */
 
 static void 
diff --git a/xwords4/palm/palmmain.h b/xwords4/palm/palmmain.h
index 2da38058c..e7af641e0 100644
--- a/xwords4/palm/palmmain.h
+++ b/xwords4/palm/palmmain.h
@@ -357,7 +357,8 @@ struct PalmAppGlobals {
 }; /* PalmAppGlobals */
 
 /* custom events */
-enum { dictSelectedEvent = firstUserEvent /* 0x6000 */
+enum { noopEvent = firstUserEvent /* 0x6000 */
+       ,dictSelectedEvent
        ,newGameOkEvent
        ,newGameCancelEvent
        ,loadGameEvent