Seems loosely similar to how I'm using .Net4's Tasks from the Task Parallel Library. I didn't particularly focus on the effects of the garbage collector when I

Seems loosely similar to how I'm using .Net4's Tasks from the Task Parallel Library. I didn't particularly focus on the effects of the garbage collector when I came up with my approach, but it does at least achieve point A in his opening paragraph ((a) is simpler to use)