Building out records for this domain, directing the web traffic to a blog (see the test pages at http://www.sparrowsong.us)  Accomplished by having WordPress host the NameServers

Then my client selects Google Apps, and so — the process of including the DNS records.

Folks, thank you for the excellent Help documents.  Made this a breeze.

But WordPress:  Why aren’t you listed in the Auto-verify list at Google Hosed Services?  Enjoy hearing the why-for’s on that one.