9:00 PM - 10:45 PM: Back from a small vacation! Got some much needed rest and time away from the
computer. I'm surprised sometimes that it really is rejuvenating. Go figure. =) Anyhow, did some looking aroudn and found out how to flip and mirror the CCLayer (CCNode really).
Links: here and here for some help with transforms and getting those down.  Did I mention I'm not really a graphics programmer?

I did cheat and spend like 15 minutes on vacation to get the drawing port to be centered rather than on the side of the screen also. I also learned about RenderTexture, which is a pseudo-double buffered drawing screen. I need to use that instead of redrawing everything over and over directly.