fucked in gnus

Earlier today I updated my 21.2 tree from CVS. When I next started I was invited to upgrade my ~/.emacs file to ~/.xemacs/init.el and custom.el. I don't know if that's pertinent to what follows or not. Now, when attempting to send a forward in gnus, I find myself accosted with the message Signaling: (selection-conversion-error "selection owner couldn't convert" CLIPBOARD _EMACS_INTERNAL) get-selection-internal(CLIPBOARD _EMACS_INTERNAL) xselect-kill-buffer-hook-1(CLIPBOARD) xselect-kill-buffer-hook() kill-buffer(#<buffer " *temp*<2>">) byte-code("..." [buffer-name temp-buffer kill-buffer] 2) mml-generate-mime-1((part (type . "text/plain") (contents . "On Thu, 13 Jul 2000 20:40:02 -0400, \"Pastor Robert White\" <xrredeem(a)erie.net&gt; said:\n\n > when I mentioned the date to bishop Spring, he was until that\n > moment, being, among other things, computer challenged, unaware\n > of the date.\n\nHe didn't know what the date of Epiphany is?\n\n-- \nMichael D. Harnois, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Washburn, IA \nmdharnois(a)home.com aa0bt(a)aa0bt.ampr.org \n \"Believe those who are seeking the truth. \n Doubt those who find it.\" -- Andre Gide\n"))) mml-generate-mime() message-encode-message-body() message-send-mail(nil) message-send-via-mail(nil) message-send(nil) message-send-and-exit(nil) call-interactively(message-send-and-exit) and thenceforth I am screwed. I can't even quit out of gnus.