Hey @moderndayjester,
Congratulations on your recent upvote. It was a great post! the way Curie works is, we basically have a vast team of curators out looking for exceptional content. When they find something great they can submit for review, then one of our Reviewers will check the post for a number of things and if they feel it is exceptional it will then get our upvote which is then followed by our vote trail.

While there are no guarantees on which posts make the Author Showcase that is put out twice a week, if one of your posts ever meet the criteria at the right time I am sure it will be a great addition to the post.

We look forward to seeing more great content from you in the future!
Gene