After a trip around the WWW, I came across two elegant solutions to my (and possibly others) RJ11 interface problems.
The first is from Winford in Bay City, MI. http://www.winfordeng.com/products/pbc6p6c.php.
The other is from Gravitech in CA. http://www.gravitech.us/rjbrbo1.html The one by Gravitech has me drooling - lots of interface options!
The really cool features about both of these connector/breakout boards is that after I get the kinks ironed out of my Arduino project, I can transfer everything directly to my Adafruit Perma-Proto board! Sweeeet ...

