I'm just conflicted here.  I tried to follow all your input in the thread, but I just have no idea what you want.  You want simplicity, but also something that captures your imagination.  To me that can't be done without more detail, but you have made it clear you don't want detail.  Bah.

I'll try to think of something else.

Edit:  Eh, never mind.  I would just go with muddied's stuff personally.  In particular his last logo seems to be the cleanest and most iconic.