I believe restarting helps this. Keep in mind you might see it more than once in a row. I see this bug happening when my internet connection is choked, maybe that is relevant?
Rebooting seems to have solved it pretty well, have started and stopped the game a couple times now with no issues. Internet connectivity I don't believe was an issue, posted the original message while the game was in that state with no problems. And the only internet usage was email client running in the background on a 30/2 connection.
Changed to the Frogboy's slipstream now also, and that seems to be running pretty great also.
