UPDATE (in answer to my own question)
SInce it appears to be an Intel driver issue, I booted into recovery mode and deleted:
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
Booted right up (very fast) and has been running for about 10 minutes.
UPDATE (in answer to my own question)
SInce it appears to be an Intel driver issue, I booted into recovery mode and deleted:
/usr/lib/ xorg/modules/ drivers/ intel_drv. so
Booted right up (very fast) and has been running for about 10 minutes.