OK, not that hard to solve, it is the "Progress Line" which overlays the Data Date line.  Obviously I didn't use it much prior.  I kind of assumed it was something like that but here is a confusing aspect.  I don't have a Baseline attached to that schedule - so how can it be telling me how ahead or behind the dates are - meaning how can the line be crooked?
click on the crooked progress
click on the crooked progress line icon and it wil be a straigh line. [[wysiwyg_imageupload:7096:]] 
OK, not that hard to solve,
OK, not that hard to solve, it is the "Progress Line" which overlays the Data Date line.  Obviously I didn't use it much prior.  I kind of assumed it was something like that but here is a confusing aspect.  I don't have a Baseline attached to that schedule - so how can it be telling me how ahead or behind the dates are - meaning how can the line be crooked?