??something about "generalized (in certain direction... still monomial but allowing coefficients... or something ... ??...) toric variety" and 3-place chain complex and so forth ... ???something about getting around to discussing with todd ...

??something about nilpotence and "infinitesimalness" in this context ??? or something ?? ....

??or wait, maybe you can already talk about nilpotence (or something ...) in the toric context without needing the generalization ... ???... ??still seems slightly peculiar though?? ... ??something about "0 as aspect of addition" ??? ... ??or something ... ??vs as a "scalar" ??? ...?? or something ??? ... and so forth ... ???...