Thanks! I just posted a similar question about saving new tasks to Projects and then saw the answer here.
I am another Things beta user. The Things interface also felt heavy to me. I wrote a quick review of Things and my first impression of OF the other night -
http://fourwhitefeet.com/?p=318
Like ext555 wrote it is great to have two great Mac GTD apps (and more) to choose from.
Thanks again to convergent and Gardener for the clean up instructions.