Ronno, I have heard of that technique but have never been able to accomplish much with it. I think I am doing something wrong.

RoadGuy, your advice is solid. I was attempting to do this, but still having trouble.

I have now fixed the problem. The guy in this video (who is a trip!) shares a nice trick at 4:32:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpc-R_BfpHU

It worked perfectly for me and now the bike is rolling and stopping real nice. After I fixed the brake, I noticed that my fork was a bit lose. So I had to tighten that up, then reset my headset. I am starting to wonder what exactly I paid that bike shop to do...