IPhoto spinning ball - at the end of my rope

I can't get iPhoto to load. Every single thing I've tried results in the spinning ball of death.
I've tried:
rebuilding the library
creating a new library on another drive
using iPhoto Library Manager rebuild
restoring the picture library from a back up made before I was having problems with it.
rebuilding thumbnails
removing the .plist and .lock file
creating a new 'empty' library and that locked up too.
Nothing is working and I'm very frustrated.
I've got several gig of space on the drive, so space shouldn't be an issue.
I downloaded Picasa and tried using that, but it locks up, too. What the heck is going on?
I don't know what else to do. I'm thinking I'll have to move all my photos, years worth of them, folder by folder and just put them on another drive and delet iPhoto and start all over again. I don't know if I'd lose any meta data of the pictures if I did that.
Looking for some help, please.

That suggests that an external or 3rd party software is causing the problem.
Boot normally and then lauch Console (in your Applications/Utiities folder)
Then Launch iPhoto and see if any messages get written to it.
Regards
TD

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