I've been trying to convert a surface or curve  to a mesh object. I've been browsing the Blender wiki, but haven't found anything that will tell me how to do this. And apparently you can't unwrap, or possibly even UV map, anything that isn't a mesh object.

So, once again, I entreat the wise sages of Blender to help me on my quest.(That was memorable, wasn't it)? 

It is better to do one thing well, than to do many things and excel at nothing.