Actually, this music geek already got his self-gift: an Mvix multimedia 
player. It's my answer to the iPod -- 500 gigabytes of storage space for 
digital audio and video in high-definition clarity. :-)

(Yes I *am* a geek, but this is [along with my laptop] part of my plan 
to make my entire life portable in case New Orleans gets another 
hurricane and I have to spend several months away from home like last time.)

-Farrar