Glad to hear you're o.k.,Chef.
As for external HD's,I've been looking into getting another one myself.I've almost filled up my 160gig and now it's time to upgrade. If you've heard of the superstore Fry's,you can get a 1tb(1000 gigs!) for about 80 bucks.That's pretty fucking insane if you ask me.I think it will be extremely hard for many people to even come close to filling one of those up.And if you do,it will take years upon years to do it.