I'm pretty sure TentaclesZack subscribes to the "Best Venn Diagram Ever" theory, too. XD (can't post links from here, but will try to do so when I get home -- it's also readily available under a Google Image search on that phrase...)
On the computer-wrangling end... it's been quiiiiite an adventure, yeah. On the bright side, this is the first time I've replaced a computer whose OS partition wasn't TOTALLY unreadable, so I do have the chance to salvage some of my settings... I'd rather do it deliberately and under control and with the aid of the built-in porting software next time, but beggars and choosers and all that...