quote - "screws just fall out all the time; the world is an imperfect place", haha, classic. i just made a big faux pas with my girl last nite, so now i gotta think of something 'perfect' to correct the 'imperfection', hehe.
Do try the demo of Reason, u could at least sample the output of your computer and use that if u have a sampler (as the demo of reason doesn't save). U might like it so much u might buy it somehow.
I hope someone else can think of a good shareware drum machine so as to properly answer the question.