HELP - Add Songs to Shuffle, but NOT iTunes Library...?

Hi everyone,
I have had a 4th generation iPod for the past several years and decided to add a new 2G Shuffle to my inventory just a few days ago. I received my Shuffle directly from Apple today and was quick to open the box and work on setting up my new "toy". Unfortunately, I've seemingly run into a road block, and I'm hoping someone can help.
With my 4G iPod, I was always able to drag and drop songs directly onto my iPod without even involving my computer's iTunes library, whatsoever. (IE - I could drag an MP3 file from a open Windows folder to my iPod icon in iTunes, and the song would be added to my iPod) Unfortunately, I can't get my Shuffle to allow me to do this. At the very least, I'd like to be able to add a song to my Shuffle from my library, but then remove it from my library, yet keep it on my iPod. However, once the song has been transferred over to the Shuffle from iTunes, if I delete the track from the library, it is also removed from the Shuffle.
Can anyone help me with this...?
Again, to clarify...
I want to be able to add songs directly to my Shuffle without having to go through the iTunes library.
Thanks in advance!

Thanks, Chris, but unfortunately, that is not the
answer I was hoping for.
Does anyone else happen to know anything more about
the issue or have any workarounds...?
Might it be possible to add songs directly to my
Shuffle if I enable it for disk use, make the
"hidden" files and folders viewable, open the
"iPod_Control\Music" directory, then drag-and-drop
MP3 files?
http://shuffle-db.sourceforge.net/

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