Well I finally got a call from UPS letting me know that my Xbox 360 would be coming home. It finally arrived a few days ago and I've been gaming hard so I haven't had time to update the blog.  Seems something went wrong with the whole return shipping since Microsoft comped me a whole month of Live.  There was a whole week where UPS had received the billing info but had not gone to pick up my 360.  I don't know if MS just used that as padding to fix my 360 or if UPS just dropped the ball.  Anyways I've got my 360 back and am playing Half Life 2, Halo 3 and Virtua Fighter 5.