Got a message from one of my friends on xbox live..

To all my friends,

My xbox died a horrible death last night so I won't be online until microsoft can fix my crappy xbox and send it back to me, which will be in feb.. *sigh* I guess I will be playing checkers by myself until then

At least the Live service we pay a premium for is stable and reliable.  Oh wait.. It's not.   Playstation 3 is looking better and better.