I really wish I kept track of these things, so here it goes.

Today is May 11, 2011, I had a Seagate 2TB external hard drive fail today. It actually probably failed yesterday or before, but I just noticed it today. Prior to this I’ve had 2 750gb hard drives (both Seagates) fail on me. These previous failures occurred some time in the fall of 2009.

Fortunately for me the 2tb hard drive had recently been wiped clean (After backing up all the data to my Windows Home Server) except for my music that was being served through my Zune software. Fortunately any of the music that was on this drive is either a) already backed up on the WHS, or should be downloadable again through Zune.

I think I’m officially done with buying any Seagate hard drives ever again.

This one is going back under warranty, but I doubt I’ll trust it for much in the future when it gets returned. Hopefully this is the last blog post I ever make about Seagate Hard Drives failing….

Sunday when I was getting ready to come back, I got an automated call from AA telling me that my flight was cancelled. They fortunately rescheduled me through Dallas instead of Chicago and I made it home, later than initially planned, but at least I made it home.

Today, Natalie and the baby get to the airport in STL and find out that their flight to LA then SFO is cancelled. So they also get routed through Dallas. They were supposed to be home 3 hours ago, and they are still not scheduled (due to consistent delays) to actually arrive at SFO until almost 11pm tonight.

Thanks American Airlines. Now that my frequent flier miles are used up I think I will ditch using your airline and use one that actually has flights.

So the CEL in Natalie's Envoy came on this weekend. We ran to Autozone and had them scan it, error code came up with a message about the air pump, part of the emissions system. We took it to Lou Fusz Pontiac Buick GMC where we purchased it back in November. $220 later and it is fixed. It is rediculous that dealers charge $100 for a computer scan, when Autozone will do the same thing for free. The service guy, Kevin, quoted me an additional $70 above the $100 testing fee, then the cashier told me on the phone it was $50 more. I'll be calling and speaking with Kevin in the morning. I don't mind paying the extra money, but I don't like customer service people lying to me....

 AP/Ashland Police Dept. I swear this guy looks like Chad Hobson with some duct tape on his face! Who is Chad Hobson? ...