I finally broke down and bought the 360.  What a relief.  I have been trying to talk myself out of it for some time now and I was afraid that I would give up on it.  I bought Gears of War and am currently waiting for the kids to go to bed to go downstairs and play around a little bit.  I am excited.  Of course now everything doesn't fit on my stand.  I had to move the cd player out to make room.  I don't play cd very often so no big deal.  If I can hook the iPod up to the 360, I really don't need the cd player.  Oh, I have so much to learn.  Good thing that this is a four day weekend.