I do not know if you have this issue of having a lof of drives with a lot of partitions and trying to keep them mounted or unmounted with out the pains of having your MAC trying to give you instructions what to do with the other volumns on the drive.
I looked and looked and finally found a SIMPLE works everytime FREE app for MAC that might assist you as you do your file/volumn managment.
I have to agree with Prez and comment that I truly enjoy seeing the evolution of your blog site as well as your photography. Great mix of image and technology driven posts. In speaking with Moose, he is quite complimentary of you. Best. Charles…