Weird ghost volume

I'm seeing an odd thing, which I suspect is a strange sync artifact. But any advice will be helpful.
I recently bought an iMac for home use. I use MobileMe and have authorised the machine to sync with my work MBP.
I've also copied my iTunes library onto an external HD to use on the machine.
Last night I noticed, on the iMac, that is displays my home user folder for my MBP in the finder window. Clicking on the folder results in an error message "Volume could not be found"
What is it, how do I get rid of it? It is driving me nuts.
Unplugging the HDD, and restarting the iMac, does not take it away.

If it's not active on the network, drag the icon off the Finder sidebar onto the desktop.
If it returns or does not go away, post back.

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