Spore!

Greetings humans.

Well, my gout seems to have settled down a bit. The swelling is still there, although the steroids have knocked it down quite a bit. With a few pain killers, I can stomp around work and manage about 5 hours a day. I'm hoping it goes away by itself, as I really don't want to go back for another doctor visit, and once I go over a week of steroids, they have to do other stuff to keep me from becoming addicted to them.

I'd also like to start taking my gout prevention meds so I can go back to eating cows and drinking beer, but the doc said to wait for the swelling to go away entirely.

The title of this entry is Spore! This is the game I've dreamed about for the last 15 years. You start as a microbe, and evolve your way to conquring the galaxy. I'll write more some time, but check it out. It's amazing.

Also, the new Doctor Who series has started. I've managed to get EVERY episode in the original episode format now, and am burning myself a folder of backups. Yes, I'm a fanatic... but I'm mostly harmless. :)