By now you may know that Jen’s Mom, who has been battling various forms of cancer for the better part of a decade, is in pretty rough shape in the ICU. She went in for another round of chemo a few days ago and what was supposed to be a slow decent into side-effect hell turned out to be an express train. Throw some love down L-P City way, and hope for the best.

Wow. My cube neighbor Tim picked up a copy of Doom3 last night, and a whole group of people crowded around his machine to look at it before we left work. The game is absolutely beautiful. It’s terrifying fun—think of the movie Aliens, and you’re inside that environment. The setting is perfectly realized, the lighting is absolutely intense, and then attention to detail is stunning. If I had a good PC, I’d consider buying a copy, but I don’t have anything near the system requirements.

How to be creative. Yeah, I know, some of it is common sense, but some of it is good reality-check content. Keep the dream alive, my friends.