Don't knock my gnomish brothers and sisters! But I see your point entirely, no one at character creation jumps up and screams "OH OH OH I WANT TO BE A GNOME!" Regardless, they're my favorite PHB race, I just get sick of everyone wanting to play a fucking elf (Which is why in my game world elves are nearly extinct and gnomes are well loved by all).

Speaking of updates to D&D, have you had a chance to check out piazo's Pathfinder? They've got the beta version of it for free as a download on their site and I'd like to hear your thoughts on it sometime.