To sign or not to sign?

Stan Winston, the guy who created the Terminator and Predator special effects (and a few dinosaurs as well), is doing a book signing at Forbidden Planet next Wednesday:

http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/store/Event.htm

http://www.thewinstoneffect.com/

However, I have a dilemma. There's a part of me that goes "Wow, Stan Winston! He created the Terminator and Predator! I'll never get a chance to meet him again!" and then there's another part of me that goes "Meh, can I be bothered to go and stand in a queue on a dark, cold and possibly wet December night to get a rather expensive book signed?".
It looks like a nice book, but I'm not that much of a movie fan or really interested in the movie making process, I just like watching them! But this is Stan Winston, a movie legend, and I'm sure a signed book by him might be worth something one day. But I don't really want to start going to these things just so I can sell them one day (as standing in a queue is a bit sad and a waste of time!). And yes, I know I can order a signed version online, but that defeats the purpose of going and say you met the person and they signed it in front of you!
Anyway, what would you do?

DON'T WATCH TORCHWOOD!

A friendly warning to my Australian friends/relatives who haven't seen this Doctor Who spinoff series and want to watch it. Don't. Just don't. Go outside and do something. Or just sit inside and do nothing. Trust me, it will be better than watching this series.

Death to the weather presenters

Haven't posted in a bit, as it's just been the usual routine of work and sleep, with a bit of bunny and wife patting inbetween.

However, one thing that's got my goat at the moment is the UK weather presenters. They are shite. They should be flogged and locked up in stocks in the town square so people can chuck rotten fruit at them. Each morning I watch the BBC news where I get a national and local weather report. The national report says it is going to rain, but the local one says no rain. Which do I believe? So I go out without a raincoat, and of course, it rains. Next time I go out in a raincoat, it is hot. And when both reports agree and say it is going to rain, say about lunchtime, of course it doesn't rain at all. I seriously believe these people should not be paid!!! I know you shouldn't "shoot the messenger", but I would like to give them a damn good beating!

OK, rant over, it's just that the crappy English weather and darkness is a bummer!

Xmas lights already?!

November 9th, and the Xmas lights are up in the streets!
This seems like a touch early, but when you think that it starts getting dark at 4.30pm and is pitch black by 5.30pm, I guess the lights make thnigs a bit more cheery. And also that Christmas is coming and you have to spend, spend, spend!

Daily commute

When I walk to the train station each morning to go to work, I pass an electrical substation which has signs up saying "WARNING! DEATH HAZARD!". Fair enough, lots of electricity, don't go in there, makes sense. However, someone chucks in heaps of bread in there so that it is filled with greedy dirty pigeons! Now, is the person who does this a pigeon lover, or hoping to see them electrified?!? Weird...

Also this morning, my foot went to sleep on the train, and because it was crowded (as usual) I couldn't really stretch my leg out to get it to wake up. By the time we got to the station, my foot had gone past being asleep and was in a coma! I couldn't feel my foot at all and I was having trouble walking! I had to slowly limp off the train until the blood started flowing again. I always suspected the morning commute was potentially dangerous to your health!