Do You Like Babylon 5

I was at work, feeling a bit the worse for wear after my night out in London to collect my camera, when one of the guys says to me "Do you like Babylon 5?"

Of course the answer is yes. Take a look at this lot,



You can have this lot for twenty quid. It doesn't make the workmen with the screaming angle grinders in my head go away but it did cheer me up.

I was going to tot up the running time of all the dvds and then work out how much I paid per minute but then thought that might be a bit much.

Got my camera back

I went to London on Thursday night to pick up my camera. It's amazing to be let out of the house so soon after my last debacle.

So here are my photos of the Forbidden Planet signing

The authors, Tom Lloyd, Jon Courtney Grimwood, Jaine Fenn, Joe Abercrombie, Suzanne McLeod, Alex Bell, Mark Chadbourn and David Deveraux

The authors with bunny ears. Look how much happier they seem!

Fanboy and the great Robert Rankin, with bunny ears as requested.



Fanboy and the last known picture of Joe Abercrombie before he was eaten!

Once again a big thank you for everbody who made an effort to find out who owned the camera.

Now has anyone seen my hat I think I left it in the pub on Thursday.

Old e-mails

I've just been looking through my old e-mails and found this:-

These are 30 things people actually said in court, word for word.

1.
Q: What is your date of birth?
A: July fifteenth.
Q: What year?
A: Every year.

2.
Q: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.

3.
Q: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
A: Yes.
Q: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
A: I forget.
Q: You forget. Can you give us an example of something that you've forgotten?

4.
Q: How old is your son, the one living with you.
A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
Q: How long has he lived with you?
A: Forty-five years.

5.
Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke that morning?
A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
Q: And why did that upset you?
A: My name is Susan.

6.
Q: And where was the location of the accident?
A: Approximately milepost 499.
Q: And where is milepost 499?
A: Probably between milepost 498 and 500.

7.
Q: Sir, what is your IQ?
A: Well, I can see pretty well, I think.

8.
Q: Did you blow your horn or anything?
A: After the accident?
Q: Before the accident.
A: Sure, I played for ten years. I even went to school for it.

9.
Q: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo or the occult?
A: We both do.
Q: Voodoo?
A: We do.
Q: You do?
A: Yes, voodoo.

10.
Q: Trooper, when you stopped the defendant, were your red and blue lights flashing?
A: Yes.
Q: Did the defendant say anything when she got out of her car?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: What did she say?
A: What disco am I at?

11.
Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?

12.
Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is he?

13.
Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?

14.
Q: Was it you or your younger brother who was killed in the war?

15.
Q: Did he kill you?

16.
Q: How far apart were the vehicles at the time of the collision?

17.
Q: You were there until the time you left, is that true?

18.
Q: How many times have you committed suicide?

19.
Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
A: Yes.
Q: And what were you doing at that time?

20.
Q: She had three children, right?
A: Yes.
Q: How many were boys?
A: None.
Q: Were there any girls?

21.
Q: You say the stairs went down to the basement?
A: Yes.
Q: And these stairs, did they go up also?

22.
Q: Mr. Slatery, you went on a rather elaborate honeymoon, didn't you?
A: I went to Europe, Sir.
Q: And you took your new wife?

23.
Q: How was your first marriage terminated?
A: By death.
Q: And by whose death was it terminated?

24.
Q: Can you describe the individual?
A: He was about medium height and had a beard.
Q: Was this a male, or a female?

25.
Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.

26.
Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.

27.
Q: All your responses must be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
A: Oral.

28.
Q: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
A: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
Q: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?
A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.

29.
Q: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?

30.
Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? A: No.
Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for breathing?
A: No.
Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
A: No.
Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Q: But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?
A: It is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.

Now big a nerd are you