Is the correct pronunciation "Godzilla" or "Gojira"?

Reuters International reports that radiation may be leaking into the ocean from the damaged Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.

I guess we all know what that means...

- Sid

P.S. Just for the record, I thought that the 1998 version of Godzilla was a well-designed update to the classic monster.  Which, also for the record, doesn't mean that it was a good movie, just a good monster.

Geek of the Week!

This week’s Geek of the Week* award goes to Donovan Hides, who was generous enough to offer me one of the distressed stone coasters that were being given away at The Storm Crow during his lunchtime visit on Friday. Each one of these attractive additions to the geek household comes with a different Dungeons and Dragons excerpt lacquered onto the back. Thank again, Donovan!

- Sid

*Just to be clear, I have no intention of doing this on a weekly basis, but Geek of the Month just didn’t have the same ring to it, and I'm not certain that this is big enough to warrant the prize for Geek of the Year.

At least it's blue.

Last Friday I went on the Sins of the City walking tour, sponsored by the Vancouver Police Museum*.  The tour offers a fascinating look at the early days of the city from the perspective of the police department, covering the locations and histories of innumerable riots, murders, bars, houses of ill repute, opium factories, gambling dens, smuggling warehouses, red light districts, criminal headquarters - and one church.

The tour started at the museum, which among other things had a Vancouver Police Phone Box on display.  Obviously if Doctor Who had been created in Canada, the TARDIS would have been a LOT bigger on the inside.

- Sid

* And arranged by Suki, our company Employee Engagement manager.  Thanks again, Suki!