a few Japan-related things

We're in the final day over at help_japan , and bidding on my short story offer is up to $100. If you want a story written to your prompt from Japanese history or folklore, now is your chance.

Also, my friend unforth is doing a 1000 Cranes Project over on her craft blog. There's a link there for one of the cranes being auctioned on help_japan , but with 999 cranes to go after that, there's plenty of room for all.

And finally, this is kind of an awesome story about heroism during the tsunami. The post is written in a tongue-in-cheek manner, but with all due admiration for the courage and resourcefulness of Hideaki Akaiwa.