Necessity is the mother...

[mbarker]

Interesting. One of the news shows recently had a short piece about a chapbook that is being circulated in Tohoku, where the earthquake and tsunami was. Basically, it's a collection of survival hints. But I think the attitude behind the collection may be even more important.

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[mbarker]

Good point about breaking out of the "what are X like" box. Since people know I'm from America, but live and teach in Japan, I get asked about it from almost everyone. Somehow people think I have a magic intuition about what "all Americans" and "all Japanese" are like? I know something about the ones I've met, who certainly cover quite a range.

I thought it was pretty neat, too. Just junk from the kitchen, but... a little work, and you've got a stove.