This is fun: My friend Catherine (a.k.a.: Princess Sugar Britches) was interviewed for part of a story about The Moth. What is The Moth? Storytelling. Simple, huh?

Here’s the audio file (sadly, requires Real Player), and if you want to know more, visit The Moth’s website.

And this is a ride at an amusement park in the Asakusa area of Tokyo. We didn’t go inside. If you look closely, though, you’ll see that there are indeed people in those houses.

It might make a good concept for California Adventure. Call it, “California’s Sky-High Housing”!

This is the girl at Tokyo DisneySea whose job was to wave at people when they went by on their horses.

You have to wonder, is she concerned about job stability? Career advancement?

Can you imagine some 23-year-old college grad doing this job in the U.S.? They’d probably be stoned, talking on the cell phone and wondering if their hourly rate will be enough to get them a new piercing.