Blog Followups: Weird books, steampunk snails


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Those of you who visited Abebooks' weird book room have had an impact - check out this story in the Guardian.

Also, I was thrilled to see photos of the Snail Art Car, the "Golden Mean," at Burning Man this week - here's why. Glad to have contributed even a tiny bit of inspiration to what turned out to be a whimsical steampunk triumph for Kyrsten, Jon and their team.

Damn, I really want to go to Burning Man. . .

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