Yay Gorey!
Edward Gorey has a store, including the Gashleycrumb Tinies poster — the first Gorey artwork I ever saw. “A is for Anabelle who fell down a well…”
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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-01
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Pain in the butt continues
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