MoJo's Riff Blog on Garfield Minus Garfield


	MoJo's Riff Blog on Garfield Minus Garfield

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3-21-2008 6:11 PM

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enbar says:

Several folks have already clipped Garfield Minus Garfield (http://snipr.com/22bo5). Here's a review of the site from Mother Jones's "Riff Blog" -- I can't tell how tongue-in-cheek it is. It's great though.

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