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    <title>Being Jim Davis - Episodes Tagged with “Thoughts”</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2018 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>Being Jim Davis is the world's premiere daily Garfield chrono-cast. Our mission is to review and discuss each and every strip of the long-running syndicated comic series before eventually dying of old age. We hope you'll come along with us on this journey, and share in the laughter as we catalogue the daily adventures of everyone's favorite indolent feline through a lens of history, humor, and heuristics.
Each episode will be a thorough examination of a single strip. We'll place it in its historical context, then attempt to unravel the morals and meanings hidden under the surface. Finally, we'll consider the question of whether the strip stands the test of time. Above all, we promise to always present you with our sincere, personal, reaction to each Garfield comic strip.
Our only thought is to entertain you.
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    <itunes:subtitle>The Tagline Goes Here</itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:author>Jonathan Gibson</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>Being Jim Davis is the world's premiere daily Garfield chrono-cast. Our mission is to review and discuss each and every strip of the long-running syndicated comic series before eventually dying of old age. We hope you'll come along with us on this journey, and share in the laughter as we catalogue the daily adventures of everyone's favorite indolent feline through a lens of history, humor, and heuristics.
Each episode will be a thorough examination of a single strip. We'll place it in its historical context, then attempt to unravel the morals and meanings hidden under the surface. Finally, we'll consider the question of whether the strip stands the test of time. Above all, we promise to always present you with our sincere, personal, reaction to each Garfield comic strip.
Our only thought is to entertain you.
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    <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
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      <itunes:name>Jonathan Gibson</itunes:name>
      <itunes:email>fancypegleg@gmail.com</itunes:email>
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  <title>Episode 665 - Sunday, April 13, 1980</title>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2018 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Jonathan Gibson</author>
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  <itunes:author>Jonathan Gibson</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>&lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1980/04/13” target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1980/1980-04-13.gif" border="0" width = 300&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>17:31</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;
It’s a &lt;i&gt;Garfield&lt;/i&gt;!
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
Hosts: Christopher Winter, Jon Gibson
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1980/04/13" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Today's strip&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1980/04/13" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;&lt;img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1980/1980-04-13.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=601276" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Become a Patron!&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
Here the the social media links we probably already mentioned during the episode, rendering them completely unnecessary:
&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Our website&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Pitchdrop Network&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
 
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    <![CDATA[<p>
It’s a <i>Garfield</i>!
</p><p>
Hosts: Christopher Winter, Jon Gibson
</p><p><a href = "https://garfield.com/comic/1980/04/13">Today's strip</a>
</p><p>
<a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1980/04/13" target="_blank"><img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1980/1980-04-13.gif" border="0" style="max-width: calc(100%);"></a>
</p><p>
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=601276" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button">Become a Patron!</a>
</p><p>
Here the the social media links we probably already mentioned during the episode, rendering them completely unnecessary:
<a href=”http://www.beingjimdavis.com”>Our website</a> | <a href=”http://twitter.com/beingjimdavis”>Twitter</a> | <a href=”https://www.facebook.com/beingjimdavis”>Facebook</a> | <a href=”http://pitchdrop.net”>Pitchdrop Network</a>
</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop">Support Being Jim Davis</a></p>]]>
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  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>
It’s a <i>Garfield</i>!
</p><p>
Hosts: Christopher Winter, Jon Gibson
</p><p><a href = "https://garfield.com/comic/1980/04/13">Today's strip</a>
</p><p>
<a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1980/04/13" target="_blank"><img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1980/1980-04-13.gif" border="0" style="max-width: calc(100%);"></a>
</p><p>
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=601276" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button">Become a Patron!</a>
</p><p>
Here the the social media links we probably already mentioned during the episode, rendering them completely unnecessary:
<a href=”http://www.beingjimdavis.com”>Our website</a> | <a href=”http://twitter.com/beingjimdavis”>Twitter</a> | <a href=”https://www.facebook.com/beingjimdavis”>Facebook</a> | <a href=”http://pitchdrop.net”>Pitchdrop Network</a>
</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop">Support Being Jim Davis</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 605 - Wednesday, February 13, 1980</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Jonathan Gibson</author>
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  <itunes:author>Jonathan Gibson</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>&lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/13” target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1980/1980-02-13.gif" border="0" width = 300&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>3:59</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;
There was nothing particularly noteworthy about today's &lt;i&gt;Garfield&lt;/i&gt;, as far as we could tell.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
Hosts: Jon Gibson, Daniel Manning
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/13" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Today's strip&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/13" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;&lt;img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1980/1980-02-13.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
Check out our:
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Website&lt;/a&gt;! (It’s great)
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;! (It’s highly informative)
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;! (We definitely actively administrate this)
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
Don’t forget to &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;support us on Patreon&lt;/a&gt;!
&lt;br&gt;Or check out &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;pitchdrop.net&lt;/a&gt; for more of this and other shows.
&lt;/p&gt;
 
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    <![CDATA[<p>
There was nothing particularly noteworthy about today's <i>Garfield</i>, as far as we could tell.
</p><p>
Hosts: Jon Gibson, Daniel Manning
</p><p><a href = "https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/13">Today's strip</a>
</p><p>
<a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/13" target="_blank"><img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1980/1980-02-13.gif" border="0" style="max-width: calc(100%);"></a>
</p><p>
Check out our:
<br><a href=”http://www.beingjimdavis.com”>Website</a>! (It’s great)
<br><a href=”http://twitter.com/beingjimdavis”>Twitter</a>! (It’s highly informative)
<br><a href=”https://www.facebook.com/beingjimdavis”>Facebook</a>! (We definitely actively administrate this)
</p><p>
Don’t forget to <a href=”https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop”>support us on Patreon</a>!
<br>Or check out <a href=”http://pitchdrop.net”>pitchdrop.net</a> for more of this and other shows.
</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop">Support Being Jim Davis</a></p>]]>
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  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>
There was nothing particularly noteworthy about today's <i>Garfield</i>, as far as we could tell.
</p><p>
Hosts: Jon Gibson, Daniel Manning
</p><p><a href = "https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/13">Today's strip</a>
</p><p>
<a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/13" target="_blank"><img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1980/1980-02-13.gif" border="0" style="max-width: calc(100%);"></a>
</p><p>
Check out our:
<br><a href=”http://www.beingjimdavis.com”>Website</a>! (It’s great)
<br><a href=”http://twitter.com/beingjimdavis”>Twitter</a>! (It’s highly informative)
<br><a href=”https://www.facebook.com/beingjimdavis”>Facebook</a>! (We definitely actively administrate this)
</p><p>
Don’t forget to <a href=”https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop”>support us on Patreon</a>!
<br>Or check out <a href=”http://pitchdrop.net”>pitchdrop.net</a> for more of this and other shows.
</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop">Support Being Jim Davis</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 602 - Sunday, February 10, 1980</title>
  <link>https://www.beingjimdavis.com/602</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2018 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Jonathan Gibson</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/ecc46368-6341-4d5a-8191-844eab60dc67/df5b2f51-f42a-4e6d-b892-b2fccab8ef26.mp3" length="10791407" type="audio/mp3"/>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Jonathan Gibson</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>&lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/10” target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1980/1980-02-10.gif" border="0" width = 300&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>6:06</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/e/ecc46368-6341-4d5a-8191-844eab60dc67/cover.jpg?v=3"/>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;
It’s a &lt;i&gt;Garfield&lt;/i&gt;!
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
Hosts: Chris Taylor, Blake Smith, Mark Frazier, John Dickendasher
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/10" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Today's strip&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/10" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;&lt;img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1980/1980-02-10.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
Check out our:
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Website&lt;/a&gt;! (It’s great)
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;! (It’s highly informative)
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;! (We definitely actively administrate this)
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
Don’t forget to &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;support us on Patreon&lt;/a&gt;!
&lt;br&gt;Or check out &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;pitchdrop.net&lt;/a&gt; for more of this and other shows.
&lt;/p&gt;
 
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  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>
It’s a <i>Garfield</i>!
</p><p>
Hosts: Chris Taylor, Blake Smith, Mark Frazier, John Dickendasher
</p><p><a href = "https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/10">Today's strip</a>
</p><p>
<a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/10" target="_blank"><img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1980/1980-02-10.gif" border="0" style="max-width: calc(100%);"></a>
</p><p>
Check out our:
<br><a href=”http://www.beingjimdavis.com”>Website</a>! (It’s great)
<br><a href=”http://twitter.com/beingjimdavis”>Twitter</a>! (It’s highly informative)
<br><a href=”https://www.facebook.com/beingjimdavis”>Facebook</a>! (We definitely actively administrate this)
</p><p>
Don’t forget to <a href=”https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop”>support us on Patreon</a>!
<br>Or check out <a href=”http://pitchdrop.net”>pitchdrop.net</a> for more of this and other shows.
</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop">Support Being Jim Davis</a></p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>
It’s a <i>Garfield</i>!
</p><p>
Hosts: Chris Taylor, Blake Smith, Mark Frazier, John Dickendasher
</p><p><a href = "https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/10">Today's strip</a>
</p><p>
<a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/10" target="_blank"><img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1980/1980-02-10.gif" border="0" style="max-width: calc(100%);"></a>
</p><p>
Check out our:
<br><a href=”http://www.beingjimdavis.com”>Website</a>! (It’s great)
<br><a href=”http://twitter.com/beingjimdavis”>Twitter</a>! (It’s highly informative)
<br><a href=”https://www.facebook.com/beingjimdavis”>Facebook</a>! (We definitely actively administrate this)
</p><p>
Don’t forget to <a href=”https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop”>support us on Patreon</a>!
<br>Or check out <a href=”http://pitchdrop.net”>pitchdrop.net</a> for more of this and other shows.
</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop">Support Being Jim Davis</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 387 - Tuesday, July 10, 1979</title>
  <link>https://www.beingjimdavis.com/387</link>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2017 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Jonathan Gibson</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/ecc46368-6341-4d5a-8191-844eab60dc67/13950493-fc01-4813-a1e4-a6e1472c7a44.mp3" length="34417825" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Jonathan Gibson</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>This episode also has a summary!

&lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1979/07/10” target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1979/1979-07-10.gif" border="0" width = 300&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>20:28</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/e/ecc46368-6341-4d5a-8191-844eab60dc67/cover.jpg?v=3"/>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;In today's episode of &lt;i&gt;Being Jim Davis&lt;/i&gt;, Chris forgets to edit and upload Tuesday's episode until late Monday night. Is the result shoddy, slipshod, slapshod, slapdash, slashfic, dashboard, Mrs. Dash, Mrs. Butterworth, Butterfinger, and... Honestly, that one got away from me.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyhoo, here's &lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1979/07/10" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;today's strip&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1979/07/10" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;&lt;img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1979/1979-07-10.gif" width="640"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
</description>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>In today&#39;s episode of <i>Being Jim Davis</i>, Chris forgets to edit and upload Tuesday&#39;s episode until late Monday night. Is the result shoddy, slipshod, slapshod, slapdash, slashfic, dashboard, Mrs. Dash, Mrs. Butterworth, Butterfinger, and... Honestly, that one got away from me.</p>

<p>Anyhoo, here&#39;s <a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1979/07/10">today&#39;s strip</a>:</p>

<p><a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1979/07/10" target="_blank"><img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1979/1979-07-10.gif" border="0" width = 640></a></p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop">Support Being Jim Davis</a></p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>In today&#39;s episode of <i>Being Jim Davis</i>, Chris forgets to edit and upload Tuesday&#39;s episode until late Monday night. Is the result shoddy, slipshod, slapshod, slapdash, slashfic, dashboard, Mrs. Dash, Mrs. Butterworth, Butterfinger, and... Honestly, that one got away from me.</p>

<p>Anyhoo, here&#39;s <a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1979/07/10">today&#39;s strip</a>:</p>

<p><a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1979/07/10" target="_blank"><img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1979/1979-07-10.gif" border="0" width = 640></a></p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop">Support Being Jim Davis</a></p>]]>
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