Defending the defenders

Sahil Rizwan

August 25, 2011

Sahil Rizwan is a comic-strip writer who's always between unemployments. He blogs at The Vigil Idiot

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Posted by AndyZaltzmannsHair on (August 25, 2011, 12:35 GMT)

ShastriBot strikes again. Ravi.... WHADDALEGEND!!!

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