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Thursday Trending Topics: You Haven't Seen The Last Of Rob Granito

Published Fri, 20 May 2011 00:16:28 -0500

Last updated Mon, 07 Mar 2016 07:00:41 -0600

The only thing better than Rich Johnston interviewing Rob Granito would have to be Rich Johnston interviewing Rob Granito on youtube. Perhaps some other time. It's funny, I've seen long threads in at least 3 major forums over the past couple years questioning the identity of one of the characters in the image on the shirt Rob is wearing here. It's become quite a mystery in recent years, it seems. That's Wyatt Wingfoot in the bottom row, 3rd from the left, in case you were wondering.

In the meantime, this is once again that night of the week during which I have to cut this short due to my moonlighting commitment with another site. But I will leave you with this: The curious case of the blank black rectangle was once again the most-clicked pic of the day. What in the world could it mean?

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