Minnesota Vikings News and Links, 1/17

Welcome to Thursday, ladies and gentlemen!

Since the last time we brought you an Open Thread. . .

-You like RickSpeak? YOU GOT RICKSPEAK!

-And you got RickSpeak because our esteemed General Manager sat down with the Twin Cities media yesterday to talk about some things.

-Honestly, the Minnesota Vikings can't even get coin flips to go their way.

From some other sites around the internet. . .

-If you have any artistic talent, you could see your work featured at the new Vikings' stadium.

-The team's official website has a collection of Mike Zimmer quotes from the past season.

Also, if you're not on the Twitter or missed it otherwise, DN is launching a second podcast, as Ted and Di will be recording the first episode tonight and (hopefully) posting it sometime tomorrow. So, stay tuned for that.

The rules of the Open Thread are the same as they've ever been, ladies and gentlemen. . .no politics, no religion, no feeding of the trolls, keep the bad language to a minimum (using the spoiler tags, if necessary), and keep the pictures work-safe and appropriately-sized.

And your entertainment for today.

With that, the beer light is on and the bar is open for this Thursday, ladies and gentlemen. Enjoy the rest of your day!