Happy November 17, 2009!!

Thought of the Day

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wing, and only character endures.

- Horace Greeley

Bad Joke of the Day

Teacher: Why were you late this morning?
Student: I squeezed the toothpaste too hard, and it took me half an hour to get the paste back in the tube.

Random Fact of the Day

Back in the mid to late 1980's, an IBM-compatible computer wasn't considered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator.

Sports Watches

Minnesota Twins

Countdown to 2010 Season Opener: 139 days Next Up: Mon., Apr. 5, 9:05pm at Los Angeles Angels   www.twinsbaseball.com

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Minnesota Vikings

8-1 | 1st Place Results: W - Minnesota: 27 Detroit: 10 Next Up: Sun., Nov. 22, 12:00pm vs Seattle Seahawks   www.vikings.com

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Minnesota Timberwolves

1-10 | 5th Place | 7 games behind Results: L - Minnesota: 87 Memphis: 97 Next Up: Wed., Nov. 18, 7:00pm vs Houston Rockets   www.timberwolves.com

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Minnesota Wild

7-11-2 | 16 Points | 5th Place | 11 points behind Results: L - Minnesota: 4 Carolina: 5 Next Up: Wed., Nov. 18, 7:00pm vs Phoenix Coyotes   www.wild.com

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Today's Sources:

• http://www.quoteland.com/topic.asp?CATEGORY_ID=20
• Norment, John. You've Gotta Be Joking. New York: Scholastic, 1971.
• http://www.tealdragon.net/humor/facts/facts.htm