We Can't Have Nice Things

Okay, no, I'm not aiming to be the guy who posts a picture on his blog every day; Winnipeg already has that position filled, and by somebody far better at it than I'd ever be. (I really wish that some of these pictures were bigger, mind you, since a lot of these would make for awesome desktop wallpaper.) But you'll humour me one more pic-of-the-day, I hope, because I noticed these three banners lining the front of the MTS Centre a day or two ago and I found myself sort of chuckling and shaking my head despite myself.



They probably have to get these things made up months in advance, of course, but still -- that's some strange serendipity to see these put up together. The banner on the right prominently features a major-league hockey team that took off running out of Winnipeg more than a decade ago, and the banner on the left prominently features a goalie that our present-day minor-league farm team doesn't even have any more. Whoops!

Well, at least we still have our football team to cheer for. They're only two wins away from being at five-hundred! That's something, right? It's... it's important to set realistic goals for ourselves?