I just came in from outside. While out there, I felt little tiny pellets strike my face that could safely be described as frozen precipitation.

Weather forecasters are predicting that by Thursday night, five to 10 centimetres (yes, you read that correctly) of snow could fall on Toronto.

Pray for us, Canada.

The Christmas lights have hatched! The Christmas lights have hatched!

Or blossomed. Or been turned on. Whatever. They're out there.

And they are unquestionably one of the best things about this season!

I saw Syriana, and boy, is my head sore. So is one of my shoulders.

Why? Because writer/director Stephen Gaghan spent two hours of my life figuratively sitting beside me, beating me over the head and poking my shoulder as he tried to make his cinematic argument. But even though his presence was figurative, he did it so vigorously, I'm in actual physical pain.

Al-Jazeera's Yousri Fouda speaks with Democracy Now! about the reported threat by Dubya to bomb al-Jazeera's headquarters in Doha, Qatar.

This BBC story wonders what the U.S. has to show for its four-year-old occupation of Afghanistan -- one that Canadian troops are involved in.

Some people earn their Geminis. Others find them lying on a patch of dead grass beside the sidewalk as they're going to work.

I am one of the latter.

It was very much an odd sight to see one of the most coveted symbols of achievement in Canadian television abandoned like that, the late fall sun glinting off it. Just a few days earlier, a new raft of Geminis had been handed out.

Without mentioning names, this particular Gemini went to a director for his work on an edgy late 1990s comedy show (I know what the guy looks like, and the next time our paths cross, I'll see if he wants it back).

Update: We met.

However, the incident did have me thinking how my humble little dwelling is low on overt symbols of professional achievement.

Since earning them is pretty much out of the question, I thought, why not beg for them?

So if anyone reading this has more awards than they have wall or cabinet space to display them and are looking to unload a few, e-mail me (the link is at the right).

Geminis, Pulitzers, NNAs, a Nobel ... heck, even a Buckeye Newshawk Award. No reasonably prestigious trophy, plaque, medal or tastefully framed certificate will be refused.

Other types of tangible accolades suitable for public display will also be considered.

Thanks in advance for your co-operation in this matter.