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I smell turkey, which means Thanksgiving is around the corner and the fat guy in the red suit will be trying to shimmy down chimneys in another month. It also means I get to tell you how to spend your Christmas bonuses.

Although pickings have been slim this year in the console gaming world, there are a few new games that have caught my eye - - - sometimes both eyes.

A couple of weeks ago, I was talking on the phone with my friend Jean, who was due to turn 83 shortly. When I asked her what she would be doing on her birthday, she said, “Nothing.”

I’m sitting up straighter these days. A pinched nerve in my neck has caused some tingling and numbness in the extremities on and off. Since I never want to have neck surgery, I’ve been doing more exercises to strengthen the neck, and to relieve the pressure on the disks between the vertebrae.

A slick move by Don and the boys to get out from their contracts, but I can't imagine that the chaps in London will take this lightly. Let's hope that Sterling, Cooper, Draper and Pryce have good lawyers.

I can't believe we have to wait an entire year for new episodes. What's up with these 13-week "seasons," anyway?

If store fronts and movies are any indication, the holiday season has started, and it can’t be too soon. With an economic grinch that has stolen the joy out of many pocketbooks this year, we need a reminder of what’s really important in life.

What a nightmare episode for everyone except for Sterling Cooper's new Senior Vice President of Account Services, Ken Cosgrove. I thought Pete was going to hurl his hot cocoa into Cosgrove's face.

It's hard to feel sorry for Don, but boy did he ever look pitiful when Betty nailed him.

I’ve been on eight planes, flying cross country to somewhere, in the last three weeks, and on every plane, there were passengers coughing and sneezing up a storm. I count myself lucky that I didn’t have to sit next to any of them.

With swine flu being declared a national emergency, it’s time for people who are clearly sick to stay home and concentrate on getting well. But many people don’t.

The autumn leaves have turned color, but are still clinging to the trees in Oshkosh, Wisc., where a business trip has taken me for a few days. I’ve never been to Wisconsin, and am shivering a little as my colleagues and I walk through the campus at the university in town.

Don must not have learned to always remember to empty your pockets before washing your pants. Looks like his carelessness with his desk key is going to come back to haunt him.