Hello, everybody. Well, another presidential election has come and gone, and our choice for the next four years was President Barack Obama, as he has defeated Mitt Romney for a second term in what was one of the tightest and heart-stopping battles I've ever seen. And on Saturday, he has also won Florida, as all 100% of the votes there were in. The final score (in electoral votes): Obama 332, Romney 206.

It was quite a see-saw battle, with Romney having the advantage winning much of the South (including Texas), the Dakotas, and the battleground North Carolina. But after polls closed in the Northeast (including Romney's home state of Massachusetts), parts of the Midwest (Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois), and in the West (including Colorado, New Mexico, and California with its big 55 electoral votes), they were all Obama. It was all over the moment Ohio went into the President's inventory, and McCormick Place in Chicago went crazy. Okay, so it was a sharp contrast to Grant Park four years ago, but the volume of jubilation was the same.

Meanwhile in Boston, Romney had only a victory speech prepared in case of a last-minute Hail Mary by the voters, but ad-libbed his concession speech thanking wife Ann, Paul Ryan, and his supporters for a feasible 5 1/2 minutes. Shortly after that, it was Obama's turn to address the world on his second victory.

The Senate will remain under Democrat control, thanks to wins by Claire McCaskill (Missouri), Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts, defeating incumbent Scott Brown), and Chris Murphy (Connecticut, defeating former WWE CEO Linda McMahon in her second chance); Republicans will still own the House. And in Colorado, they don't call themselves the Mile High State for nothing, as marijuana use has been legalized there.

About 67 million viewers watched it all unfold across various networks, though NBC was tops on the broadcast side and CNN having the #1 cable coverage. NBC had their usual cast of characters (Brian Williams, David Gregory, Chuck Todd, Tom Brokaw), ditto for CNN (Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, John King), and CBS (which I watched mostly) was headlined by Scott Pelley -- his first election night -- and Bob Schieffer.

And then, there was ABC, which probably stood for "Absolutely Buzzed Coverage" and for good reason: Diane Sawyer appeared to have stolen Tom Brokaw's Ambien and infused it into her Jack Daniels (she is from Kentucky, after all)! I mean, she became the Lindsay Lohan/Amanda Bynes of election night, with her alleged drunkenness burning up Twitter and even mispronouncing Obama's last name as "Orama-bama" one time. It's like watching Jessica Savitch and Anna Nicole Smith at the 2004 American Music Awards reincarnated into one!

Now, Diane's Twitter bio says that she likes her drinks caffeinated. I guess she had to make two quick runs to Starbucks and then the liquor store before hitting the air. Okay, seriously...it was sleep deprivation that made her seem a little off, and ABC wasn't saying anything either. And now that he and Selena Gomez are (finally) no more, let's not hope next time, Diane pulls a Pat O'Brien by leaving X-rated voicemails to Justin Bieber behind husband Mike Nichols' back.

So in the end, it was an election that was out of the ordinary. Romney did everything he could to earn four years, but President Obama with the help of the same tactics (as well as a slew of celebrity support, fueled by Eva Longoria as one of the campaign's national co-chairs) earned four more, vowing to continue to shape America for the better even if unemployment rates are still up and down all over the board. As for Mitt Romney, he is moving forward alright...into obscurity.

We are also moving forward as well...to the holiday shopping season. And one person who's so ready is Oprah Winfrey, as her "Favorite Things" is back after a one-year hiatus with a special on OWN November 18 with military spouses having no idea they were in for the treat of their lives.

On this year's list: A Jetson E-Bike, Julep nail polish set, the new Microsoft Surface tablet (powered by the new Windows 8), the Dyson Pedestal Fan, the Bose VideoWave II (at $5,000, the Cadillac of home theater systems/HDTVs), Beats by Dr. Dre Powerbeats earphones, gourmet pigs in blankets from Brooklyn Piggies, blue velvet cakes from Carousel Cakes, a month's supply of Dark Secret chocolates, tequilas from Cara Dragones and Milago that will be the hit at a certain news anchor's holiday party, and...truffle butter, truffle sausage, truffle oils, truffle pastas, and goat cheese with -- you guessed it -- black truffle! Maybe this "60 Minutes" piece on truffles must've gave Oprah some gift ideas.

But before you start maxing out your cards in advance, we still have Ellen DeGeneres and her "12 Days of Giveaways", which will be in December. I expect to be the Microsoft Surface, the iPad Mini, and the new Nintendo Wii U to be featured.

And last but not least...George Lucas' Lucasfilm studio, the home of Star Wars and Indiana Jones, was recently acquired by The Walt Disney Company for $4.05 billion. Now in light of this news...the Angry Birds are at it again!

Yes, the Pac-Man of smartphone/tablet games has come out with a "Star Wars" edition, and if you're like me, we have had enough of the Angry Birds craze with merchandise (toys, calendars, clothing, the whole nine yards) and even the spinoff game Bad Piggies. And why is that? Unlike other popular games like Where's My Water? (also by Disney) and Infinity Blade, they're not universal apps (i.e., made for iPhone and iPad).

Another is that with the fifth generation iPhones/iPod Touches and the latest iPad out, TV-based apps like GetGlue, IntoNow, and Zeebox are becoming more popular; I'm sure they were all used a whole lot during election coverage.

There will be some time before Angry Birds-mania is fizzled out. For now though, we can still enjoy sling-shooting those birds to our hearts' content...unless if we see a knockoff called "Angry Diane Sawyers" (okay, I'll stop)! So long and stay strong.