yes, it's early days

But he's headed in the right direction.

Obama orders Guantanamo's closure within a year

and many other Bush policies have been frozen or reversed almost immediately, including a halt to torture, an end to 'black' prisons, a change in ethics and lobbying rules, and a limit on White House salaries.

two, make that three, cheers!

1. Large package from Scottish Gourment arrived, with all contents intact and as ordered. Our Burns feast needs but one or two more ingredients, and the "Great Chieftain o' the Puddin' Race" is already nobly holding court in my fridge.

2. The table, she is gone! My Craigslist correspondent arrived and collected the table and chairs for which he had (honest man) already paid last night. Now to go delete the listing (and assemble the new, smaller, lower table for the morning room).

And every list of cheers need a third, so (casts about)

3. It's Thursday night, I have no pressing tasks, a slice of German beer cheese, some wheat crackers, and the second season of How I Met Your Mother to enjoy!

Hip, hip, huzzah!