it's the little things

Of course, there are big, big things that make me happy.  But these are among the surprising things that have brought me happiness too:

So glad I don't have to look at Real Clear Politics again for at least another eighteen months. Lies the GOP tacitly endured to attempt to maintain power are coming out already. Obama has more backbone than Bush; it's obvious; it's driving people crazy. Did I see Connie Rice actually smile today? Black pride for the moment is my pride too.  I can't get enough of it.  And I'm a fifty-one-year-old white guy born of Canadian parents....