IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET USED TO A NEW HOUSE: “Some beginnings are easier than others — for the Obama team, getting in is half the battle… Shortly after 4 p.m., the stench of smoke began filtering back to the press booths in the White House. . . . The culprit? None other than Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton who — on his third day in the White House — was still having a little trouble working the door. Trying to get into the briefing room from the outside, Burton inadvertently short circuited the electronic door opener, causing small plumes of smoke to fill into the inside of the briefing room.”

UPDATE: An amusing Far Side angle.