We lucked out today with the weather; a stalled front is sitting just to our south and, at least for now, it looks like it won't rain this afternoon. One computer model brought heavy rain into the area last night. This obviously didn't pan out, but the forecast for the next 36 hours is low confidence. These stalled fronts, and the waves along them, can be very moody. Even if you don't bring the umbrella, at least leave it out for easy access.

Larry Brown's arrival is very exciting, even though I agreed with William Rhoden that giving Herb Williams a chance wouldn't be such a bad thing. Of course, now that Brown is here, the buzz is overwhelming and it's hard to imagine any alternative. There's something Knicks fans haven't felt in the summer since Pat Riley's arrival: anticipation. Maybe that is worth something.

Yesterday, workwise, was a "summer Friday" because, well, I said so. Work has been pleasantly steady over the last month after a non-stop hectic March through June. After having been through this for at least two years, I know it will get busy again in September, so the downtime is nice. I was contacted by yet another person about helping to write a book, this one related to technology law. Hmmm. This puts three in the queue and nothing doing yet, and while I love the small business consulting, I wouldn't be surprised if one of these (or another proposal) were a nice diversion sometime in the next year or two. Summer is a great time to kick around ideas like that, and if one is good, it will stick past Labor Day.