Things On My Mind

In no particular order:

• Booking another job.

• Larry Brown coaching the Bobcats.

• Mike D'Antoni coaching the Knicks (and how he'll get rid of Marbury).

• Moonlight and Magnolias in Florida vs Moonlight and Magnolias in Vermont, and if I should pursue Moonlight and Magnolias in Tennessee.

• The "when Obama wins" meme.

• Camelot at the NY Philharmonic . Gabriel Byrne, sure...but Fran Drescher?

• Watched Gone Baby Gone the other night. I've read Dennis Lehane's Patrick Kenzie/Angie Gennaro series (of which GBG is the last) and appreciated them. The character development over the course of 6 books is extraordinary, and the translation to film works very well. Casey Affleck makes a convincing Kenzie, and although she's under used, Michelle Monaghan is an ideal Angie. I've spent a fair amount of time in Boston over the past few years (I rented rooms in Dorchester, which is dicey around the main drag, Dorchester Ave. and Fields Corner), and I recognized many of the Dorchester locations used in the film.

• I don't care for sweet pickles at all.