Tomorrow is the 4th of July but it sure doesn’t feel like it. Usually by now a dozen people would have asked me what up for the 4th? But so far, only 3 people have inquired. Normally by now I would hear the staccato pattern of automatic gunfire in the air signaling the 4th is near. But so far I have not heard one report.

What’s going on? Is it the high price of gas that’s got everyone depressed? Or is it the 6,000 foreclosures a month in Georgia alone that’s killing the mood?

I know what Wesley Snipes’ attorney is doing for the 4th. Dan Meachum and his wife (an Atlanta doctor who delivers celebrity babies) are renting out the elegant Versace mansion in Miami to throw a star-studded bash. I know this because half of Atlanta is emptying out to attend the party.

As you know, the Versace mansion is not cheap to rent even for one night. Why would anyone who’s not a celebrity spend that kind of loot on a party for himself? I notice that celebrity attorneys — that is to say, attorneys who have celebrities as clients — tend to do this a lot. They tend to be the type who crave the spotlight for themselves. Take Bobby Brown’s Atlanta attorneys for instance: all of them are attention whores no strangers to the party circuit.

So what are you doing to celebrate the 4th this year? Or are you like me and didn’t realize the 4th of July was tomorrow?