Floating Brush palletes

[saw31]

One feature we need is a floating brush palette, that includes current brushes used and top favorites (default). 5 brushes of current, 5 brushes of default/favorite below it on a floating palette for easy access. Plus it's about time you add more drawing tools, not just the ruler! Great app!

[lucykafka]

I know everyone is saying this, but if I were to ask for just one tool (now that we have Type Tool) it would be the brush palette.
I don't care if it floats or not, but if it worked just like the "recent colors" or whatever, I would be happy.  Favorites is obviously not good enough, it is not document specific (and we wouldn't want that either). 
I spent so much time looking for brushes I used in a doc to match the look.  I keep thinking I am missing something, it really isn't there, is it?