Journal of a Sabbatical

July 17, 1999

and the heat goes on

Today's Starting Pitcher: Mark Portugal

Days to Konishiki live and in person: 7

Days to Budapest: 14

Today's Reading: Before the Dawn by Shimazaki Toson

Pages left: 123

Synonyms for hot (according to Roget's Thesaurus): zestful, lustful, in heat, feverish, fervent, zealous, passionate, hot-tempered, angry, near, fugitive, stolen, distinguished, lascivious, fiery, syncopated, speculative, brand-new, on the right scent, excellent, torrid, heated, charged, radioactive

Synonyms for heat (according to Roget's Thesaurus): sexual desire, fever, passion, zeal, fever of excitement, anger, race, hotness, cook, excite, incite, raise the temperature, fuel

Synonyms for heat wave (according to Roget's Thesaurus): weather, hot weather

Couldn't sleep last night, read Before the Dawn, only 123 pages to go. My goal now is to finish it before the Black Ships festival.

Drank coffee at Starbucks. Picked up Nancy at the bus station. Ate dinner at New Mother India. Saw Tarzan. Tarzan good.