Way Back Machine 1999

Weiss Family Chronology 1ST HALF 1999

Address:  8211 Postoak Rd.

Potomac, Maryland 20854

PHONE:    301 294 7479 (H)

202 366 5010 (M @ OFFICE)

E MAIL AT M'S OFFICE              MARTIN.WEISS@FHWA.DOT.GOV

THINGS THAT ARE NOT AS BAD AS THEY SOUND.

G - DAD, DAD! WE'RE OUT OF SURGE.

JAN       01  WISC BEATS UCLA IN ROSE BOWL (JUST AS IN 94).

JAN       02  COLDEST DAY SINCE JAN 96 WITH MIDDAY TEMPS IN THE LOW 20sF. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEGAN ABOUT 10PM, NEW MAYOR OF DC (WILLIAMS) PROMISES TO IMPROVE STREET MAINTENANCE DURING SWEARING IN CEREMONY (ALSO AT 10PM). LATER THAT NIGHT, THE TEMPERATURE RISES AND THE ICE MELTS. BY JAN 3, TEMPS IN S. MD WERE 60°F.

JAN       05   COLD CONTINUES. COLDEST TEMP EVER RECORDED IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS -36°F AT CONGERVILLE (120 MI SW OF CHICAGO).

JAN       06   MINIMUM NEAR 0°F AT DULLES. POTOMAC RIVER FROZEN AS FAR DOWNSTREAM AS 14TH STREET BRIDGE.

JAN       14   COLD AND SNOW IN TORONTO, CANADA SHUTS DOWN RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM - FIRST TIME EVER.

JAN       15   COLDEST TEMP EVER RECORDED IN MAINE OR ANYWHERE IN NEW ENGLAND -55°F AT ALLAGASH. OVER TWO FEET OF SNOW ON THE GROUND FROM MILWAUKEE WI TO DETROIT MI TO BUFFALO AND SYRACUSE NY. ICE STORM BEGINS IN DC AREA. 

JAN       15   M AT BB GAME (DAYTON AT GEORGE WASHINGTON). GW WINS AS POINT GUARD MAKES SEVEN 3 PT BASKETS.

JAN       16   ELECTRICITY OUT 1 am. AT 1 pm ANN MAKES RESERVATIONS AT BETHESDA MOTEL. B,G & A ARRIVE ABOUT 4PM. M DELAYED BY P.M. FAILURE OF WEST END OF THE RED LINE. UPON ARRIVING HOME, NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO STRUCTURE OR PIPES, HOWEVER, POWER SUPPLY/ADAPTER INTERNAL TO THE OLD 386 COMPUTER FAILED (IT TOOK TWO TRIPS TO THE REPAIR SHOP TO FIX AND WE WERE WORRIED WE HAD LOST ARCHIVED MATERIAL - GUESS IT IS TIME TO IMPLEMENT A MODERN BACK UP SYSTEM).

JAN       18   M BRINGS B TO SCHOOL FOR HER TO MOVE HER STUFF TO NEW DORM. HOWEVER, DORM CLOSED. THIS TASK THEREFORE IS REPEATED ON JAN 25 (TOOK 4 HOURS).

JAN       22   RECEIVED LETTER FROM ATTORNEY APPOINTING ME TO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND GIVING ME LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SETTLING THE ESTATE OF DAVID GOLDSTEIN. SEVERAL DAYS EARLIER, I GOT PHONE CALL FROM MEDICAL EXAMINER INDICATING THAT CAUSE OF DEATH WOULD BE NOTED AS 'FATTY LIVER' (SEE EVENTS OF LAST QUARTER).

JAN       23   AT G'S REQUEST, RENTED 'MEN IN BLACK'. LAST WEEK WE RENTED "INDEPENDENCE DAY". M SAYS WE ARE HAVING A 'WILL SMITH FILM FESTIVAL'.

JAN  25   ANN & BETH BEGIN 3 DAY TRIP TO NYC (VIA INTERCITY BUS).

JAN       25   BAKERSFIELD, CALIF HAS 3-6" SNOW. HIGHEST TOTAL EVER; FIRST MEASUREABLE SNOWFALL SINCE 74 AND ONLY 3RD MEASUREABLE SNOWFALL SINCE 1925.

JAN       31   JAN ENDS WITH OVER TWICE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. ALL WATER RESTRICTIONS ENDED.

FEB       02   KEY INCIDENT. M, AT HARDWARE STORE (AFTER BOOKSTORE ERRAND AFTER WORK) TO GET LIGHT BULB FOR COMPUTER LAMP, LOSES CAR IGNITION KEY IN PARKING LOT. MIKE POSTOL BRINGS KEY TO H-WARE STORE. M HOME AT 8PM.

FEB       02   FIRST SNOWFALL IN 20 YEARS IN TANGIERS, ALGERIA. UP TO 4" IN CITY, MUCH MORE IN MOUNTAINS OUTSIDE CITY.

FEB       04   TRAFFIC BACKUP (3 MI) ON I-70 IN HOWARD COUNTY CAUSED BY WALLOBYE (TYPE OF KANGAROO) WHO ESCAPED FROM A FARM (OWNERS HAD ONE OTHER WALLOBYE) NEAR THE HIGHWAY.

FEB       04   MIKE TYSON SENTENCED TO 1 YEAR IN MONTGOMERY CO (OUR COUNTY) JAIL FOR ASSAULTING MOTORISTS SUBSEQUENT TO A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT SEPT 1 ON ROCKVILLE PK. IF TYSON GOES TO JAIL, HE WILL BE UNABLE TO SEE THE PAROLE BOARD IN INDIANA, WHICH WILL VIOLATE A CONDITION OF PAROLE.

FEB       05   MIKE TYSON REPORTS TO JAIL. THIS JAIL HAS HELD SOME OTHER FAMOUS PEOPLE: CHARLES COLSON, JEB McGRUDER, JOHN DEAN, JAMES McCORD (WATERGATE); JOHN WALKER (SPY FOR RUSSIA); JOHNATHON POLLARD (SPY FOR ISRAEL) AND CURRENTLY HOLDS RUTH ANN ARON (DEVELOPER, SENATE CANDIDATE AND ATTEMPTER TO PROCURE A CONTRACT MURDER)

FEB       10   MIKE TYSON'S ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES THAT RATHER THAN APPEAL, HE MAY ASK COURT TO REDUCE SENTENCE TO ONE THAT WILL ALLOW TRIPS BETWEEN THE COUNTY JAIL AND THE INDIANA PRISON WHERE THE PAROLE BOARD MEETS.

FEB       11   THIRTY TWO OSTRICHES ESCAPE FROM FAIRFAX, VA. FARM IN PANIC AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY NEIGHBORHOOD DOGS. SOME OF THE OSTRICHES ARE OVER 6' TALL AND WEIGH 200 LBS.

FEB       12   OSTRICHES STILL BEING HUNTED DOWN - SOME OF THE BIRDS HAVE TRAVELED OVER 3 MILES FROM THE ESCAPE SITE.

FEB  11-14 G IN HAGERSTOWN, MD AT NCSY EVENT.

FEB  13-14 BETH HOME TO GET CLOTHES AND DO LAUNDRY.

FEB       18   BIG SNOWSTORM PREDICTED FOR SEVERAL DAYS DOESN'T HAPPEN.

FEB  20-21 BETH HOME TO WATCH RENTED VIDEO WITH CHERYL DIAMOND.

FEB       20   M AND G GO TO PISTOL RANGE AND FIRE 75 BULLETS EACH (.38). GET GETS ABOUT 1/2 IN TARGET. G GETS ABOUT 1/4 IN TARGET. MAYBE A DIFFERENT CALIBER NEXT TIME.

FEB       22   G TELLS STORY ABOUT 5 SENIORS WHO, HAVING BEEN ACCEPTED INTO COLLEGE, DECONSTRUCT AND DAMAGE SOME SCHOOL PROPERTY INTENTIONALLY.  AFTER NOTING HOW SEVERAL OF THE 'USUAL' PUNISHMENTS WOULD NOT 'WORK' OR BE APPROPRIATE, M SAYS, "SUPPOSE THEY WERE FORCED, FOR 5 DAYS, TO HERE MY SPEECH ON WHY A 'CODE OF CONDUCT' WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA". G SAYS, "THAT'S WAY TOO HARSH, DAD. THEY DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY."

FEB       23   MIKE TYSON, BEING HELD IN MONTGOMERY CO. JAIL (WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE FROM OUR HOUSE) RIPS TV OFF WALL AND THROWS IT AT GUARDS. TYSON'S ATTORNEY ATTRIBUTES IT TO BEING OFF ANTIDEPRESSANT (Zoloft) FOR TWO DAYS WHILE COUNTY PSYCHIATRIC CONTRACTOR CONSULTED WITH TYSON'S PRIVATE PSYCHIATRIST (CHAIR OF PSYCHIATRY AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL).

MAR       02   G HAS CLASSMATE OVER TO WORK ON ILLUSTRATED MATH POSTER (REALLY.) THEY USED GEOMETRIC FIGURES TO MAKE A CAT.

MAR       02   DETROIT 108 - CHICAGO 78 FOR BULLS BIGGEST LOSS EVER IN THE UNITED AREA (IN CHICAGO). THIS BREAKS AN 18 POINT LOSS THE PREVIOUS WEEK (AGAINST PHILADELPHI). BEFORE THIS YEAR THE HIGHEST LOSS EVER WAS BY 14 POINTS TO CLEVELAND IN 1995 (WHEN JORDEN WAS DOING BASEBALL).

MAR       09   SNOWSTORM (10") BIGGEST SINCE 96. SCHOOL OUT EARLY AND THEN SCHOOL CANCELLED ON 3/10.

MAR       10   THE SNOW WAS POWDERY AND THE ROAD CREWS CLEANED STREETS QUICKLY. THE AIRPORT WAS OPEN AND I GOT TO NATIONAL AT 545 AM FOR A FLIGHT. HOWEVER, THE PLANES HADN'T ARRIVED. I THEN MADE RESERVATIONS FOR A PM FLIGHT OUT OF BWI. I WENT TO WORK FOR A WHILE, THEN TO BWI, THEN WAITED WHILE THE FLIGHTS WERE POSTPONED 5 TIMES. THEN I CANCELLED THE TRIP.

MAR       11   U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JOHN KENNEDY JR. VISITS MIKE TYSON AT MONTGOMERY COUNTY JAIL AND SAYS THE SENTENCE SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED.

MAR       12   U OF WISC. LOSES TO SW MISSOURI ST 43-32 IN 1ST ROUND OF NCAA DIV I MEN'S TOURNAMENT. MORE INTERESTINGLY, WISC SCORES ONLY 12 IN FIRST HALF (VS 21 FOR SW MO), LOWEST TOURNAMENT SCORES SINCE BEFORE THE KOREAN WAR (AND THE SHOT CLOCK).  U OF WISC WAS 12-47 FROM THE FLOOR AND 2-16 FROM 3 PT RANGE.

MAR       12   FORMER MOUSEKETEER DARLENE (THEN DARLENE GILLESPIE, NOW DARLENE FRACHILLA) FOUND GUILTY OF A DOZEN COUNTS OF CONSPIRACY, MAIL FRAUD, SECURITIES FRAUD, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND PERJURY - SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS OF SUPERVISED RELEASE- SHE WILL APPEAL.

MAR       17   NEARLY 80°F AND STILL SUBSTANTIAL SNOW ON THE GROUND FROM MAR 10 AND MAR 14 STORMS - ENOUGH FOR G TO HIT ME WITH SEVERAL SNOWBALLS

MAR       17   NFL OWNERS VOTE 28-3 TO REINSTALL VIDEOTAPE REPLAY APPEAL RULE FOR THE 1999 SEASON (THIS RULE WAS IN EFFECT FROM 86-91). CINCINNATI, ARIZONA AND NY (JETS) VOTED AGAINST.

MAR       24   BOMBING OF SERBIA BY NATO FORCE (MOSTLY U.S.) BEGINS.

MAR  29   DOW JONES 30 FINISHES AT ABOVE 10,000.

MAR       30   JUDGE DENIES APPEAL OF 12 MONTH SENTENCE FOR MIKE TYSON, DESPITE TESTIMONY BY JOHN KENNEDY, JR., (SEE MAR 11), JESSE JACKSON, AND OTHERS WHO WANTED IT REDUCED TO 8 MOs.

MAR       31   ONE OF THE TIDAL BASIN CHERRY TREES IS DOWNED BY A BEAVER. THIS APPARENTLY IS A FIRST AND IN FACT NO HUMAN VANDAL HAD EVER CUT DOWN ONE OF THESE TREES.

APR       01   MARK McGWIRE TAKING BATTING PRACTICE 2 HRs BEFORE PLAYING IN EXHIBITION GAME AT RFK STADIUM, ALMOST HITS 2 BALLS OUT OF THE STADIUM NEAR THE FOUL LINE IN LEFT FIELD.

APR       02   BEAVER CUTS DOWN TWO MORE TIDAL BASIN TREES. PARK SERVICE PLANS TO DRUG OR TRAP AND REMOVE BEAVER BUT CHANGES MIND WHEN WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST SAYS BEAVER HAS LEFT TIDAL BASIN.

APR       05   BEAVER CUTS DOWN THREE MORE TREES. PARK SERVICE TO HOLD EMERGENCY HEARING.

APR       05   SNOWSTORM HITS CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER. A NUMBER OF BORDER CROSSERS (PEOPLE) DIE.

APR       07   ONE OF WORST BLIZZARDS EVER (30" AND HIGH WINDS) HITS NEWFOUNDLAND'S CAPITAL, ST JOHN.

APR       07   FIRST MUTINY ON A METRORAIL CAR. METRORAIL CAR DRIVER ORDERS PASSENGERS OUT OF CAR BECAUSE OF DOOR MALFUNCTION. PASSENGERS REFUSE TO LEAVE CAR FOR 25 MINUTES.

APR       07   THREE MORE TREES DOWN AT JEFFERSON MEMORIAL (TOTAL LOSS SO FAR IS 5 CEDERS AND 4 CHERRY TREES). A SECOND BEAVER SPOTTED. PARK SERVICE HIRES TRAPPING CONTRACTOR. RANDOM SURVEY FINDS HIGH PRO-BEAVER SENTIMENT.

APR       10   ONE FEMALE BEAVER TRAPPED. HOWEVER, A THIRD BEAVER IS SPOTTED.

APR       11   SECOND BEAVER (SEX NOT REVEALED TO MEDIA) IS CAUGHT.

APR       11   COLORADO-LA GAME IN RAINED OUT. FIRST RAIN OUT AT DODGER STADIUM SINCE APR 21 1988 (856 STRAIGHT HOME GAMES W/O RAINOUT). LA HAD STREAKS OF 737 AND 724 SINCE THE 50s.

APR       11-16 PROBLEMS MOUNT ON METRORAIL. NUMEROUS DELAYS. METRORAIL      BLAMES THE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SEEING THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS/BEAVER.  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR REMARK ON HOW METRORAIL COULD BE 'SURPRIZED' AT TOURISTS SEEING THE BLOSSOMS SINCE THIS HAS OCCURRED EVERY YEAR SINCE METRORAIL OPENED. METRORAIL SETS UP SPECIAL TRAINING UNITS FOR BRAKEMEN.

APR       20   LITTLETON, COLORADO SCHOOL SHOT UP BY TWO STUDENTS. 15 KILLED, NUMEROUS LARGE HOMEMADE BOMBS DISCOVERED.

APR       22-23 MAJOR SNOWSTORM IN ROCKIES. PARTS OF WYOMING RECEIVED        MORE THAN 50" INCHES OF SNOW. MEMORIALS TO STUDENT FATALITIES COVERED WITH SNOW.

APR       23   GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN DOWNTOWN CLOSED FOR SECURITY MEASURES ASSOCIATED WITH 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF NATO.

APR       23   IN 3RD INNNING AT DODGER STADIUM, FERNANDO TATIS, ST LOUIS CAREER WEAK HITTER (BATTING .250 GOING INTO THE GAME), GETS 2 GRAND SLAM HRs IN SAME INNING AGAINST SAME PITCHER (CHAN HO PARK).  THIS SETS NUMEROUS RECORDS (MOST GS HRs IN AN INNING BY A PLAYER, MOST RBIs IN INNING BY A PLAYER, MOST GS HRs GIVEN UP IN AN INNING TO ONE HITTER, ETC.). BY END OF GAME, TATIS LEADS NL IN HRs.

APR       24   M DISCOVERS 3-LEAF VINE AT SEVERAL POINTS IN THE YARD. COULD BE POISEN IVY.

APR       28   MIKE PIAZZA (NY METS) HITS 2 RUN HR IN 9TH TO BEAT PADRES. NO BIG DEAL EXCEPT THE PADRES HAD WON 191 CONSECUTIVE GAMES WHEN THEY WERE LEADING AFTER 8 INNINGS (DATING FROM JULY 24, 1996).

MAY       1-2 B HOME FOR A FEW HOURS (SAT NIGHT TO SUN PM) MOSTLY TO DO HOMEWORK AND QUIET STUDY & FOR ANN TO TRANSCRIBE AN INTERVIEW (2ND TIME FOR LATTER).

MAY       05   COLORADO SCORES AT LEAST ONE RUN IN ALL 9 INNING AT WRIGLEY FIELD VS CUBS. FIRST TEAM IN 35 YEARS TO DO SO (THEY ALSO DID IT VS CUBS IN WRIGLEY).

MAY       09   MARSHALL McDOUGALL (FLORIDA STATE) BREAKS NUMEROUS RECORDS IN GAME VS. MARYLAND (AT MD). HITTING 6 HRs IN A GAME (4 IN EACH OF THE LAST 4 INNINGS) AND GETTING 16 RBIs. HE ALSO HAD ONE NON-HR HIT TO GO 7-7.

MAY       10   M MAKES COFFEE IN PERSONAL MACHINE - FIRST TIME IN 26 YEARS OF GOVT SERVICE. PURCHASED SOME COFFEE FROM OLD COFFEE MESS (WHICH WAS CLOSED BY BUILDING AUTHORITIES TWO WEEKS EARLIER).

MAY       18   CORPORATE MURDER JUST UP THE STREET FROM US IN ROCKVILLE (AT THE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CENTER). A 74 YR OLD MAN, APPARENTLY TROUBLED BY ADVERSE BUSINESS AND PERSONAL DEALINGS, SHOT AND KILLED CEO OF A STARTUP BIOTECH COMPANY (A 65 YR OLD) AT A BUSINESS MEETING. SHOWS THAT CHILDREN NEED TO SPEAK TO THEIR PARENTS (AND GRANDPARENTS) ABOUT GUN SAFETY.

MAY       20   MIKE TYSON TO BE PAROLED FROM PRISON BUT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED OUT OF THE COUNTY WITHOUT PERMISSION (HE HAS A HOME IN BETHESDA).

MAY       20   ROBIN VENTURA (NY METS) BOCOMES 1ST TO HIT GRAND SLAMS IN BOTH ENDS OF A DOUBLE HEADER (VS MILW; 1ST INNING OF GM 1 OFF JIM ABBOTT; 4TH INNING OF 2ND GAME OFF HORACIO ESTRADA). ALSO 1ST TO HAVE TWO TWIN G SLAMS DAYS (ON 9/4/95 VENTURA VS TEX WHEN HE PLAYED FOR CHI WHITE SOX)

MAY           19-23     BETH HAS 3 FRIENDS OVER (FROM TN, NJ AND BALT). ONE MORE VISITS (GOES TO BOSTON U) ON 22ND (FORMER VEGETARIAN WHO NOW EATS MEAT).

MAY       22   FIRST GOOD RAIN STORM IN A MONTH. M PUTS NEW POULTRY WIRE AROUND TOMATO PLANTS, TRIES TO PROPOGATE GRAPE HYACINTHS.

MAY       24   MIKE TYSON PAROLED. HE WILL HAVE TO REPORT FOR DRUG TESTING TWICE A WEEK IN SILVER SPRING. PAROLE ENDS FEB 2.

MAY       24-28 A&M ON CRUISE. MAY 24 IN MIAMI, 25 NASSAU, 26 COCOCAY        (BAHMAMS) 27 KEY WEST 28 MIAMI. A'S FAVORITE STUFF WAS HEMINGWAY'S HOUSE IN KEY WEST. M LIKED SWIMMING WITH STING RAYS IN COCOCAY. SHIP HELD 2500 PASSENGERS. THERE WERE 14 DECKS (10 WITH SLEEPING QUARTERS). ONLY BAD PART WAS DURING DISEMBARKMENT, GETTING BAGS TO MIAMI AIRPORT. B&G TOOK GOOD CARE OF HOUSE, ETC.

MAY       25   BUFFY t v SLAYER FINAL EPISODE POSTPONED. M COULDN'T HAVE SEEN IT BECAUSE SHIP DIDN'T HAVE RECEPTION IN BAHAMA AND WARNER BROs DIDN'T WANT TO UPSET HIM.

MAY       31   ANN POINTS OUT PROBLEM IN TOYOTA THAT MAKES 'BEEPS' (A LEVER WAS UP & ME AND BETH WERE STUMPED EARLIER THAT DAY) - DESIRES CREDIT FOR 'FIXING THE CAR BY MYSELF'.

JUNE      01   BETH GETS PARKING STICKER FROM U OF MD - TO SAVE $20 OR SO IN PARKING NEAR HER CLASS.

JUNE      04   BETH GETS $40 PARKING TICKET FOR FAILURE TO DISPLAY THE STICKER.

JUNE      06   DURING LUNCH, ANN ASKES G, "SO ARE YOU GOING TO MAINTAIN YOUR 'A' IN ENGLISH?" G ANSWERS, "I REFUSE TO ANSWER ON THE GROUNDS THAT IT MIGHT INCRIMINATE ME".

JUNE      06   20 GAME WIN STREAK BY ROGER CLEMENS BROKEN AS IS 55 GAME ON BASE STREAK BY DEREK JETER (SAME TEAM NY YANKEES).

JUNE      07   BETH LOSES KEYS. M HAS TO DRIVE TO COLLEGE PARK TO GIVE HER SPARE SET (KEY WAS IN BACKPACK AND BACKPARK WAS LOCKED IN CAR - SHE FOUND THEM ON 6/8).

JUNE      09-12 G AT UPPER GRADE (OF H.A.) RETREAT IN PA. TO PREVENT         PEOPLE FROM TIPPING HIM OVER IN A CANOE, G JUMPED OUT OF THE CANOE. HIS GLASSES ARE NOW AT BOTTOM OF A PA LAKE.

JUNE      13   BALT 22 ATL 1 IN ATLANTA. ORIOLES HAD 25 HITS. GREG MUSSINA HAD FIRST EXTRA BASE HIT BY AN ORIOLE PITCHER SINCE 1972. CAL RIPKIN BECAME FIRST ORIOLE EVER TO HAVE 6 HITS IN A GAME (2 HRs)

JUN  14   BETH, GEORGE AND ANN AT OPTICIAN. COST = $1300.

JUN       28   M&G GET NEW COMPUTER MONITOR (TO USE ON OLD 386). SURPRIZE, IT WORKS (ALSO COSTS $200).

JUN       28  B FAINTS AT SCHOOL. SHE WAS ON FIELD TRIP IN HOT WEATHER, WAS DEHYDRATED AND, (AT 2PM) HADN'T HAD A GOOD MEAL. THE PROFESSOR SAID, 'OH MY SHE'S FAINTED, GET HER SOME WATER'. SINCE IT WAS A GEOLOGIST, I'M GLAD THE PROF DIDN'T SAY, 'OH MY SHE'S FAINTED, GET HER SOME ROCKS".

JUN       29   G HAS LAWN MOWING JOB. I LET HIM USE THE ELECTRIC MOWER AND, SURPRIZE, HE DID FINE - DIDN'T CUT THE CORD OR MOW DOWN A FLOWER BED.

JUN       29   SPEAKING OF LAWNMOWING, M DECIDES TO LET GRASS IN OUR YARD GO TO 4" BECAUSE OF IMPENDING HEAT SPELL.

Weiss Family Chronology 2ND HALF 1999

Address:  8211 Postoak Rd.;  Potomac, Maryland 20854

PHONE: 301 294 7479 (H); 202 366 5010 (M @ OFFICE)

E MAIL AT M'S OFFICE  = MARTIN.WEISS@FHWA.DOT.GOV

THINGS NOT AS BAD AS THEY SOUND. G - DAD! WE'RE OUT OF SURGE!

JUL  02       M WRITES TO COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPT ABOUT A GULLY DEVELOPING NEAR OUR HOUSE. BY JULY 17, IT WAS FIXED.

JUL  03        BETH HAS A DERMATOLOGICAL BREAKOUT (MAYBE BECAUSE OF STRAWBERRIES). ON JULY 05 SHE CALLS A DOCTOR (WHOM SHE IS TO BABYSIT FOR ON JULY 06) TO GET A PRESCRIPTION.

JUL  04        M,B, & A (AND BEN GOLDSTEIN) LEAVE FOR NEWARK INTL AIRPORT ABOUT 1000am. G AND BEN TO GO TO ISRAEL. AFTER WAITING A BIT AT AIRPORT, M&A GO TO MORRISTOWN TO VISIT PAUL, JUDY AND TEDDY DROAR. M&A THE LEFT AT 1000pm. ARRIVED HOME AT ABOUT 300am JUL 5. BETH HAD TRIPLE LOCKED ALL DOORS. M&A HAD KEYS ONLY TO DOUBLE LOCKS. M WENT TO 7-11 AND CALLED REPEATEDLY SHOUTING INTO PHONE. BETH ANSWERED EVENTUALLY AND OPENED THE 3RD LOCK.

JUL  06        WASHINGTON AIRPORT AUTHORITY APPROVES A PLAN TO BUILD A 3MI SUBWAY MONORAIL AT DULLES AIRPORT. THE 3 MI RAIL WOULD COST ABOUT $900,000,000 AND TAKE 25 YEARS TO BUILD. THAT'S ABOUT $60,000 PER FOOT AND A RATE OF ABOUT 10' PER DAY OF CONSTRUCTION.

JUL  07        M SEES 3 RACCOONS IN YARD (EARLY A.M.)

JUL  14        B & A BRING ONE OF M'S SUITS TO CLEANER. ON JUL 21 THEY PICKED IT UP. SOME OF THE STAINS HADN'T BEEN REMOVED. CLEANER SAID THEY WOULD REDO IT FOR FREE. BY JUL 28, IT WAS FULLY CLEANED.

JUL  24        M DREAMS THAT M HAD TO GO TO CALIFORNIA BECAUSE BETH WAS IN A MOVIE. THEN IT TURNED OUT SHE ONLY HAD ONE LINE. THE LINE WAS, "I'M TIRED AND I'M GOING TO SLEEP." BETH AND HER FRIENDS THOUGHT THE DREAM VERY FUNNY.

AUG  02-04     M, A AND BETH AT NAGS HEAD. WENT TO USUAL PLACES. ALSO WENT PARASAILING (M AT 1000 FEET - ROPE BROKE BEFORE BETH'S TURN) AND TO COROLLA LIGHT HOUSE (ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF NAGS HEAD). TRAFFIC NORTH OF NAGS HEAD IS AWFUL - BACKED UP ALMOST THE WHOLE WAY.

AUG  05        BETH IN AUTO ACCIDENT. NO INJURIES, NO PROPERTY DAMAGE. JUST BUMPER TO BUMPER. BETH WAS A LITTLE SCARED BECAUSE THE OTHER PEOPLE WERE POSTAL WORKERS.

AUG  06        M DREAMS HE IS A ZONING COMMISSIONER AND TURNED DOWN A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE SO A DAY CARE CENTER WOULD BE BUILT ON THE POWER COMPANY PROPERTY ON POST OAK RD.

AUG  08        M & A IN BALTIMORE. VISITED MD SCIENCE MUSEUM AND THE VISIONARY ART MUSEUM IN COMPANY WITH I AND CHERYL. FORMER HAS GIANT SCREEN. LATTER HAS ODD BALL AMERICAN ART (E.G. CHAIRS AND STATUARY MADE ENTIRELY OF MATCHES.

AUG 1-7       MARK McGWIRE HITS 500TH HR. WADE BOGGS AND TONY GWINN GET 3000TH HITS, ALL IN SAME WEEK (ACTUALLY McGWIRE AND GWINN WERE ALMOST IN SAME GAME).

AUG  13        BETH DOWNTOWN VISITING OFFICES OF AIPAC (FOR POSSIBLE INTERNSHIP NEXT SUMMER). AMONG HER ADVENTURES WAS GETTING LOCKED IN THE STAIRWELL.

AUG  15-16     BETH AT DEWEY BEACH WITH FRIENDS. AMONG HER ADVENTURES WAS GETTING SUNBURNED BADLY. ONE OF HER FRIENDS SAID SHE WAS GETTING SKINNY. SURE ENOUGH, WHEN SHE GOT BACK SHE WEIGHED HERSELF AND REPORTED TO US THAT THE 10 LBS SHE HAD GAINED LAST YEAR (9/97-6/98) HAD ALL BEEN LOST BY 9/99 (POSSIBLY LUGGING 40 LBS OF BOOKS AROUND ALL YEAR ON CAMPUS HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT BUT ITS HARD TO BELIEVE SHE ONLY WEIGHS HERSELF ONCE A YEAR).

AUG  19        PICKED A GOOD SIZE, UNBLEMISHED, UNINFECTED, RED APPLE OFF THE GROUND TODAY. BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT (I THINK), OUR FRONT YARD APPLE TREE HAS HAD LITTLE FUNGUS AND ALSO THE APPLES ARE SWEETER. THEY ACTUALLY TASTE AS GOOD AS STORE APPLES (ABOUT 90% ARE BLEMISHED, INFECTED, ETC.)

AUG  20        FIRST RAINOUT IN 2 YEARS AT CAMDEN YARDS (BALTIMORE). THIS IS ANOTHER INDICATION OF THE DROUGHT.

AUG  22        G & A OFF TO ATLANTA ON UNITED. WILL GO TO NEAR THEIR GMA'S HOUSE VIA MARTA.

AUG  22        AS OF TODAY WE HAVE 3 COMPUTER PROBLEMS: DOWNSTAIRS COMPUTER MONITOR TOGGLES FROM COLOR TO B/W AT UNPREDICTABLE TIMES (SOLUTION- REBOOT); THE UPSTAIRS PRINTER DOESN'T WORK (SOLUTION - WILL NEED DRIVER SOFTWARE WE THINK) AND THE UPSTAIRS COMPUTER IS RUNNING OUT OF MEMORY (SOLUTION - BUYING MORE MEMORY).

AUG  26        MEMORY ADDED.

AUG  29        G & A BACK FROM ATLANTA. BETH GOT TO DRIVE HER GMA'S RED CONVERTIBLE. 

AUG  30        HMM. GEORGE REPORTS A NEW PROBLEM. SOUND DOESN'T WORK. COULD BE CAUSED WHEN MEMORY WAS ADDED.

AUG  30        WHEN DRIVING G TO A DAY-BEFORE-SCHOOL PICNIC AT BERMAN HEBREW ACADEMY, WE WERE GOING PAST THE TWINBROOK METROPLAZA BUILDING A MODERN 5 STORY PEACH REFLECTIVE GLASS BUILDING. G SAYS (SERIOUSLY), "ISN'T THAT IT? (ACTUAL BUILDING IS FORMER ROBERT PEARY HIGH SCHOOL - TYPICAL RED BRICK UGLY). I TOLD THE STORY TO DENNIS BERMAN (GRANDSON OF PERSON FOR WHOM THE SCHOOL IS NOW NAMED) AND HE SAID, "WELL, THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT."

AUG  30        G HELPED MOVE BETH AND HER THINGS TO COLLEGE PARK.

AUG  31        M HELPED MOVE BETH MOVE THE REST OF HER THINGS TO COLLEGE PARK. BETH SAID, "MAYBE I SHOULD TAKE A COURSE ON FINANCE BECAUSE THE STOCK MARKET SEEMS SO MYSTERIOUS." I SAID, "BUT YOU HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE TO SOCIALIZE WITH (SOMEWHAT IN JEST)." BETH RESPONDS, "YOU'RE RIGHT, I DO."

AUG  31        HMM. GEORGE REPORTS PRINTER NOW WORKS. HOWEVER, SOUND NOT WORK, ALSO, WINDOWS DOESN'T LOAD CORRECTLY.

AUG  31        M HAS JURY DUTY. FORTUNATELY, NOT NEEDED FOR TRIAL. M ABLE TO MOW LAWN AND HELP BETH MOVE DURING THE LATER PM HOURS.

SEPT      01        FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR G AT ha AND B AT u of MD.

SEPT 02        NEW DOCTOR TAKES CHARGE OF MOM'S MEDICAL TREATMENT AT HEBREW HOME.

SEPT      02        G SICK FOR FIRST TIME (STOMACH FLU)

SEPT 06        COMPUTER TESTED AT BEST BUY. DIAGNOSIS IS CORRUPTED OPERATING SYSTEM. SEE AUG 22.

SEPT 08        M BRINGS COMPUTER IN TO BEST BUY TO HAVE CONTENTS SAVED AND NEW OPERATING SYSTEM INSTALLED. WILL TAKE 5 DAYS.

SEPT 10        B GETS RIDE HOME FOR R HASHONA. M VISITS CEMETERY - FINDS ERROR ON DAVE GOLDSTEIN'S BRONZE PLAQUE - MT. LEBANON WILL FIX FOR FREE.

SEPT 12        M TAKES BETH BACK TO u of MD. BETH FORGETS ROOM AND DORM KEYS (ON A NECK KEYHOLDER THAT SAYS, "U OF MD".

SEPT      14        B GETS RIDE BACK TO OUR HOUSE TO GET HER KEYS

SEPT 14        G SICK FOR SECOND TIME (DIZZY)

SEPT 14        BALTIMORE CITY PRIMARY; WINNER OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOMINATION (SINCE CITY IS 9-1 DEM, THIS IS ALMOST A CERTAIN NOV VICTORY ALSO), RAN ON A "ZERO TOLERANCE TO CRIME" PLATFORM. THIS PLATFORM TURNED OUT TO BE QUITE A POSITIVE ELEMENT SINCE 6 OF THE 18 CANDIDATES HAD CRIMINAL RECORDS AND ONE WAS WANTED FOR BURGLARY (SHE WAS ARRESTED AFTER THE POLICEMAN WHO HAD HER CASE SAW HER AT A CAMPAIGN FORUM - HE WAS OFF DUTY AT THE TIME - HE CALLED THE PRECINCT STATION AND THEY CUFFED HER AS SHE WAS LEAVING THE EVENT).

SEPT 18        PICK UP B FR COLLEGE PARK IN MID P.M. - SHE HAD SEATS FOR Y KIPPUR WITH US-, DROP HER BACK ON SEPT 19 LATE

SEPT 20        RESULTS OF APR REFERENDUM IN D.C. ON MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA ARE RELEASED (A LAWSUIT OVERTURNED CONGRESS'S ACTION IN PREVENTING RELEASE OF THE RESULTS). THE REFERENDUM PASSED 61%-39%, BIGGEST VICTORY FOR ANY OF THE 6 SIMILAR REFERENDA IN OTHER STATES.

SEPT 21        A COLD RAIN. EARLY P.M. TEMPERATURES IN THE 50s. DROUGHT OVER SINCE WE'VE NOW HAD ABOUT 10" OF PRECIP THIS MONTH.

SEPT 22        AFTER 4 PHONE CALLS TO BEST BUY INDICATES THAT COMPUTER IS NOT FIXED, WE GET IT BACK. SAFEMODE NO LONGER WORKS. OPERATING SYSTEM PARTIALLY INSTALLED (ONLY WORKS ON ONE PART OF HARD DRIVE), LARGER PART OF HARD DRIVE DOESN'T WORK AT ALL.

SEPT 27        CALL FROM DIANA KAY, OF BETHESDA, MD. APPARENTLY, BEST BUY PLACED OUR CONTENT BACKUP (INCLUDING MY LAST TWO TAX RETURNS) ON THEIR COMPUTER - THEY HAD BROUGHT IT TO BEST BUY AND PICKED IT UP FROM BEST BUY AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME  WE HAD DONE SO. AFTER THIS, MRS. KAY BROUGHT THE COMPUTER BACK TO BEST BUY WHO PROMISED (ON SEPT 29) TO PUT MY BACKUP ON A ZIP 250. 

SEPT 30        A HAS TOOTHACHE BAD. OCT 1 VISIT TO DENTIST CONFIRMS IT IS AN INFECTED ROOT CANAL.

OCT  01        G GETS LEARNER'S PERMIT. FIRST DRIVE WAS AROUND NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE WAY HOME.

OCT  03        ANN GETS ROOT CANAL FIXED.

OCT  03        G GETS 2ND AND 3RD DRIVE. AT NIGHT.

OCT  03        BASEBALL REG SEASON ENDS. McGWIRE HITS 65 HRs FOR StL (WHICH WON ONLY 75). McGWIRE ALSO HAD 147 RBIs, ONLY 145 Hits (1st TIME THAT HAS HAPPENED). SOSA HAD 63 HRs FOR CHI (WHICH WON ONLY 67). LARRY WALKER OF COLO. HIT .379 HIGHEST NL FULL SEASON AVERAGE SINCE 1935. CRAIG BIGGIO OF HOUST HAD 56 DBs, MOST IN MAJORS SINCE 1950, MOST IN NL SINCE 1937. MARK GRACE OF CUBS ENDED 1990s WITH 1754 HITS, MOST IN DECADE. MANNY RAMIREZ OF CLEVELAND HAD 165 RBIs MOST SINCE 1938. PEDRO MARTINEZ OF BOSTON WON ERA IN AL TWO YEARS AFTER WINNING ERA IN NL (FOR MONTREAL).

OCT  07        G GETS ANOTHER NIGHT DRIVING LESSON - NOW HAS 4 AT NIGHT AND ONLY ONE IN DAY. IN THIS EVENING'S LESSON, I ASKED G TO TURN LEFT. HE TURNED RIGHT. I SAID, "NO GEORGE, I MEAN THE OTHER LEFT. THE ONE THAT IS ACTUALLY LEFT."

OCT  08        A WAKES UP WITH TOOTH/JAW PAIN AGAIN. GETS PRESCRIPTION FOR A STRONGER ANTIBIOTIC AND PAIN KILLER.

OCT  10-11     A SEEMS WELL. M & A IN VA TO VISIT HARRIS'S IN WILLIAMSBURG AND SEE MUSEUM IN RICHMOND.

OCT 12        G DOES 3 PT TURN PRACTICE. DRIVES ON FALLS ROAD AND MONTROSE 1ST TIME.

OCT  13       M HAS EROTIC DREAM INVOLVING MARTHA STEWARD AND FANCY FOLDED NAPKINS.

OCT  23       A HAS TOOTH PAIN AGAIN. SEES DENTIST. TOOTH BEHIND THE TOOTH THAT HAD THE ROOT CANAL IS SPLIT.

OCT  24        A HAS ANOTHER DENTAL VISIT. TOOTH EXTRACTED.

OCT  25-27     M IN ATLANTA (WORK RELATED). VISITS A'S BROTHER AND MOTHER. EAT AT VEGETARIAN KOSHER RESTAURANT. IMITATION CHICKEN, SAUSAGE, ETC. REMARKABLY GOOD (ALTHOUGH NOT AS GOOD AS MEAT).

OCT  27        ON SCREEN REPORTER JIM GREY VERBALLY ASSAULTS PETE ROSE. WHEN THE YANKEES WON THE WORLD SERIES ON OCT 29, THE YANKEES DIDN'T SPEAK TO GREY AND HE WAS FORCED TO APOLOGIZE.

OCT 27        HERSHEY'S CORP. ANNOUNCES THAT DUE TO A COMPUTER PROBLEM, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FURNISH SUFFICIENT TWISLERS, M&Ms AND KISSES FOR HALLOWEEN (REALLY). APPARENTLY THE NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM INSTALLED IN APRIL HAS GROSSLY MESSED UP PRODUCTION AND THE COMPANY WILL LOSE OVER $100 MILLION IN SALES.

OCT  27        G DOES BACKING UP PRACTICE. M HAS TO EXPLAIN 4 TIMES HOW TO GO IN A BACKWARD CIRCLE.

OCT  29        BETH COMES HOME FOR WEEKEND AND G'S BIRTHDAY. BECAUSE THE GRILL IS BROKEN, I MADE 'BLACKENED' STEAK. I THINK I MADE THE MISTAKE OF PUTTING THE SPICE PASTE IN THE REFRIGERATOR OVERNIGHT (IT WAS HARD TO GET IT TO STICK TO THE BEEF).  STILL B AND G LIKED IT A LOT. BETH HAS LOST ABOUT 5 LBS SINCE EARLY SEPT (SHE LOST 10 LBS LAST YEAR DURING SCHOOL BUT GAINED 5 BACK OVER SUMMER) BECAUSE FOOD IS SOMEWHAT MONOTONOUS AND SHE CARRIES QUITE A HEAVY LOAD OF BOOKS FOR QUITE A DISTANCE EVERY DAY.

OCT  30        PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY DECLARES THIS (SATURDAY NIGHT) TRICK OR TREAT DAY. LATE IN EVENING, GEORGE GOES OUT FOR ICE CREAM WITH BETH. BOTH NOTE THAT TWO GIRLS FLIRTED WITH G.

OCT  31        EVERY OTHER COUNTY IN MD HAS THIS AS TRICK OR TREAT DAY. APPARENTLY, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOODS NEAR THE HOWARD/PG LINE WHERE KIDS WENT OUT BOTH NIGHTS.  G REPORTS FLIRTING ALSO SAID HE INTENDS TO DO MORE CHARITABLE WORK BECAUSE, "TO A GIRL, THAT SCREAMS, 'I'M A WARM SENSITIVE GUY' AND THEY LIKE THAT."

NOV 5-7       G IN KEMP MILLS - GETS RIDE TO DRIVING SCHOOL AND RIDE HOME SUCCESSFULLY.

NOV  7-11      M IN SEATTLE, WA. MOTEL HAD GYM AND RESTAURANT ON 29th FLOOR. GOT TO SEE SUNRISE WITH MY COFFEE A FEW DAYS.

NOV  11        ARRIVING IN MAIL TODAY WERE ADDRESS LABELS FOR MY FATHER WHO a. NEVER LIVED IN THIS HOUSE, AND b. DIED IN 1990. HOWEVER, MY MOM GETS A CHECK 4 TIMES A YEAR (ACTUALLY THE CHECK IS ELECTRONIC BUT THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE IS HERE) FROM AN AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY THAT SENT THE LABELS. EARLIER THIS YEAR, MY DAD GOT ALUMNI RELATED MAIL (FROM A SCHOOL HE LAST ATTENDED IN 1948).

NOV  12        GEORGE ASKS, "WHY DO THE CHINESE LOOK FOR SECRETS IN LAS ISLEY ANYWAY?" M RESPONDS, "BECAUSE ALL THE BEST STAR PILOTS ARE THERE" (G MEANT 'LAS ALOMOS'; LAS ISLEY IS PLACE NAME IN STARWARS- 'A NEW HOPE).

NOV  22        GEORGE BREAKS eyeglass FRAMES. WE GO TO STORE AND WHILE WAITING FOR THEM TO fix, I WENT TO BEER & WINE STORE. I ASK, "HAVE ANY GENESSE?" "NO" WAS THE RESPONSE.  I ASK, "HOW ABOUT LEINENKUGELS'?". "DON'T THINK SO, JUST WHAT YOU SEE." WAS THE RESPONSE. I LOOKED AROUND AND FOUND SOME LEINENKUGELS' AND BROUGHT THEM TO THE CLERK. "LOOK, YOU DID HAVE LEINENKUGELS' AFTER ALL." I SAID. "SO THAT'S HOW YOU PRONOUNCE IT." WAS THE RESPONSE. "WELL," I SAID, "WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?" "RED STUFF" WAS THE RESPONSE.

NOV  23        ANN ORDERS VACUUM CLEANER BAGS OVER THE INTERNET (PANASONIC.COM). EXCEPT FOR COMPUTER RELATED ITEMS, THIS IS OUR FIRST PURCHASE OVER THE NET.

NOV  27        VACUUM CLEANER BAGS ARRIVE

NOV  28        G AND M AT SMALL ARMS RANGE USING A GLOCK .45. G IS AMAZED AT THE KICK BUT IRRITATED AT THE NUMBER OF TIMES IT LOCKED. HE SAYS THAT EVEN THOUGH MY AIM WAS BETTER (AS NOTED BY TARGET HITS), I DIDN'T LOOK AS COOL DOING IT.

NOV  29        WHILE RETURNING/BUYING A VIDEOTAPE (PARENT TRAP - HE LIKES THE TEENAGE ACTRESS), G COMES AS CLOSE AS HE EVER HAS TO AN ACCIDENT (WHICH, SURPRISINGLY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HIS FAULT).

NOV  30        COMPLETED LOADING OLD FILES INTO NEW COMPUTER THUS FIXING (I HOPE) PROBLEMS THAT BEGAN IN AUG. HOWEVER, OUR NEW INTERNET PROVIDER HAS BECOME NOT LESS RELIABLE. THIS MIGHT HAVE TO BE FIXED SEVERAL TIMES - I HEAR SOME PEOPLE HAVE MULTIPLE PROVIDERS AS A BACKUP DEVICE.

DEC  02        M BUYS A GEORGE FORMAN ENDORSED MUFFLER IN am (AT MEINKE) AND A GEORGE FORMAN ENDORSED TWO SIDED GRILL IN pm (AT SEARS). ANN GETS SEQUINNED COCKTAIL DRESS (AT HECHTS).

DEC  04        M AND A GET NEARLY IDENTICAL OFFERS OF A PLATINUM DISCOVER CARD. ONLY DIFFERENCE: M IS OFFERED A 7.9% RATE; A IS OFFERED A 5.9% RATE. BEGINNING MORE INTENSIVE PARKING TRAINING WITH GEORGE AFTER HE ADMITS HE NEEDS A LOT OF HELP IN THIS AREA.

DEC  06        ANN REALIZES THAT OUR NEW COMPUTER, WHICH HAS WINDOWS 2000, DOES NOT CONVERT MICROSOFT WORD 97 FILES TO MICROSOFT WORD 2000. IT ALSO DOES NOT CONVERT WORDPERFECT FILES. APPARENTLY A SEPARATE PROGRAM HAS TO BE INSTALLED.

DEC  12        MEETING OF BETTY ANN WEINSTEIN, JIM KEETHERS M AND ANN AT DAVE G'S GRAVE.

DEC  12        ANN INSTALLS ANOTHER FREE INTERNET SERVER. AOL HAS PROBLEMS CONVERTING FILES AND ALTAVISTA (FREE) IS ALWAYS CONGESTED.

DEC  13        FAIRFAX COUNTY (VA) ANNOUNCES DISSAPPOINTMENT WITH DEER HUNTING SEASON (THERE WILL BE 3 OTHER HUNTING SEASONS BEFORE SUMMUR).  ONLY 31 DEER WERE KILLED (COUNTY WAS HOPING FOR ABOUT 1,000 KILLS BUT IT RAINED) . COUNTY HAS AN ESTIMATED 25,000 DEER AND THE ESTIMATED 'OPTIMUM' AMOUNT OF DEER IS 5,000.

DEC  16        M HAS CONSULT FOR LASER EYE SURGERY. EYES HEALTHY BUT WILL REQUIRE READING GLASSES WHEN DONE.

DEC  16        G REPORTS THAT HISTORY TEACHER CAUSES POWER FAILURE (10 MINUTES LONG) AT SCHOOL BY TURNING OFF OVERHEAD PROJECTOR AND CAUSING FREAK POWER SURGE.

DEC  20        G RUNS OVER A CURB (ABOUT 1 MI FROM OUR HOUSE) BLOWING OUT ONE OF OUR TIRES (SAME TIRE INSTALLED IN SUMMER OF 98 AFTER A BLOWOTOUT ON BALTIMORE BELTWAY). I PUT ON THE SPARE, DROVE HOME AND DROVE TO G'S CLASSMATE'S HOUSE (G HAD A GROUP PROJECT).

DEC  22        B DRIVES TO BOWIE FOR TEACHING A CLASS AT THE BOWIE SYNAGOGUE. ON WAY BACK SHE TWICE HAS TO LEAVE THE FREEWAY BECAUSE OF MISSED EXITS (OR BEING FORCED TO EXIT INADVERTENTLY).

DEC  22        G COMPLAINS ABOUT A GUY IN SCHOOL WHO IS NASTY TO HIM. "SO WHAT!" I SAY. "BUT DAD, HE'S THE BEST PERSON TO COPY OFF OF WHEN YOU'RE HOMEWORK ISN'T DONE, AND I'VE LET HIM COPY OFF ME."

DEC  22        ANN MEETS WINNIE ZUKOR FOR SUPPER AND DRINKS. THEY MISCOMMUNICATE THE METROSTOP TO MEET AT.

DEC  23 - DEC 30 BETH IN NYC TO VISIT. LEAVES A DRESS IN BOROUGH PARK BUT GETS NEW SWEATPANTS (NOT AS GOOFY AS IT SOUNDS).

DEC  27        A GETS ME TO GO TO CIDERHOUSE RULES

DEC  28        G DRIVES IN DISTRICT. HE IS A BIT FREAKED OUT BY THE MANY PEOPLE WHO JUST PARK THEIR CARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND BY THE SUDDEN STREET CHANGES FROM 2-WAY TO 1-WAY. HE ALSO WENT THROUGH ONE RED LIGHT AND BARELY STOPPED AT ANOTHER. WE HAD LUNCH AT L'Etoile, A NEW KOSHER FRENCH RESTAURANT (MEAT - BUT SUPER PASTRIES ANYWAY) NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE.