THE WEISS CHRONICLES

Weiss Family Chronology Jul-Dec 2ND HALF 1999

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. TURNS OUT THIS DOCTOR WAS EASIER TO WORK WITH AND WE CHANGED FROM EXPENSIVE STUFF THAT WASN’T WORKING TO LESS EXPENSIVE STUFF THAT CALMED DOWN SOME OF THE WORST OF THE ANXIETY SYMPTOMS.
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 – M calls it the touchy feely movie that makes you feel good about abortion.
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 AND 1-WAY STREETS THAT BECOME 1 WAY IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FOR NO APPARENT REASON. 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.

Weiss Family Chronology JAN-JUN 1ST HALF 1999


QUOTE OF THE MONTH.

CATEGORY: 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 METRORAIL LINE (It turns out metrorail has a power bad up, but only 4 hours of it). 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 – Dave used a lot of Tylenol and this combined with psychoactive medicine probably did him in).

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). If this is true it means the usual crimes he commits are during periods when he is taking the right medicine.


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. FIRST ACTION OF THIS KIND I CAN REMEMBER (NO UN ENDORSEMENT UNLIKE THE GULF WAR IN 90).
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).
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 BUFFYtvSLAYER SEASON 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 - 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 Oct-Dec 4th Q 1998
WARNING – SOME DEPRESSING NEWS DURING THIS PERIOD

OCT 01 DURING YOM KIPPUR, M GETS A COLD, G CAN'T STAND ALL THE WAY DURING AFTERNOON KEDUSAH - BUT OTHERWISE FAST GOES REASONABLY WELL.
OCT 02 PUT FRAME UP FOR SUKKAH. ALTHOUGH THIS IS 3RD TIME I'VE DONE IT, I STILL GOT SEVERAL PIECES IN WRONG.
OCT 07-08 M IN HOUSTON, TX.
OCT 08 STATEMENT FROM BANK MISCODED PAYMENT OF COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES AS A 'TRAVEL/ENTERTAINMENT' EXPENSE.
OCT 09 ANDY PETIT (NY) GIVES UP 4HRs (TO CLEVELAND) IN SINGLE LCS GAME. MOST SINCE DAVE McNALLY DID SO IN 9\73 (YANKEES ULTIMATELY WON THE SERIES ANYWAY).
OCT 09-10 ERIC GILBERT VISITS FOR SABBATH. POSTOLS VISIT ON 10TH (LUNCH)
OCT 10 HAD MOM OVER IN THE AFTERNOON. 1ST TIME SINCE SHE WAS ADMITTED TO ARDEN COURT (ALZHEIMER SPECIALTY ASSISTED CARE PLACE). SHE WAS OK AT FIRST AND BETH MADE A SURPRIZE VISIT FOR A FEW HOURS, BUT THEN MOM STARTED TO GET SCARED AND WANTED TO GO BACK.
OCT 11-13 MIKE PERKINS VISITS FOR 8TH/9TH SUKKOT. KATZPERS TO LUNCH ON 12TH. M GETS 101+ FEVER THAT AFTERNOON. NAUSEA FOR 72 HOURS AFTER THAT.
OCT 13 PRESIDENT CLINTON AND GOVERNOR (OF MD) GLENDENING VISIT FOREST KNOLLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE M ATTENDED 6TH GRADE. DROVE PAST MOM'S HOUSE ON THE WAY.
OCT 14 AFTER PLAYING OVER 35,000 GAMES WITHOUT A STRIKE, NBA CANCELS ALL GAMES FOR 1ST TWO WEEKS OF THE SEASON.
OCT 18 M & A VISIT TO GREAT FALLS NATIONAL PARK FOR 2ND TIME SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN POTOMAC, MD (9/95).
OCT 19 NEVADA BOXING COMMISSION GIVES BOXER MIKE TYSON 'JUST ONE MORE CHANCE'. A 4 PERSON PSYCHOLOGY TEAM FROM MASSACHUSETTS FOUND TYSON (A CONVICTED FELON WHO HAD BITTEN HIS OPPONENT TWICE IN HIS PREVIOUS MATCH AND ALSO ASSAULTED TWO STRANGERS AT A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT NEAR OUR HOUSE AND, MORE TO THE POINT, DREW A $100 MILLION TAKE AT HIS LAST TITLE FIGHT) TO 'HAVE MANY WONDERFUL PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS'.

OCT 21 LOST AND FOUND DAY. A LOSES MASTERCARD BILL AND BANK STATEMENT AT NOON, FINDS AT 530PM. M CAN'T FIND SECURITY ID/TRANSPONDER WHEN LEAVING FOR WORK - FINDS IT BY 830 AM AT WORK (IN GYM).
OCT 24 ON WAY TO LUNCH AT MILLER'S HOUSE (CARRYING DESSERT), THE FRANKL'S ASKED US WHERE WE WERE GOING. IT TURNED OUT MILLER'S HAD GONE AWAY FOR THE WEEKEND. FRANKL'S KNEW ABOUT IT SINCE THEY WERE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS AND THEY INVITED US TO LUNCH. (Millers have spent the next 4 years apologizing for that).
OCT 27 HURRICANE MITCH REACHES 905 mb, 180 MPH WIND STRENGTH.
OCT 29 POLICE IN STAFFORD CO. (VA) ARREST MAN FOR POSSESSION OF 15 POISONOUS SNAKES, SOME MORE THAN 10 FEET LONG. (IN VA IT IS LEGAL TO RAISE AND SELL POISENOUS SNAKES BUT NO TO HAVE THEM IN YOUR HOME. THE ARREST FOLLOWED COMPLAINTS BY NEIGHBORS.
OCT 30 DURING THIS WEEK, M HAS SEEN BOTH CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS AND 10 OTHER CANDIDATES IN A.M AT GOVERNOR METRORAIL STOP.
OCT 31 ANOTHER DRY MONTH ENDS. SINCE JULY 1, WE HAVE HAD ONLY ABOUT 30% OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION.


NOV 04 5 HR SUICIDE STANDOFF ON WILSON BRIDGE CREATES TRAFFIC JAM FR BRIDGE TO I-66 (26 MI) ON OUTER LOOP, BRIDGE TO NH AVE (22 MI) ON INNER LOOP AND ALEXANDRIA TO QUANTICO (20 MI) ON i-395/95. ALSO ARTERIAL STREETS IN ALEXANDRIA AND VICINITY BACKED UP (10 OF US 1; 8 MILES OF WASHINGTON STREET; 4 MILES OF DUKE STREET, ETC.)
NOV 7-8 MY COUSIN ED DEITCH IN TOWN
NOV 10

G - YOU KNOW DAD, WHEN YOU SAY, 'HEADS I WIN TAILS YOU LOSE REAL FAST, IT SOUNDS PRETTY FAIR'.

M - BUT HASN'T EVERYBODY HEARD THAT BEFORE?

G - WELL I SURE HAVE, PEOPLE DID IT 3 TIMES TO ME.

NOV 10 STORM IN MIDWEST. LOWEST BAROMETRIC PRESSURE EVER IN STATE OF MINNESOTA (ABOUT 28.4" - WHICH WOULD BE 950mm OR A PRETTY GOOD HURRICANE IF AT SEA IN THE TROPICS).
NOV 16 G FORGETS TO TAKE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH TICKETS TO SCHOOL. IN EVENING FORGETS TO GIVE BUS MONEY TO NCSY DIRECTOR.
NOV 16 M PLACES POULTRY WIRE OVER PANZIES TO PROTECT THEM FROM SQUIRELS.
NOV 17 G COMES IN DEPRESSED THAT HE HAS DONE POORLY IN STANDARDIZED 4 SUBJECT ACHIEVEMENT TEST. DOESN'T HAVE HOMEWORK.

M - GOOD - NO HOMEWORK. NO YOU CAN OBSESS ABOUT YOUR TEST ALL NIGHT.

G - ACTUALLY I COULD SPEND PART OF IT WONDERING ABOUT SOMEBODY I KNOW'S PARENTING SKILLS.

NOV 17 LEONID METEOR SHOWER - METEOR RATE WAS ESTIMATED AT 100-1000 PER HOUR (PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES WERE 5000 TO 100000 PER HOUR). ALSO IT WAS CLOUDY.
NOV 22 - THE CHANGE IN MOM'S MEDICINE MADE NOV 15 WAS RESCINDED. BY NOV 23, A VERY SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT WAS EVIDENT. HOWEVER BY NOV 26, THE IMPROVEMENT HAD DISSIPATED.
NOV 22 - THE METRO TRANSIT POLICE ADMIT THAT EACH PATROL OFFICER IS ASSIGNED NUMBERS OF TICKETS TO WRITE AS A QUOTA. THIS HAPPENED TWO DAYS AFTER THE CHIEF GAVE A SPEECH AT A POLICE CONFERENCE SHOWING THE BENEFITS OF THE QUOTA SYSTEM (DOUBLE THE REVENUE FROM PARKING FINES, ETC). PREVIOUSLY, FOR THREE YEARS, THEY HAD DENIED THAT A QUOTA SYSTEM EXISTED. AMONG THE TROUBLEMAKERS - 7 PEOPLE FINED FOR VIOLATING THE 'NO EATING ON TRANSIT VEHICLES' PROVISION OF THE CODE WHO WERE CAUGHT RED HANDED DRINKING EVIAN OR PERRIER.
NOV 23 THE RUTH ANN ARON (WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO ATTEMPTING TO HIRE PEOPLE TO MURDER HER HUSBAND AND TWO OTHERS) TRIAL JUDGE SENTENCES HER TO 3 YEARS. THERE HAD BEEN TWO MISTRIALS EARLIER THIS YEAR. AMAZINGLY, THIS SENTENCE IS ABOUT 10% OF SENTENCING GUIDELINES BUT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER 2 PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY FOUND GUILTY OF SOLICITING TO MURDER. THE FIRST TRIAL STARTED IN JAN 98. ONE OF THE JUDGE'S REASONS WAS THAT SINCE RUTH ANN ONLY WAS WILLING TO PAY $500 FOR THE FIRST MURDER (AND $400 FOR THE OTHER TWO), SHE WASN'T FULLY CONSCIOUS OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE CRIME.
NOV 23 DEATH OF MELVIN DEITH (M'S MOM'S BROTHER) AT AGE 84
NOV 25 M IN BOSTON FOR FUNERAL OF MELVIN DEITCH. CAB DROPS HIM AT WRONG CEMETARY BUT M GETS DIRECTIONS TO RIGHT ONE (ONLY 10 MINUTE WALK). AFTER FUNERAL AT SHIVA MEAL M LEARNS THAT THE GRAVEDIGGER WAS RICHIE HEBNER - FORMER ALL STAR WITH THE PITTSBURG PIRATES. ALSO ALICE SCHER (ALLAN DEITCH'S WIFE) - DAUGHTER IN LAW OF MELVIN - WAS IN A ONE DAY ART CLASS THIS SUMMER TAUGHT BY JOSH WELDON'S MOM (WELDON IS WRITER/DIRECTOR OF BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER).
NOV 26 THKGVG. GUESTS HERE INCLUDE MOM, DAVID GOLDSTEIN, ALLAN WARSHAW AND HIS PARENTS AND WINNIE ZUCKOR - ALL OF WHOM WERE HERE LAST YEAR FOR THANKSGIVING. BETH HERE TOO. SHE BOUGHT SOME SIZE NINE SHOES ON NOV 27 AND EXCHANGED THEM FOR SIZE 10 ON NOV 28. MOM WAS A BIT CONFUSED AND DAVE WAS A BIT DISCONCERTED SINCE HE HADN’T SEEN HER IN THIS CONDITION BEFORE – I HAD TOLD HIM BUT IT IS DIFFERENT TO SEE IT.
NOV 30 YET ANOTHER VERY DRY MONTH. SINCE JULY WE HAVE HAD ABOUT 30-35% OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER, SINCE JAN-JUN WAS WAY ABOVE NORMAL, WE ARE AT 90% OF NORMAL FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR.




DEC 02 WASHINGTON MYSTICS (WOMEN'S PRO BASKETBALL TEAM) ANNOUNCES INCREASE IN TICKET PRICES (LOWEST FROM $8 TO $10; HIGHEST FROM $50 TO $65). LAST YEAR THE TEAM LED ALL PRO WOMEN'S TEAMS IN ATTENDANCE BUT HAD A 3-27 RECORD WHICH WAS THE WORST PRO SPORTS TEAM IN MODERN TIMES. THE AVERAGE TICKET PRICE IS NOW $19 WHICH THE TEAM PR PEOPLE SAY IS COMPETATIVE WITH THE LEAGUE AVERAGE OF $13???.
DEC 04-05 G AT UNIV OF MD. BETH FOUND A BOY WHO AGREED TO LET G STAY WITH HIM SO G COULD SEE WHAT UNIV WAS LIKE. G WAS VERY NERVOUS THAT THE COLLEGE KIDS WOULD MAKE FUN OF HIM, BUT SAID THAT THEY WERE ALL NICE. HE DID COMPLAIN ABOUT FRIDAY NIGHT SUPPER AT HILLEL HOUSE.
DEC 07 M AT MCI CENTER FOR TWO COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAMES. THE SECOND PRODUCED THE ESPN DAILY HIGHLIGHT (A DUNK WITH THE BALL ROLLING AROUND THE RIM 3XX BEFORE GOING IN).
DEC 10 CLOSED SALE OF 1309 CADDINGTON AVE TODAY ($149k) - MOM & DAD HAD PURCHASED IT IN 1960 ($21k).
DEC 17 PSYCHOLOGIST-. ADVISOR OF DAVID GOLDSTEIN (FRIEND OF M) CALLS. DAVID IS MISSING. POLICE COME TO DAVE'S HOUSE. AFTER 5 POLICE INVESTIGATE FOR 20 MINUTES AND SAW A NUMBER OF LOOSE BILLS ON THE DESK IN THE BEDROOM (thus eliminating robbery as a factor) THEY SAY HE "Must have left on a personnal vacation - what's the big deal? PSYCHOLOGIST, SOCIAL WORKER AND I MEET AT DAVE'S HOUSE A.M. OF DEC 20 AND ENTER. I FOUND DAVE'S BODY IN ABOUT 2 MINUTES ONLY 4 FEET FROM THE DESK WITH THE MONEY. THE STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER TOOK CUSTODY OF THE BODY TO ESTABLISH TIME OF DEATH (POSSIBLE WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT AGAINST THE POLICE IF HE WAS ALIVE ON THURSDAY) SO WE DIDN'T GET TO DO THE BURIAL SERVICE UNTIL DEC 23. DAVE WAS BORN IN 1950 JUST LIKE ME.
DEC 19 M GETS B&G TO WATCH FRANK CAPRA'S "ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE" FROM 8 TO 11 PM JUST SO THEY COULD APPRECIATE THE SNL (DANA GARVEY PLAYING JIMMY STEWART) SATIRE OF IT FROM 1150 TO 1155 THAT NIGHT.
DEC 21-23 COLD AIR MASS OVER SOUTH CALIFORNIA DESTROYS OVER 50% OF CITRUS CROP.
DEC 23 BURIAL SERVICE FOR DAVE (SEE DEC 17). M DOES EULOGY - IT WAS WELL BELOW FREEZING AND THE TAHARA WATER FROZE BEFORE WE WERE DONE. HAD WELL OVER A MINYON.
DEC 23 FIRST SNOW OF SEASON FOLLOWED BY FIRST SLEET AND FIRST FREEZING RAIN ALL BEFORE MIDNIGHT. AREAS S OF DC LOSE POWER, HAVE 40 MILE FREEWAY BACKUPS, ETC.
DEC 24 FIRST SPING PLANTING CATALOGUE IN MAIL
DEC 25 FIRST WHITE XMAS SINCE 89 IN WASHINGTON. ALSO ONE OF COLDEST. MINIMUM 11°F AT DULLES, 16°F AT BWI.
DEC 26 MINN VIKINGS END SEASON BREAKING NFL SCORING RECORD (FORMERLY HELD BY WASHINGTON). MORE AMAZING, GARY ANDERSON FINISHES 36 FOR 36 IN FGs (ALSO PERFECT IN PATs) - ACTUALLY 40 SUCCESSFUL FGs IN A ROW FROM 97.
DEC 27 TELEPHONE RINGS, BETH SAYS,

"IF THAT IS MY BESHERET (HEBREW FOR 'LIFE SOULMATE'), TELL HIM I'M OUT".

DEC 28 NFL COACHES OF FIVE TEAMS (BALTIMORE, CAROLINA, CHICAGO, PHILADELPHIA, SEATTLE) FIRED IN A SINGLE DAY.
DEC 31 YET ANOTHER MONTH (6 IN A ROW) WITH MUCH LESS PRECIP THAN NORMAL.

Weiss Family Chronology Jul-Sept 3rd Q 1998 - WARNING: SOME UNHAPPY NEWS WITH FOREBODING-


JUL 03 LLW APPLIES TO RESIDE AT CATERED LIVING OF PIKESVILLE (IN BALT). – AN ASSISTED LIVING PLACE
3RD BARBEQUE OF SUMMER. FIRST TIME WITH BEEF SHORT AND SPARE RIBS. THINK IT WORKED PRETTY WELL.
JUL 04 WATCHING MOVIE 'FIST' (ABOUT JIMMY HOFFA, UNION AND MOB), SCENE IS WHERE MOB FIGURE WANTS UNION TO HELP WITH A BLACKMAIL SCHEME. SCENE IS A LITTLE SLOW AND G SAYS, "GEE, THE MAFIA GUY SEEMS SO FRIENDLY, HOW COME HE (JIMMY HOFFA) DOESN'T TRUST HIM."
JUL 05

BETH - DAD, LET'S OPEN WINDOWS AND TURN OFF THE A/C

M - YOU COULD JUST GO OUTSIDE AND SIT ON THE PORCH?

BETH - IT'S TOO WARM AND MUGGY ON THE PORCH.

JUL 09 BETH DRIVING THE OLD (85) TEMPO AROUND MEETS HER FRIEND TEMIMA.

BETH REPORTS THAT

TEMIMA SAID, "I LOVE YOU CAR, IT'S SO RETRO –

BETH SAID, “IF ONLY IT WORKED"

JUL 10 M, BETH AND IRWIN HELP MY MOM, MOVE TO AN ASSISTED LIVING PLACE IN BALTIMORE. MOM HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE ON JUNE 19. (THE ONSET OF THE DISEASE LST WINTER AND THIS SPRING AND THE DIAGNOSTIC PERIOD FROM MAY TO JUNE WAS TOO SAD FOR ME TO PLACE IN THE CHRONOLOGY, BUT I HAVE A SUPPLEMENTARY SUBJECT LOG).
JULY 13 FIRST VISIT TO MOM AT CL OF P IN COMPANY OF M, B AND G (G IS AT CAMP).
JULY 16 BETH STARTS WEEK OF WORK AT A RUG STORE. ON JULY 17 AND THEN AGAIN ON JULY 19 SHE SELLS RUGS AT TOO LOW A PRICE. ALSO HAS ADVENTURE WITH NON ENGLISH SPEAKERS WANTING TO RETURN RUGS AND PEOPLE WANTING MONEY OFF BECAUSE OF SPOTS.
JULY 16 G SAYS HE HAD 32 MI BIKE RIDE (ONE GEAR BIKE).
JULY 19 SECOND VISIT TO MOM AT CL OF P IN COMPANY OF M, A AND G.
JULY 19 CL OF P SAYS MOM ADJUSTING SLOWLY BUT SURELY AND NOT TO WORRY.
JULY 21 CL OF P SAYS MOM WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ADJUST.
JULY 29 I, CHERYL AND M MOVE MOM TO ARDEN COURT, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S.

JULY 31 FIRST VISIT (M & A & BETH) TO ARDEN COURT.


AUG 2-4 THREE DAYS IN ROW WITH MINIMUM TEMPS IN THE 50s.
AUG 4 29 DAY HEAT WAVE IN DALLAS, TX IS BROKEN (AN EARLIER 42 DAY HEAT WAVE IN DALLAS WAS BROKEN IN 1980 ON AUG 4).
AUG 5-7 B IN NJ AS GUEST/COUNSELOR FOR A PRIVATE CAMP. ONE OF HER ADVENTURES WAS TO TRIP THE WILY COYOTE CHARACTER AT SIX FLAGS. THE WILY COYOTE CHARACTER CAN'T SEE WELL BECAUSE OF THE COSTUME HEAD. BETH APOLOGIZED AND WILY SHRUGGED A 'THATS OK'.
AUG 10 M ASKED BY ARDEN COURT TO NOT VISIT FOR A WHILE TO ALLOW BALANCING OF SEVERAL OF MOM'S MEDICATIONS.
AUG 11 USING RECENTLY TAKEN OUT MUNI BOND PROCEEDS, M BUYS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, SHARES IN CLEVELAND INDIANS FOR GEORGE AND CD rADIO FOR BETH (CONCEPT IS RADIO FROM SATELLITES SO YOU CAN GET PERFECT RECEPTION NO MATTER WHERE YOU DRIVE - B IS BIG RADIO MUSIC BUFF).
AUG 15 DURING HAVDALAH, G SPILLS WINE, DROPS CANDLE IN SPILT WINE, DROPS FIRST LIT MATCH AND KNOCKS OVER SPICE BOX - ALL IN ABOUT 45 SECONDS.
AUG 16 FIRST FAMILY ONLY BARBEQUE (LAMB AND BEEF) - HIGHLY PRAISED BY FAMILY.
AUG 17 M GETS U.S. SAVINGS BONDS OUT OF BANK SAFE DEPOSIT BOX FOR USE AS B'S TUITION. SOME OF THE BONDS DATED TO 1982 AND WERE PURCHASED BY NELL BYERS (ANN'S G-MA) OR WALTER KOWAL (DEFACTO ADOPTED SON OF NELL).
AUG 19-21 AFTER A MAX OF ONLY 75°F ON THE 18TH, A 3 DAY STRETCH WITH MIN TEMPERATURES IN THE 50s
AUG 20 BOXING UP DISHES, ETC. AT MOM'S HOUSE FOR GIVING AWAY TO CHARITY.
AUG 21-23 SEASON ENDS FOR WASHINGTON MYSTICS, WOMAN'S PRO BASKETBALL TEAM. THEY HAVE WORSE RECORD EVER COMPILED IN PRO BASKETBALL (3-27) BUT LEAD THE LEAGUE IN ATTENDANCE. MARK McGWIRE, HITS 50th HR TO BECOME 1ST PLAYER EVER TO DO SO THREE YEARS IN A ROW. CAL RIPKIN PASSES BROOKS ROBINSON ON ALL TIME HITS BY AN ORIOLE.
AUG 24-26 M IN SAN DIEGO AND TIAJUANA
AUG 27 BETH VISITS U OF MD TO DROP THINGS OFF. INCREDIBLY, THE REFRIGERATOR WE RENTED HAS ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED AND WORKS PROPERLY.
AUG 30-SEPT 2 M IN LEXINGTON, KY. ON WAY HOME HAD A 1 HOUR DELAY ON THE RUNWAY AT HARTSFIELD (ATLANTA) AIRPORT FOR WEATHER AND CROWDED SKY PROBLEMS.
AUG 31 DRIEST JULY-AUG IN HISTORY ENDS WITH LESS THAN 1.5" OF RAIN IN THE PAST 62 DAYS. HAVE BEEN WATERING AZALIAS AND OTHER SENSITIVE PLANTS ON A WEEKLY BASIS. SOME AZALIAS WILL PROBABLY DIE ANYWAY.


SEPT 01 FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMP, AND CONVICTED FELON MIKE TYSON VISITS ROCKVILLE, MD. AMAZINGLY, HE GETS IN A FIGHT WITH TWO LOCAL PEOPLE.
SEPT 14 TRYING TO GET A JUMP ON THE SEASON I PLANTED ABOUT 30 PANSIES (NEED TO PLANT ABOUT 15 MORE). THEY DID FABULOUSLY LAST FALL-WINTER-SPRING (PLANTED THEM IN LATE OCT OR EARLY NOV AS I RECALL AND GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM NEIGHBORS).
SEPT 15-18 M IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON. ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME I WAS EVER THERE. PRETTY NICE VALLEY SURROUNDED BY HILLS AND MOUNTAINS AND WITH A RIVER FLOWING THROUGH IT. NEAR THE HOTEL A LARGE PARK WITH RIVER VIEWS HAS BEEN CREATED. GENERALLY A NW FEEL WITH LOTS OF VEGETARIAN RESTAURANTS AND COFFEE SHOPS.
SEPT 18 ON WAY HOME I WAS IN A BOEING 777 FROM CHICAGO TO DULLES. IT SEATS 9 PEOPLE IN EACH ROW (HAD OVER 40 ROWS). GOT TO DULLES 10 MINUTES AHEAD OF SCHEDULE BUT BAGGAGE DELAY AND TRAFFIC JAM AT THE PARKING LOT EXIT DELAYED ME A HOUR.
SEPT 20 CAL RIPKEN DOESN'T PLAY. HIS DECISION. FIRST TIME IN 2632 GAMES. WHEN CAL STARTED THE STREAK IN 1982, GEORGE WASN'T BORN.
SEPT 21 FIRST DECENT RAIN IN TWO MONTHS.
SEPT 24 COUNTY COUNCIL VOTE ON LEASHING ALL CATS (CURRENTLY UNNEUTERED CATS ARE REQUIRED TO BE LEASHED WHILE OUTSIDE BUT THE LAW ISN'T ENFORCED AND THE COUNTY ANIMAL DEPARTMENT HAS NO PLANS TO ENFORCE IT) IS TABLED AFTER EXTENSIVE PROTESTS BY CAT OWNERS AND SARCASTIC EDITORIALS AND THE NEXT DAY IT IS WITHDRAWN.
SEPT 28 END OF BASEBALL SEASON. SOME HIGHLIGHTS: MARK McGWIRE GETS 70 HRs IN ONLY 509 ABs (160 BB). ERIC DAVIS .325 AVE, .600 SLUGGING- WINS THE COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR THE 2ND TIME IN 3 YEARS (HE WON IT IN 96 FOR CINNCINATI COMING OFF KIDNEY SURGERY AND IN 98 FOR BALTIMORE COMING OFF STOMACH CANCER TREATMENT). THE FLORIDA MARLINS, WHO WON THE WORLD SERIES IN 97, IS 54-108 WHICH IS BY FAR THE WORST DEPROVEMENT OF ANY TEAM IN SPORTS HISTORY. JOHN OLERUD BECOMES FIRST PLAYER TO HIT OVER .350 IN BOTH LEAGUES (IN 98 FOR NY METS, IN 96 FOR TORONTO). NY YANKEES WIN 114: MOST IN 70 YEARS AND BEXT WINNING PERCENTAGE SINCE 1954 CLEVELAND.
SEPT 29 COUNTY REPLACES SIDEWALK ON OUR STREET. WE HAD NOT COMPLAINED AND ACTUALLY THE SIDEWALK WASN'T AS BAD AS IN SOME OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY. THIS IS A MYSTERY TO ME. MAYBE SOMEONE ON THE STREET IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN I REALIZED.

Weiss Family Chronology Apr-Jun 2nd Q 1998

APR 03-04 ERIC GILMAN AND AARON SCHASCHELL OVER.
APR 06 AFTER 7 WEEKS OF SINUS PROBLEMS, M GOES TO EAR, NOSE, THROAT TEAM. THEY THINK IT IS ALLEGY AND FOR DIAGNOSTIC REASONS, PRESCRIBE CORTISON. THEY ALSO SAY MY THROAT MAY BE GETTING IRRITATED BY MY EXTRA LONG UVULA (TISSUE THAT HANGS DOWN AT MID THROAT) AND MAY HAVE TO BE CUT BACK. THE MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA I HAVE SAYS, "... the uvula almost never has to be cut or removed...".
APR 09 AFTER THREE DAYS ON CORTISON MOST SYMPTOMS GONE OR LESSONED. DOCTOR MUST HAVE BEEN RIGHT.
APR 09 NICE PHONE CALL FROM BETH, WHO IS NOW AT A KIBBUTZ IN NORTH OF ISRAEL.
APR 10-11 SODA CAT ESCAPES DURING OPEN DOOR FOR ELIJAH (FOUND LATER ON PORCH - SODA THAT IS), G'S HIDING OF AFIKOMAN DOESN'T WORK EITHER NIGHT (M FINDS).
APR 12 HEAVIEST MID APRIL SNOW IN RUSSIA IN CENTURY (0.4 metres) SULLIES ORTHODOX PALM SUNDAY & CATHOLIC EASTER (SAME DAY) IN RUSSIA. THE RUSSIAN WEATHER SERVICE HAD NOT FORECAST THE EVENT AND BLAMED STAFF CUTBACK AND EQUIPMENT THAT WAS NOT OPERATING BECAUSE OF FUNDING SHORTAGES. MAYOR FIRED EVERYBODY AND SAID THAT 'NOW THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED'. MOSCOW THEN HAD MORE SNOW ON APRIL 13, 14, 16, 17 AND 19.
APR 12 REDS SCORE 10 VS. ROCKIES AS COLORADO SETS RECORD FOR MOST RUNS GIVEN UP IN FIRST 6 GAMES OF A HOME STAND (72).
APR 15 M BEGINS TAKING GENERIC BENDRYL FOR SINUS PROBLEM RECURRANCES. SEEMS TO WORK QUITE WELL EXCEPT THAT THE LIQUID CAUSES DROWSINESS.
APR 15 TAX REFUND FROM MD ARRIVES.
APR 15 FIRST TIME EVER: TWO ML GAMES IN THE SAME PARK (SHEA STADIUM) INVOLVING 4 TEAMS. THIS DUE TO STRUCTURAL STEEL PROBLEMS (A BEAM FELL INTO THE SEATS) AT YANKEE STADIUM. NEW YORK TEAMS WON BOTH GAMES.

APR 15 ANN BUYS A LESLIE FAY SUMMER PRINT TWO PIECE DRESS/SUIT FOR $25 (COUPON PLUS MARK DOWN - ORIGINAL PRICE WAS $89.95)- Ann’s request was to put this in the chronicles.
APR 18 TAX REFUND FROM USA ARRIVES
APR 20 INTERESTING FINANCIAL NEWS. K-TEL, INC., KNOWN FOR SELLING ITEMS LIKE 'BEST OF THE DOBIE BROTHERS' AND 'VEGEMATIC' FOOD PROCESSORS ANNOUNCED OVER THE WEEKEND THAT ON MAY 1 IT WILL BEGIN SELLING VIA THE INTERNET. THE STOCK WENT UP ABOUT 200% AND, ACCORDING TO THE NASDEQ, 14 MILLION SHARES WERE TRADED. ONLY 1 MILLION WERE AVAILABLE FOR AN ACTIVE MARKET - NOT EXACTLY THE 'BUY AND HOLD STRATEGY'. THE NEXT DAY 'ONLY' 10 MILLION SHARES WERE TRADED. THE COMPANY ACTUALLY LOST MONEY IN THE PAST FISCAL YEAR, BUT EVIDENTLY SOME PEOPLE WERE OPTIMISTIC. ALSO IN FINANCIAL NEWS, DURING A COMPUTER TRADE SHOW, BILL GATES WAS DEMONSTRATING THE 'EASE' OF THE WINDOWS 98 SYSTEM AND THE COMPUTER CRASHED IN FRONT OF THE LARGE LIVE AUDIENCE. EVEN BETTER, MICROSOFT SHARES WERE ACTUALLY UP ON APRIL 21.
APR 22 G WAS USING HIS BASEBALL LEAGUE SIMULATION PROGRAM. I TOLD HIM THERE WAS A REAL BASEBALL GAME ON. G SAYS,

"DAD, UNLESS THE BRAVES (ATLANTA) ARE PLAYING, I'D RATHER PLAY COMPUTER BASEBALL."

APR 24-26 LLW (M'S MOM) VISITS.
APR 26 BETH CALLS. SHE ASKES IF WE CAN ARRANGE A FLIGHT FROM NEWARK INTL TO BWI. HMMM. I'LL HAVE TO SEE ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK.
APR 29 G BREAKS GLASS FRAMES BEFORE BIG MATH TEST (ON WHICH HE DOES POORLY). WE BUY THE SUPER BENDABLE UNBREAKABLE FRAMES. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME FOR THE SUPER FRAMES. THE PREVIOUS TIME, HE BROKE THE UNBREAKABLE FRAMES TWICE (THE 2ND TIME WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY). THIS TIME THE 'UNBREAKABLES' HAVE BEEN IMPROVED SO THE WARRANTY IS LIFETIME.
APR 30 TEXAS (17-8) HAVE SCORED 178 RUNS IN APRIL BREAKING THE MAJOR LEAGUE MARK OF 176 (MONTREAL IN 96).
APR 30- MAY 01 M IN MEMPHIS AND LITTLE ROCK. IN ST LOUIS, ON THE WAY HOME, STUCK AT LAMBERT AIRPORT FOR 4 HRS MAINLY DUE TO WORK STOPPAGE BY TWA BAGGAGE HANDLERS AND GATE ATTENDANTS (TWA IS EMPLOYEE OWNED).


MAY 06 ROOKIE KERRY WOOD (CHI CUBS) STRIKES OUT 20 IN A ONE HIT SHOUTOUT OF HOUSTON. IT WAS HIS 5TH ML START. IN THE FIRST 4 STARTS HE HAD 25 Ks. ONLY OTHER 20 K PERFORMANCE WAS ROGER CLEMENS (4/29/86 VS SEATTLE, 9/18/96 VS DETROIT).
MAY 13 NO RAIN FOR 1ST TIME IN 12 DAYS. ON OTHER COAST, SNOW AT 2000' NEAR LA AND 1ST RAINOUT IN SAN DIEGO SINCE APRIL 83.
MAY 17 DAVID WELLS (NY) PITCHES PERFECT GAME AGAINST MINN. (CURRENTLY MN IN LAST PLACE) FIRST SINCE 1994.
MAY 18 G, WHO HAD DOCTOR EXAM (FOR CAMP) TELLS M THAT ALL THEY DID IN ENGLISH WAS LISTEN TO THE TEACHER SAY WHY SHE WOULDN'T BE BACK NEXT YEAR.

"DID SHE CRY?" ASKS M;

"DAD, SHE'S A WOMAN, SHE HAS TO CRY, ITS THE LAW." SAYS G.

MAY 25 M BARBEQUES HAMBURGERS AND CHICKEN ON OUTSIDE GRILL BREAKING A NON-BARBEQUEING STREAK OF ABOUT 20 YEARS (PREVIOUS TIME WAS IN 1979 - LOST WEDDING RING DURING GRILL CLEANING - BUT FOUND IT LATER).
MAY 26 MARK McGWIRE (ST L) HITS 25TH HR IN CARDINAL'S 49TH GAME (ALSO 17TH HR IN CARDINAL'S 25TH HOME GAME).
MAY 30 DURING SF-ARIZ GAME, BARRY BONDS IS INTENTIONALLY WALKED WITH THE BASES LOADED AND ARIZ LEADING BY 2 RUNS. THE STRATEGY WORKS AS NEXT PLAYER POPS UP.


JUNE 01 MONTH BEGINS WITH COOL SPELL. JUNE 03, WILLISTON, ND HIT 26°F AND BY JUNE 04 IT WAS SNOWING IN MUNICIPAL DENVER. JUNE 05, 06 AND 07, IT WAS IN THE LOW 50s AND HIGH 40s IN SUBURBAN DC IN AM.
JUNE 03 BOB DENVER CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA. SEEMS HE SENT FOR IT TO BE DEVLIVERED FROM CALIF (WHERE MEDICAL USE IS LEGAL) BY FEDERAL EXPRESS TO HIS HOME IN W VA (WHERE IT IS NOT). THIS IS A MOVE WORTHY OF MAYNARD G KREBS (50S ROLE) OR GILLIGAN (60s ROLE).
JUNE 06-08 G AT A HEBREW ACADEMY 9-12TH GRADE RETREAT
JUNE 07 BETH GETS CALL ASKING WHEN ON JUNE 8TH SHE WILL BE RETURNING FROM 9 MONTHS IN ISRAEL (EVIDENTLY HER FRIENDS WANT TO TALK TO HER AS MUCH AS WE DO).
JUNE 08 PICKED UP BETH AT BWI. LUGGAGE SHE HAD PAID $90 EXTRA TO CARRY WAS STILL SITTING ON THE TARMAC IN ISRAEL. THE AIRLINE BROUGHT IT BY EARLY AM ON 9th.
JUNE 14 M BRINGS FORD TEMPO TO VEHICLE INSPECTION (veip) STATION. ABOUT 10 SECONDS AFTER THE CAR WAS STARTED BY THE VEIP, IT STARTED SMOKING UNDER THE HOOD. THEY PUSHED IT OUT TO A PARKING SPACE. TURNS OUT, IT WAS OUT OF RADIATOR FLUID (I HAD BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO BE TUNED AND FLUID INSPECTED THE PREVIOUS WEEK IN ANTICIPATION OF THE VEIP TEST). ONE OF THE SUPERVISORS HAD A SPARE BOTTLE OF RADIATOR FLUID AND I USED WATER FROM THE REST ROOM TO PUT INTO THE RADIATOR ITSELF. THE CAR COOLED OFF. THEY DON'T ALLOW MULTIPLE TESTS IN THE SAME DAY SO I DROVE THE CAR BACK HOME.
JUNE 17 GEORGE'S LAST DAY AT SCHOOL. BETH DECLINES JOB OFFER FROM THE JCC (SPECIAL ED TYPE WORK WITH A BIG NON COMMUNICATIVE KID IN AN IMMERSION PROGRAM).
JUNE 19 TWO OF BETH'S FRIENDS (CHAVA FR SILVER SPRING AND SARAH FROM PRINCETON) FOR WEEKEND. TWO OTHER GIRLS SHOWED UP SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
JUNE 25 SAMMY SOSA (CUBS) HITS 19TH HR IN JUNE (31st OF YEAR) BREAKING ML RECORD OF RUDY YORK (DET) SET IN AUGUST 1938 FOR MOST HRs IN A MONTH. ON SAME DAY, McGWIRE HIT 35tH OF YEAR AND KEN GRIFFEY HIT 30th.
JUNE 26 SOME OF THE GLADIOLAs PLANTED IN 96 ACTUALLY HAVE FLOWER BUDS THIS YEAR (HOWEVER I HAD TO REINFORCE THE STEMS WITH SOIL TO GET THEM TO BE CLOSE TO UPRIGHT). PANZIES PLANTED IN 9/97 STILL BLOOMING NICELY (NOW IN 9TH MONTH OF BLOOMING).
JUNE 29 M IN CAR WITH LLW GETS TIRE BLOWOUT ON I-695 IN BALTIMORE. SEVERAL VIOLATIONS OF MURPHY'S LAWS. FIRST, IT WAS GOOD WEATHER IN BALT (ALTHOUGH IT WAS 110 IN DODGE CITY KANSAS THAT DAY); SECOND, SPARE WAS IN TRUNK; THIRD, JACKING EQUIPMENT WAS IN TRUNK AND IT WORKED; FOURTH, A TROOPER IN AN UNMARKED CAR STOPPED TO HELP (HE SAW I HAD CUT MYSELF ON THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER GETTING OFF THE HUBCAP (THE HUBCAP WAS BENT BY THE BLOWOUT) SO HE HELPED AND WITHIN ABOUT 5 SECONDS, HE HAD CUT HIMSELF (ALSO ON THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER) GETTING OFF THE HUBCAP. FIFTH, THERE WAS A TIRE REPAIR/REPLACEMENT BUSINESS NEARBY WHICH HAD CORRECT SIZE, ETC. INTERESTINGLY, THE TIRE THAT BLEW CLEARLY HAD A WORN INTERIOR SURFACE BUT THE OTHER 3 TIRES WERE IN ALMOST NEW CONDITION (THEORETICALLY, THIS MEANS I HAD ONE TIRE CHRONICALLY UNDERINFLATED WHICH WORE DOWN WHILE BREAKING).
JUNE 28 AT THE 81 GAME MARK, McGWIRE 36 (ABOUT 1 IN EVERY 7.5 ABs), SOSA 32 AND GRIFFEY 32 HRs.
JUNE 29 ANN ASKES GEORGE TO CONVERT SOME FILES (WORD TO WP). GEORGE RESPONDS, "GEE, WON'T THE IMMERSION IN WATER RUIN THEM."
JUNE 30 GEORGE CALLS US ON A CAR PHONE 4 MINUTES BEFORE COMING HOME TO TELL US HE WILL BE HOME IN 4 MINUTES.

Weiss Family Chronology Jan-Mar 1ST Q 1998

JAN 01 COLDEST DAY OF WINTER. LOW ABOUT 10F, HIGH BELOW FREEZING. GOOD DAY TO BUY SHOES AND A NEW MATTRESS.
JAN 03-8 WARM PERIOD. SOME HIGHS IN 60s. ON THE 8TH, M DOESN'T WEAR EVEN A JACKET.
JAN 09 M GETS HAT FOR LOSING 3 POUNDS SINCE BEFORE THANKSGIVING BASED ON MEASUREMENTS AT DOT FITNESS CENTER.
JAN 10 G HELPS OUT WITH A SYNAGOGUE PAJAMA PARTY (NEEDS VOLUNTEER HOURS TO GRADUATE IN MD) AND ADMITS THAT THE K-3RD GRADERS ARE ADORABLE.
JAN 10-13 WORST ICE STORM EVER IN NEW ENGLAND AND CANADA. MILLIONS LOSE POWER.
JAN 11 MICROWAVE MISFIRES
JAN 11 G AND M MOVE HUGE (~200 LB) ROCK WHICH WILL BE FOCUS OF ONE OF THE FRONT YARD FLOWER BEDS.
JAN 12 G LOSES 'PEER REVIEW SHEET' WHICH WAS TO ACCOMPANY AN ENGLISH ESSAY. LATER THAT EVENING HE LEAVES HIS PROGRAMMABLE CALCULATOR AT SOMEONE'S HOUSE. G ALSO DOESN'T NOTICE HE HAS A SCIENCE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT. SLEET IN EVENING.
JAN 13 G LEAVES SCIENCE BOOK AT SCHOOL HAS TO GET OFF BUS TO GET IT. MISSES NEXT BUS AND IS LATE GETTING HOME.
JAN 15 MICROWAVE FIXED BY GENERAL ELECTRIC SUBCONTRACTOR IN 10 MINUTES. CHARGE $105
JAN 15 MORNING SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CLOSES SCHOOLS IN DC SUBURBS - G USE VIDEO GAMES BUT DOES SOME CHORES ALSO.
JAN 16 REFINANCING OF LOAN. DOWN FROM 7.75% TO 6.75%. ABOUT $4000 IN FINANCING COSTS BUT LOWERS NOTE BY $150/MO
JAN 16-17 ERIC GILBERT VISITS.
JAN 17 G DROPS COOKIE ON FLOOR AND COOKIE BOUNCES UP ON TO PERSON’S SHOE WHILE G IS CONGRATULATING HER ON HER BAT MITZVAH.

G SAYS, "I THOUGHT THIS ONLY HAPPENS ON CARTOONS."

JAN 18 WATCHING THE MOVIE 'THE GODFATHER' G ASKS (ABOUT AN HOUR INTO THE MOVIE),

G IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE THE MAFIA?

M YES.

G THAT CERTAINLY EXPLAINS A LOT.

ALSO, ABOUT 15 GANGLAND ASSASSINATIONS INTO THE MOVIE,


G SAYS, "I REALLY LIKE THIS FAMILY'S MINHAG (CUSTOM)!"

JAN 18 M AND A VISIT WALTER ART GALLERY WITH CHERYL AND IRWIN (DUTCH MASTERS COLLECTION).
JAN 23 M IN DAY TRIP TO NYC.
JAN 24 ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOW DURING THE EVENING HOURS
JAN 25 GERRY BERG, RICH WEINSTEIN, DAVE GOLDSTEIN AND ARTHUR SACKMAN HERE FOR SUPERBOWL XXXII. PLAYED 6 PERSON SHAFSKOFT BEFORE THE GAME (G AND M WERE OTHER PLAYERS).

JAN 25 AFC WINS SUPERBOWL FIRST TIME SINCE 1985. BOTH THAT YEAR AND THIS (1998), THE GAME MVP WAS FROM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL IN SAN DIEGO (MARCUS ALLEN/85; TERREL DAVIS/98)
JAN 27 G FINDS OUT HE WILL GET AN 'A-' FOR SECOND QUARTER IN AMERICAN HISTORY AS OPPOSED TO A 'D' IN THE FIRST QUARTER. HE ALSO FINDS OUT THE CYBERWARE EXCHANGE HAS 'MASTERS OF ORION 1'. M GOT A SET OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS WHILE GETTING THE SOFTWARE (PREVIOUSLY, THE MANUFACTURES EQUIPMENT IN THE NEW OLDS HAD SQUEAKED BADLY AS DID SOME REPLACEMENT BLADES.
JAN 29 M AT MCI CENTER FOR 1ST TIME (DEMATHA INVITATIONAL HS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT) W SA COHEN.


FEB 01 - FEB 15 ANN IN ISRAEL VISITING BETH
FEB 03 HEATED LASAGNA THAT ANN HAD MADE. G CLAIMED HE COULD EAT IT 21 MEALS IN A ROW WITHOUT BEING TIRED OF IT. ACTUALLY I DON'T BELIEVE HIM AND BESIDES WE ONLY HAD ENOUGH FOR ABOUT 6 MEALS. WE DID EAT IT FOR SUPPER FEB 3,4 & 5.
FEB 3-6 SLEET FOLLOWED BY LOTS OF RAIN. WEST OF HERE GOT LOTS OF SNOW (CINCINNATI BROKE ALL TIME SINGLE STORM RECORD WITH 18"). EAST OF HERE HIGH WINDS AND BIG WAVES.
FEB 05 CAME HOME AND PUT FOOD IN CAT'S DISH BUT SODA WHINED AND HE WOULDN'T EAT IT UNTIL I HAD STROKED HIS FUR AND TALKED TO HIM.
FEB 05 COLUMBIA HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN, WHERE BETH AND I WERE BOTH BORN, IS IN DEFAULT TO A JAPANESE BANK. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY IT COULD BE TAKEN OVER (In early 2003, it began redevelopment as a condominium).
FEB 05 A LOCAL BOXER IS KILLED AND 5 PEOPLE INJURED IN A GANG STYLE SLAYING AT THE WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER CANCER INSTITUTE. THE BOXER WAS TO UNDERGOE TREATMENT. THE ASSAILANT FLED UNAPPREHENDED.
FEB 05 G'S MOCK TRIAL TEAM LOSES HALF OF 1ST MATCH.
FEB 12-15 G IN WESTERN MARYLAND AT WEEKEND AWAY.
FEB 12 M AT MEETING IN APPOMATTOX, VA (420 MI ROUND TRIP).
FEB 12 G'S 2ND QUARTER REPORT CARD. MUCH IMPROVED. D TO A IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND C TO B IN ENGLISH.
FEB 15 BOUGHT NEW COMPUTER. $700 FOR USED PENTIUM 2 WITH LOTS OF STUFF. THIS ALSO MEANS THAT GENIE.GEIS.COM'S DAYS AS OUR PROVIDER MAY BE NUMBERED.
FEB 17 LATE IN EVENING AN UNUSUALLY STRONG SUMMER LIKE THUNDERSTORM WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 40s, VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOTS OF LIGHTENING. IT TURNS OUT THAT THE LIGHTENING FRIED THE TELEPHONE JACK IN THE SPARE BEDROOM AND ALSO KILLED A PORTABLE PHONE THAT WAS IN THAT ROOM.
FEB 18 PURCHASE OF NEW PENTIUM COMPUTER. $700 FOR CPU UNIT AND MONITOR, INTERNAL FAX/MODEM. WHEN I HOOKED IT UP, THE MODEM DIDN'T WORK. THIS GAVE ME FITS UNTIL ABOUT FEB 25 WHEN I FIGURED OUT THE REASON WAS THE PHONE JACK NOT WORKING.
FEB 19 AFTER MUCH PAPERWORK (SHE WAS APPROVED NOV 4 BUT OPM REQUIRED ANN TO APPLY FOR SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY AND BE TURNED DOWN BEFORE SHE COULD START GETTING PAYMENTS FOR OPM DISABILITY), FIRST PAYMENT COMES.
FEB 24 M AT MEETING OF COALITION OF NORTHEAST GOVERNORS. THE GOVERNORS OF NH AND NJ (BOTH WOMEN) HAD NEARLY IDENTICAL DRESSES, NEARLY IDENTICAL TRIM, NEARLY IDENTICAL EARRINGS. THEY ARE BOTH BLOND, ABOUT THE SAME HEIGHT AND WEAR THEIR HAIR THE SAME LENGTH. THE NJ GOV IS ABOUT 2-4 SIZES SMALLER AND HAS A BETTER COMPLEXION OR BETTER MAKE UP.
FEB 26 - MAR 1. WESTERN S. DAKOTA GETS OVER 90" OF SNOW.

MAR 01 OUR WINTER HAS BEEN MILD AND NEARLY SNOWLESS SO FAR. THE NATURAL GAS BILLS HAVE BEEN ABOUT 60% OF WHAT THEY WERE LAST YEAR, ALTHOUGH WE DID GET A NEW HEATER.
MAR 02 GRAND OPENING OF CALICO CORNERS FABRIC STORE IN DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD, VA (CLOSE IN SUBURB OF WASHINGTON DC) IS MARRED WHEN TWO DEER CRASH THROUGH THE PLATE GLASS WINDOWS. ONE OF THE DEER RANSACKED THE FABRIC STORE UNTIL BEING SHOT BY A GAME WARDEN. THE OTHER DEER BROKE ANOTHER WINDOW AND RANSACKED THE NEXT DOOR OFFICE OF A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST BEFORE ALSO BEING SHOT BY A GAME WARDEN.
MAR 06-08 G AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE IN BALTIMORE - A HOTEL IN 19TH CENTURY STYLE (ALSO SOME THINGS THAT DON'T WORK THAT WELL - SUCH AS DOOR KNOBS AND CURTAIN RODS).
MAR 06 MURDER FOR HIRE TRIAL OF POTOMAC, MD RESIDENT (LIKE US) AND FORMER CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR, RUTHANN ARON BEGINS. HER ATTORNEY QUICKLY CONCEDES THAT SHE DID TRY TO HAVE HER FORMER HUSBAND, HIS ATTORNEY AND HIS ACCOUNTANT ALL MURDERED. HOWEVER, THE DEFENSE CLAIMS SHE SUFFERED ABUSE AS A 9 YR OLD CHILD FROM HER FATHER (NOW DECEASED) RUTHANN IS NOW ABOUT 60.
MAR 07-08 BIGGEST SNOWSTORM OF SEASON FROM ROCKIES TO MIDWEST. MANY HIGHWAYS CLOSED, DRIFTS UP TO 10'.
MAR 11 PURIM SEUDAH AT MIKE AND NADINE POSTOL'S HOUSE.
MAR 16 G COMES HOME SOMEWHAT DISARRAYED AND SAYS,

"I FELT LIKE I WOULD DIE TODAY"

M - "OF EMBARRASSMENT OR PHYSICAL CAUSE?"

G - "BOTH. AT THE SAME TIME."

M - "HOWS THAT?"

G - "I WAS CLEANING MY PEN WHEN IT BROKE AND MOST OF THE INK POURED INTO MY MOUTH."

M - "YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOU CLEAN YOUR PEN?"

G - "SURE. HOW DO YOU DO IT?"

M - ??????

MAR 17 WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS INTERN MONICA LEWINSKY ATTENDS WASHINGTON-DENVER BASKETBALL GAME AT MCI ARENA. MONICA HAD A SEAT IN THE 3RD ROW BEHIND THE WASHINGTON BENCH. SHE LEFT WITH 1'30" LEFT AND WASHINGTON AHEAD BY 7. DENVER WON THE GAME AND IMPROVED THEIR RECORD TO 8-59 (NOT A MISPRINT - THEY ARE THAT BAD).
MAR 20 THIRD SEXUAL ASSAULT IN WEEK AT U OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK CAMPUS. SALES OF PEPPER SPRAY TAKE OFF.
MAR 21 I HAD TAKEN G AND HIS FRIENDS TO THE PHOTON LASER TAG PLACE IN LAUREL (I GOT LOST IN LAUREL - HAD TO ASK TWO GAS STATIONS FOR DIRECTIONS). BY THE TIME WE LEFT (130 AM ON THE 22ND), IT WAS SNOWING HARD BUT AS SOON AS WE LEFT LAUREL THE SNOW ENDED.
MAR 22 M AND G SPENT ABOUT 2 HOURS TRYING TO GET THE HP 694C DESKJET PRINTER TO WORK.
MAR 23 CALLED THE LONG DISTANCE HP SERVICE CENTER IN THE EARLY A.M. AFTER SOME TESTING THEY CONCLUDED THAT THE INK CARTRIDGES WERE PROBABLY BAD. SO I TOOK THEM TO STAPLE TO TEST THEM. THEY TESTED FINE. I CAME HOME, REPLACED THE CARTRIDGES IN PREPARATION FOR ANOTHER CALL TO THE SERVICE CENTER AND... THEY WORKED FINE, EXCEPT THAT THE ENTIRE TIME THE PRINTER WAS FLAWLESSLY PRINTING OUR 1997 FEDERAL TAX RETURN, THE COMPUTER SCREEN WAS SAYING THAT THE PRINTER WASN'T WORKING AND THAT, SURPRISE, THE INK CARTRIDGE SHOULD BE REPLACED. THIS IS ANOTHER MYSTERY. THE NEW PENTIUM COMPUTER HAD A MODEM PROBLEM THAT FIXED ITSELF ONE WEEK AFTER THE PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED.
MAR 24 AFTER 3 HOURS AND 5 BEERS I FOUND THE ERROR IN MY TAX INPUT FILE. I NOTICED THAT I HADN'T FILLED A ONE CHARACTER NUMERIC FIELD AND THE DEFAULT VALUE WAS WRONG. THE DIFFERENCE WAS $1200 IN FEDERAL TAXES (IT WAS WORKSHEET #2 FOR SCHEDULE E). THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR I'M DOING IT TOTALLY BY COMPUTER.
MAR 25 GOT AN ESTIMATE THAT IT WOULD COST $250 TO CLEAN A BOULDER WE HAVE IN OUR BACKYARD. OVER THE WINTER I CLEANED OUT ENOUGH SHRUBBERY TO SEE IT WELL AND IT WAS ALL SOOTY. I WILL BE TRYING HOME SOLVENTS AND THUMB-OVER-THE-HOSE TYPE PRESSURE WASHING INSTEAD OF THE $250 JOB.
MAR 26 TURNS WARM IN PM AFTER 3 WEEK COLD SNAP.
MAR 28 MAX OF 80°F. ABLE TO SIT ON BACK DECK AND DRINK COLD BEER. LATER THAT EVENING, WENT TO HELP AT ANN'S ORT AUCTION. G GETS VOLUNTEER HOURS FOR SCHOOL CREDIT.
MAR 29 INDIANA PACERS HELD TO 55 (BY SAN ANTONIO) BREAKING LOW NBA MARK OF 57 HELD BY SEVERAL TEAMS, THE LAST BY ORLANDO (VS CLEVELAND DEC 4, 1996); AND ALSO SCORING ONLY 21 IN 2ND HALF TYING ANOTHER RECORD LOW.
MAR 30 RUTHANN ARON TRIAL (SEE MAR 6) ENDS IN A MISTRIAL. ONE JUROR, WHO WAS MISLEADING IN HER INFO SHEET AND, WHOM THE OTHER 11 JURORS SAID WAS ILLOGICAL, HELD OUT FOR NOT GUILTY. THE COUNTY VOWED TO RETRY.
MAR 31 MONTH ENDS ON A STRING OF 4 DAYS IN A ROW WITH TEMPS IN THE 80s. G GETS ASSIGNMENT TO WRITE ABOUT MICHELANGELO.

Weiss Family Chronology Oct-Dec 4th Q 1997



OCT 06 G IN TROUBLE FOR WISECRACKING IN MATH CLASS.
OCT 07 G LEAVES $350 IN COUPONS AT SCHOOL IN COMPUTER LAB.

G - NO ONE WILL TOUCH IT BECAUSE I LEFT A DISKETTE IN THE COMPUTER OVERNIGHT AND NO ONE TOOK IT.

M - IF YOU LEFT A PENCIL IN YOUR DESK AND NO ONE TOOK IT, WOULD THAT MEAN IT WAS SAFE TO LEAVE 10 POUNDS OF GOLD NUGGETS IN THE DESK?
ANOTHER CONVERSATION

M - WELL DID YOU GET INTO ANY TROUBLE IN CLASS TODAY?

G - DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY 'IN CLASS' (HE WAS JOKING)

OCT 09 BICYCLIST MURDERS DRIVER NEAR LANGLEY PARK, MD. THE BICYCLIST WAS CARRYING A GUN, HAD BEEN CONVICTED OF FELONIES IN 3 STATES, WAS ON PAROLE AND HAD FAILED 3 DRUG TESTS WHILE ON PAROLE (PER WRITTEN PRACTICE, HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN JAIL).
OCT 12 SET UP SUKKAH ON BACKYARD DECK THIS YEAR SINCE LAST YEAR THE YARD WAS TOO UNEVEN.
OCT 12 NORTH CAROLINA-MINNESOTA GAME WAS TIED 7-7 N THE 4TH Q, WHEN VIKING QB, BRAD JOHNSON THREW A 3 YD TD PASS TO - HIMSELF (TIPPED BY A CAROLINA LINEMAN). CAROLINA WENT ON TO WIN 21-17.
OCT 15-18 HAD TWO GUESTS OVERNIGHT FOR 1ST 3 DAYS OF SUKKOT (MIKE PERKINS AND CHUCK DIENER).
OCT 16 SOAKING RAIN FOR 1ST TIME SINCE SEPT 28
OCT 23 COLD WEATHER FINALLY HITS. 23°F AT DULLES. IMPATIENS DIE IN THE YARD, BUT THE PETUNIAS WEREN'T HIT.
OCT 23 EDGAR RENTERIA (FLORIDA SHORTSTOP) STRIKES OUT TWICE IN AN INNING (6TH) IN SERIES. FIRST TIME EVER. THE GAME TEMPERATURE IN CLEVELAND WAS 38F, POSSIBLY THE COLDEST WORLD SERIES GAME EVER PLAYED.
OCT 24-26 MAJOR SNOWSTORM FROM COLORADO TO MIDWEST. DENVER HAD ALMOST 2', MOST IN SEVERAL DECADES AND GOT DOWN TO 3°F ON THE 26TH. LOCALLY WE HAD A COLD RAIN ON THE 26TH WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40s.
OCT 25 CLEVELAND PITCHER CHAD OGEA GETS SINGLE, DOUBLE TO DRIVE IN WINNING RUNS AND GET THE WIN. HIS FIRST HITS EVER IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES.
OCT 26 HAD B-DAY PARTY FOR LLW, KLINDSAY, DIANE WHITE AND G.

OCT 26 EDGAR RENTERIA (SEE ENTRY OCT 23) IS HERO IN FLORIDA WORLD SERIES WIN IN THE 11TH INNING OF THE 7TH GAME. THE GAME TEMPERATURE WAS 80F WITH 88% RELATIVE HUMIDITY, POSSIBLY THE WARMEST WORLD SERIES GAME EVER PLAYED.
OCT 27 STOCK MARKET SUFFERS WORST 1-DAY LOSS (POINT VALUE) EVER.
OCT 28 STOCK MARKET HAS BEST 1 DAY GAIN EVER.
OCT 29 92 GEO METRO ENGINE LOCKS UP BECAUSE THE OIL LIGHT DIDN'T COME ON, I FORGOT TO HAVE IT CHANGED AND IT RAN OUT OF OIL. VERY ANNOYING BUT TIME WE GOT ANOTHER CAR ANYWAY. ALSO THERE WERE SOME INVALIDATIONS OF MURPHY'S LAWS. 1. ALTHOUGH THE LOCATION WAS ON AN INTERSTATE JUST BEFORE ANOTHER INTERSTATE, THERE WAS A SAFETY BARREL NEARBY WHICH I COULD USE TO PROTECT THE CAR. 2. THERE WAS SUFFICIENT SHOULDER TO PARK. 3. IT WASN'T RAINING NOR WAS IT PARTICULARLY COLD. 4. A FREE TOW TRUCK CAME BY WITHIN 2 HOURS. 5 IT WASN'T TOO FAR FROM HOME.


NOV 04 U.S. OFF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AWARDS ANN DISABILITY RETIREMENT FROM U.S. GOVT - COMPLEX STORY- SEPARATE REPORT AVAILABLE IN 98 -PAYMENT WON'T BEGIN FOR A WHILE YET - MORE PAPERWORK.
NOV 07-08 CHUCK DIENER VISITS OVER SHABBAT.
NOV 09 G IS INJURED IN ROCK CLIMBING - HAND SCRAPED ROPE. G IS READY TO CLIMB AGAIN.
NOV 12 M BUYS 1996 OLDSMOBILE CIERA W 31,000 MI. BUYS 40,000 MI WARRANTY EXTENSION. USES CREDIT CARD FOR DOWN PAYMENT AND BORROWS THE REST FROM THE DEALER.
NOV 21-23 WE HAD 5 KIDS AND A COUNSELOR OVER FOR A REGIONAL NSCY SHABBATON. DIDN'T HAVE TO FEED THEM THOUGH. IN FACT, ANN AND I ATTENDED TWO OF THEIR GROUP MEALS.
NOV 21 G GETS REPORT CARD. 'C' IN ENGLISH. 'D' IN AMERICAN HISTORY BUT THE REST As AND Bs. HE HAS A TENDENCY TO NOT GIVE FULL ATTENTION TO THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN HISTORY ASSIGNMENTS. I WAS READING ONE ESSAY IN WHICH HE SAID, "THE PURITANS CAME TO AMERICA TO ESCAPE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM". - GUESS THIS HAS SOME UNINTENDED IRONY IN LIGHT OF THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS.
NOV 24 G REALIZES HE HAS LOST HIS TEFILLAN (AT LAST SHAHARIT OF THE SHABBATON).
NOV 26 G REALIZES HE HAS LOST HIS PROGRAMMABLE CALCULATOR WHICH ALSO HAS HIS HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS.
NOV 30 G REALIZES HE HAS LOST SOME OF THE MATERIAL HE WAS SUPPOSED TO USE FOR HIS HOMEWORK.


DEC 02 G LEARNS THAT SOMEONE IS HOLDING HIS TEFILLAN.
DEC 04 M PICKS UP TEFILLAN. M ALSO FIXES LIGHT ON CEILING FAN AND GOES TO DOCTOR. DOCTOR PRESCRIBES STRONG ANTI INFLAMMATORY FOR M'S HAND (WHICH M EARLIER THOUGHT WAS CARPAL TUNNEL OR TENDINITIS).
DEC 05 G LOSES ANOTHER PROGRAMMABLE CALCULATOR
DEC 07 M, ANN AND G TRAVEL TO METROPARK, NJ FOR POSTOL-GOLD WEDDING. BACK SAME DAY IN COMPANY W RLAIKEN.
DEC 08 SOMEBODY FINDS G'S SECOND LOST CALCULATOR.
DEC 11 LLWEISS GETS VIRUS CAUSING NAUSEA AND DIZZINESS. VERY BAD. IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT DAY, HALF THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN SUITLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - ABOUT 15 MI AWAY - SEEMED TO HAVE THE SAME SYMPTOMS.
DEC 12 AFTER TAKING ANTI DIZZINESS MEDICINE, LLWEISS BETTER.
DEC 13 40 cm SNOW IN GUADALAJARA, MEXICO WHICH IS ABOUT 200 MILES SOUTH OF THE TROPIC OF CANCER, ABOUT 20 DEGREES N (and 1500 m above sea level). UNSURE IF THIS IS A RECORD.
DEC 14 UP TO 10" SNOW IN MISSISSIPPI.
DEC 14 VISIT TO GRAVESTONE UNVEILING FOR ERIN ZUKOR (1978-1996).
DEC 16-17 M IN JACKSON, MS. STILL SOME SNOW PATCHES IN SHADY SPOTS WHEN LEAVING. ON WAY TO AIRPORT (BWI) M GOT NEW LICENSE PLATES FOR THE CIERA (EWS 480), BUT ON THE 17TH M FORGOT HE HAD DONE THAT AND LOOKED FOR 40 MINUTES FOR TEMPORARY TAGS. SW AIRLINE CO PILOT TOLD JOKES OVER THE INTERCOM.
DEC 19-20 M GETS COLD. PROBABLY THE JOKES.
DEC 19 KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR, FORMER LA BB BALL CENTER FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST KARIM ABDUL-JABBAR, MIAMI RB DEMANDING THAT THE LATTER CHANGE HIS NAME BEFORE IRREPARABLE HARM BEFALLS THE FORMER (LOST MERCHANDISING, SPEAKING AND LICENSING FEES, ETC.). KARIM WEARS 33 AS DID KAREEM, (ADMIRATION FOR TONY DORSETT). BOTH CHANGED THEIR NAME IN THEIR 20s AFTER CONVERSION TO HANAFI ISLAM (KARIM CONVERTED FROM ANOTHER FORM OF ISLAM). KAREEM SUED GENERAL MOTORS CORP EARLY IN 1997 FOR USING THE WORDS 'LEW ALCINDOR' IN A TRIVIA SEGMENT OF A COMMERCIAL FOR OLDSMOBILE (SUIT SUMMARILY DISMISSED).
DEC 22 G ASKS MIKE PERKINS (A PASSIONATE REDSKIN FAN) ABOUT HOW HE SEES THE REDSKINS PLAYOFF CHANCES. MIKE PERKINS, WHO WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE ELSE SAYS,

"EXCUSE ME WHILE I STRANGLE THIS YOUNG MAN –a joke".

DEC 22 BATTERY IN CIERA IS DEAD. POSSIBLY M LEFT MAP LIGHT ON.
DEC 22 G ACCIDENTLY CAUSES FIRE ALARM TO GO OFF AT SCHOOL WHILE PUTTING HIS COAT ON NEAR THE ALARM (HE SOMETIMES IS CLUMSY, THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE TIMES).
DEC 23 M GETS AAA TO RECHARGE BATTERY IN CIERA.
DEC 24 M GETS NEW BATTERY. WHILE DOING SO, OBSERVES LAST MINUTE XMAS SHOPPING AT MONTGOMERY MALL - JUST LIKE ON CARTOON SHOWS; PEOPLE WITH THREE HUGE STORE BAGS AND MULTIPLE PACKAGES ON TOP OF THAT.
DEC 27 FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW. ABOUT AN INCH.
DEC 28 IRWIN AND CHERYL AND M'S MOM HERE FOR LUNCH
DEC 29 CRIMINAL CHARGES FILED AGAINST KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR FOR BATTERY AND CONFINEMENT (HOLDING AGAINST A WINDSHIELD) A 55 YR OLD AT A MINI MALL PARKING LOT. (SEE DEC 19).
DEC 29 ORIOLES RAISE PRICES AGAIN. PRICES AT CAMDEN YARDS NOW ABOUT 50% HIGHER THAN 3 YEARS AGO.
DEC 30 MINN TIMBERWOLVES BEAT CHI BULLS FOR FIRST TIME EVER (AFTER 16 LOSES SINCE 1989).
DEC 30 MONTGOMERY CO. MD JUDGE AWARDS CUSTODY OF 2 YR OLD BOY TO 23 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO WAS FOUND GUILTY OF 2ND DEGREE MURDER OF A 2 MO OLD GIRL IN 1992 AND WHOSE 2 SONS BORN BEFORE THAT ARE WITH FOSTER OR THE FATHER'S FAMILY. THE WOMAN WAS SERVING A SUSPENDED SENTENCE FOR THE CRIME WHEN SHE WAS CONVICTED FOR WORK RELATED CREDIT CARD FRAUD. THE JUDGE CITED BIOLOGY, GOOD INTENTIONS AND SAME RACE.

Weiss Family Chronology Jul-Sept 3rd Q 1997

JUNE 30- JULY 01 ANN AND MARTIN TO TANGIER ISLAND, WYE OAK ST. PARK AND ANNAPOLIS.
JULY 01 IRWIN MEETS (UNPLANNED) AND SPEAKS ONE ON ONE WITH SAM SNEAD (THE GOLFER) FOR AN HOUR AT A RESORT IN W VA.
JULY 02 LOCAL PAPER STATES THAT BANKS OWN OVER 20 REPOSSESSED HOUSES IN THE COUNTY WHERE THE LAST RECORDED SELLING PRICE WAS OVER $500,000.
JULY 03-06 BETH IN BALTIMORE (BACK AT 200 A.M. ON THE 6TH).
JULY 05 ORIOLES LOSE 6-5 TO DETROIT. WINNING RUN SCORES ON AN 8TH INNING WILD PITCH TO CURTIS PRIDE FROM TERRY MATHEWS WHO WAS ATTEMPTING TO WALK PRIDE INTENTIONALLY. IRONICALLY, THE REASON THEY WERE TRYING TO WALK PRIDE WAS THAT MATHEWS HAD THROWN A WILD PITCH EARLIER THAT INNING MOVING RUNNERS FROM 1ST AND 2ND TO 2ND AND 3RD. THE ORIOLES ALSO LOST A RUN IN THE 4TH WHEN PETE INCAVIGLIA MISSED 2ND BASE GOING FROM 1ST TO 3RD.
JULY 09 IN A 31 MINUTE SPEECH TO THE CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY, VP AL GORE USED THE PHRASE, "THE NEW ECONOMY" 76 TIMES. CURIOUSLY, VP AL GORE ALSO HOLDS BOTH 2ND AND 3RD PLACE FOR MANTRA REPETITION WITH "MEDICARE, MEDICAID, EDUCATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT" (32 TIMES IN 22 MINUTES IN OCTOBER 96 AND "NO CONTROLLING LEGAL AUTHORITY (15 TIMES IN 4 MINUTES IN MARCH 97).
JULY 14 AT ORIOLE GAME W GCB, DAVE ROCKLIN AND GEORGE COURTESY OF IRWIN. SEATS WERE IN 12TH ROW FROM FIELD. TERRY MATHEWS (SEE JULY 5) GOT THE WIN.
JULY 13-19 HOT AND HAZY PERIOD. HIGH TEMPS OVER 95°F EACH DAY. HIGH POLLUTION ON ALMOST EVERY DAY.
JULY 18-20 BETH IN BALTIMORE (VISIT FOR WEDDING).
JULY 21 BOTH BETH AND I SEE DOCTOR. I HAD BLOOD CHEMISTRY AND EKG (BOTH NORMAL) AND SHE GOT SOME MEDICINE FOR A SINUS INFECTION.
JULY 22 GREG MADDUX PITCHES COMPLETE GAME (WITH 6 Ks) USING ONLY 78 PITCHES (63 FOR STRIKES OR SWINGS). THIS WAS FEWEST PITCHES IN A COMPLETE GAME SINCE AUG 29, 1990 WHEN BOB TEWKSBERRY (ST.L) THREW 77 IN PITCHING A COMPLETE GAME AGAINST CINCINNATI.
JULY 23-24 FIRST SUBSTANTIAL RAIN IN 3 WEEKS (although we need much more). MIDAFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN 60s (ABOUT 30°F COOLER THAN LAST WEEK).
JULY 30 ONE OF THE DRIEST SUMMER DAYS IN A DRY SUMMER. AT DULLES, LOW WAS 50°F - HIGH WAS 88°F (90°F AT NATIONAL).



AUG 05 STILL DRY AND COOL HERE IN EAST, WHILE 9 ROCKY MOUNTAIN AND G PLAIN STATES HAVE FLOOD WARNINGS, HEAT ALERTS ARE IN EFFECT IN CALIFORNIA AND OREGON AND A 160 mph HURRICANE IS BETWEEN MEXICO AND HAWAII.
AUG 07 M GETS BAD CASE OF 'CLICKER'S WRIST' - A TYPE OF CARPEL TUNNEL SYNDROME. BY AUGUST 14, IT WAS A BIT BETTER AFTER I RIGGED UP A WRIST REST FOR THE MOUSE. (by Sept with more mouse padding on top of other padding, the syndrone was basically gone).
AUG 12 OVERLOADED DUMP TRUCK WITH FAULTY BRAKES AND STEERING OVERTURNS IN D.C. KILLING HONORS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ON HIS WAY HOME FOR BASKETBALL PRACTICE FROM VOLUNTEERING AT A HOMELESS SHELTER. THE DRIVER OF THE DUMP TRUCK HAD RECEIVED 31 CITATIONS FOR VEHICLE OR DRIVING VIOLATIONS SINCE 1988, HAD HIS LICENSE REVOKED ON JULY 25, 1997 AND THEN REINSTATED ON AUG 5, 1997. THE D.C. BUREAU OF ADJUDICATION (REINSTATEMENT AGENCY) SAID 1ST, THAT MANY OF THE VIOLATIONS WERE OUT OF TOWN; IT TURNED OUT THAT 15 OF THEM WERE IN D.C. IN THE PAST 2 YEARS. THEN THEY SAID THAT THE LICENSE WAS RESTRICTED TO WORK RELATED DRIVING; BUT 11 OF THE 15 IN D.C. WERE WORK RELATED. THEN THEY SAID THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS AT FAULT, BUT IT TURNED OUT THAT THE COMPUTER SHOWED THE DRIVER HAD ACCUMULATED 47 'POINTS' IN D.C. WHICH IS MORE THAN 4 TIMES THE 12 POINTS THAT IS SUPPOSED TO RESULT IN LICENSE SUSPENSION AND ALSO HAD ENOUGH POINTS IN VA AND MD SO BOTH STATES HAD SENT LETTERS TO D.C. REQUESTING LICENSE SUSPENSION.
AUG 15-16 BETH VISITS M'S MOM.
AUG 15-17 M & A @ CHINCOTEGUE, VA VISITING CAROLINE CHASE (FRIEND FROM 70s - WE'VE PROMISED SINCE 86 WE WOULD TRY TO SEE AT CHINCOTEGUE). AUG 15 HAD JELLYFISH IN THE OCEAN, AUG 17 DIDN'T. SAW LOTS OF DEER AND SOME DISTANT PONIES, ETC.
AUG 16-17 SOME OF THE HOTTEST WEATHER EVER. ON AUG 16 IT WAS 102°F AND ON AUG 17 IT WAS 105°F. THE LATTER WAS THE HOTTEST SINCE JULY 10, 1936 (IT WAS 106°F IN 1918 AND 1930).
AUG 17-19 JENNIFER McGUIRE VISITS BETH (17) VISA VERSA (18-19).
AUG 18-19 M IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.
AUG 20 3 DAYS AFTER RECORD HEAT, IT IS IN THE LOW 70s AT MIDDAY.
AUG 24 PICKED UP GEORGE FROM BALTIMORE (CAMP). OTHER THAN BEING ANOTHER FEW INCHES TALLER (ABOUT 5'8" AND 111 lb NOW). HE HASN'T CHANGED MUCH. I STARTED TO GET HIS BICYCLE AND HE WAVED HIS ARMS AND SAID, "THE 3RD LOCK RING (4 RING LOCK WITH COMBINATION 1532) DOESN'T HAVE A '3'." HE LATER CLAIMED TO MISREAD THE NUMBER BETWEEN THE '2' AND '4' AS A '6' - YES HIS GLASSES WERE SMUDGED TOO.
AUG 25 G AT ORTHODONTIST - BRACES TO COME OUT NEXT MONTH
AUG 25 G GETS CALL FROM SOMEONE WANTING TO RENT HIS SERVICES FOR MOVING FURNITURE. HE SAYS 'YES' FOR A TWO DAY ASSIGNMENT. LATER HE ADMITS THAT HE FORGOT THE PERSON'S NAME, PHONE#, ADDRESS AND WHEN HE WAS TO BE PICKED UP FOR WORK. HE WILL HAVE TO STAY IN FAMILY ROOM AT ATTENTION (VERY HARD FOR GEORGE WHOSE MIND TENDS TO WANDER INTO PARTS UNKNOWN.)
AUG 28-29 AT OCEAN CITY, NJ. TOOK KIDS IN TO ATLANTIC CITY ONE EVENING. THEY WERE ENERGIZED BY THE GARISH PHONINESS AND OBSESSIVE MONEY LOSING GAMBLERS.
AUG 29-31 AT HRWEISS IN MT LAUREL, NJ. ALMOST CRASHED AT JUNCTION OF NJ 42 AND I-295, SAW INDIAN RESERVATION. HELPED HW CRASH HIS AOL WEB CRAWLER 4 TIMES LOOKING FOR SITES.


AUG 31-SEPT 1 WITH JUDY AND PAUL DROAR IN MORRISTOWN, NJ. SPENT HOUR LOOKING FOR HOUSE BECAUSE STATE DOT HAD REMOVED OR OBSCURED ROAD SIGNS. NOTE - NJ DOESN'T HAVE ANY SELF SERVE GAS STATIONS - STRANGE UNION RULE DONE IN NAME OF SAFETY. NJ HAS ALMOST OUTLAWED 7-11'S ALSO.
SEPT 01 PARKED AT NEWARK, INTL AIRPORT (ANOTHER CONFUSING TASK). BETH TOOK OFF FOR ISRAEL.
SEPT 02 BETH CALLS FROM ISRAEL. EVERYTHING FINE EXCEPT E-MAIL IS NOT SET UP YET. PICKED CAT UP FROM CAT HOTEL. DROPPED RENTAL CAR OFF AT AVIS. THIS TOOK ABOUT AN EXTRA 15 MINUTES BECAUSE THEY HAD A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT I DROVE IT -1900 MILES (PREVIOUS PLACE HAD MISRECORDED ODOMETER). TWO PLEASANT THINGS - CREDIT CARD COMPANY CALLED TO MAKE SURE WE REALLY, REALLY SPENT MONEY IN NJ AND THE NEWSPAPER DELIVERY STOPPED AND STARTED JUST WHEN THEY PROMISED IT WOULD.
SEPT 09 ANN HAS HER ORT CLUB OVER. G AND I GO OUT TO EAT THEN GET HIM PAIR OF PANTS. G STATES THAT IN THE LAST WEEK HIS LIFE HAS PASSED BEFORE HIS EYES??? - SOMETHING TO DO WITH SOME KIND OF EXPERIMENT IN SCIENCE LAB I SUPPOSE.
SEPT 12 FIRST E-MAIL FROM BETH IN ISRAEL. SHE SENT 3. WE SENT ABOUT 8 TO HER IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
SEPT 13 PHONE MESSAGE FROM BETH. SHE IS HAVING TROUBLE WITH FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS - AS WE LEARNED LATER, MANY OF THE OTHER WOMEN ARE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS.
SEPT 14 M TO ARKANSAS ON BUSINESS TRIP-G COVERS CHRONOLOGY YET WONDERS HOW THE AUTHOR HAS KEPT THIS UP.
SEPT 14-17 M IN LITTLE ROCK, ARK. MEETINGS WERE HELD AT THE EXCELSIOR HOTEL WHICH IS WHERE THE 'NOODLE' INCIDENT (AKA PAULA JONES AND BILL CLINTON) TOOK PLACE. WE HAD ONE MEETING IN THE ROOM WHERE THEY MET BUT THE ROOM (AN EXECUTIVE SUITE) THAT THE STATE TROOPERS TOOK HER TO WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING. ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN MY OFFICE ASKED ME, "GOSH. IF CLINTON LIVED AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION, WHY DID HE RENT A ROOM AT THE EXCELSIOR??" I RESPONDED, "I GUESS IF YOU HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION, YOU WON'T UNDERSTAND THE ANSWER."
SEPT 19 M INVITED TO MEET NE GOVERNORS ON OCT 1. UNFORTUNATELY ROSH H. IS THAT EVE. IT WAS EASY TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO GO SINCE THE SITE IS A POSH RESORT AND THEY WERE HAVING A SUPER SHINDIG THE EVENING BEFORE THE MEETING.
SEPT 20 RECEIVE 1ST 0-CONTENT E-MAIL FROM BETH. THIS MUST MEAN SHE IS SECURE FOR EXAMPLE - THE FINANCIAL TRANSACTION PROBLEM HAS BEEN SOLVED AND SHE HAS DECIDED TO TAKE HER JUDAIC CLASSES PASS/FAIL TO BE SURE TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO WORK ON HER SECULAR CLASSES.
SEPT 22 G GETS HIS BRACES OFF. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME, HE WORE BRACES FROM 93-94 BEFORE DISCOVERY OF A NEW PROBLEM (TOOTH GROWING SIDEWAYS INSTEAD OF UP-DOWN) IN 95.
SEPT 23 JAY BUHNER (OF SEATTLE) HITS HR 40 BECOMING 1ST PLAYER SINCE FRANK HOWARD OF 68-70 WASHINGTON SENATORS (REALLY!!!) TO DO HIT 40 3 YEARS IN A ROW.
SEPT 24 KEN GRIFFEY JR. WITH 55 HRS REQUESTS THE TEAM PINCH HIT FOR HIM IN HIS 4TH AB IN THE GAME.
SEPT 25 REMNENTS OF PACIFIC TROPICAL STORM 'NORA' GIVE RAIN TO LOS ANGELOS FOR 1ST TIME IN 219 DAYS - RECORD RAINLESS STREAK.
SEPT 28 ORIOLES END SEASON W 98 WINS, MOST SINCE THEY HAD 98 IN 1983. THEY WON THEIR FIRST 4 AND WERE IN 1ST PLACE, OR TIED FOR 1ST FOR EVERY GAME. ONLY 6TH TEAM TO DO THIS. ROGER CLEMENS (TORONTO) FINISHED YEAR WIN 21 WINS, 2.05 ERA AND 292 Ks TO LEAD THE LEAD IN ALL 3 CATEGORIES (1ST AL PITCHER TO DO THIS SINCE HAL NEWHOUSER DID IT IN 1945, HOWEVER, DWIGHT GOODEN LED ALL CATEGORIES IN NL IN 1985). CURT SCHILLING OF PHILADELPHIA (FORMERLY AN ORIOLE) HAD 319 Ks, THE MOST EVER FOR A NL PITCHER. MARK MCGUIRE HIT 58 HRs (34 FOR OAKLAND, 24 FOR ST LOUIS) AND KEN GRIFFEY HIT 56 HRs. McGUIRE HIT 50 LAST YEAR, GRIFFEY HIT 49 LAST YEAR. HOWEVER, THERE WERE ABOUT 5% FEWER LEAGUE HRs THIS YEAR THAN LAST ALTHOUGH SEATTLE HIT A RECORD 264 (OF WHICH 133 WERE ON THE ROAD). FRANK THOMAS OF THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX, HAS HIT .300 WITH 20 HRs, 100 RBIs, 100 Ws AND 100 RUNS FOR 7 SEASONS IN A ROW. COLORADO ROCKIES HIT 239 HRs (NEW RECORD FOR NL). LARRY WALKER (COLORADO) HIT .366 WITH 49 HRs, 4 TRIPLES, 46 DOUBLES, 78 WALKS, 14 HBP, 143 RUNS, 130 RBIs AND 33 STEALS. HIS SLUGGING PCT WAS .720 WHICH IS THE HIGHEST IN THE NL SINCE 1948. TONY GWYNN (SAN DIEGO) HIT .372 WON HIS 8TH BA CHAMPIONSHIP. CHARLES JOHNSON, FLORIDA MARLIN CATCHER PLAYED 123 GAMES (1076.2 INNINGS) WITHOUT A SINGLE ERROR.
SEPT 28 G AND I WENT GROCERY SHOPPING. I LEFT HIM WITH THE CART AND GOT THE CAR. I PULLED UP ABOUT 60 FEET BEFORE G. G CAME TO THE CAR HOLDING 4 GROCERY BAGS BUT THEY WEREN'T OURS. SOMEHOW IN THE 2 MINUTES I WAS GONE HE FORGOT WHICH CART WAS OURS.
SEPT 29 EARTHQUAKE OF 2.3 MAGNITUDE WITH EPICENTER 3 MILES BELOW MANASSAS, VA. NO DAMAGE REPORTED.

Weiss Family Chronology Mar-Jun 2ND Q 1997


MAR 31-APR 3 M IN OLYMPIA, WA. GOT WITHIN 40 mi OF MT RANIER. WAS BOOKED ON DC TO CHI TO SEA-TAC FLIGHT BUT WENT DC TO DALLAS TO SEA-TAC BECAUSE A PLANE WASN'T WORKING. DID GET TO SIT IN FIRST CLASS FROM DALLAS TO SEA TAC. ALSO SAW HALE-BOPP VERY NICELY ON A CLEAR NIGHT IN RURAL AREA AT ABOUT 2000'.
APR 01 BASEBALL SEASON STARTS. A RECORD 76 OF THE 774 PLAYERS ON THE ROSTER WERE ON THE DISABLED LIST. ALBERT BELLE (CHI) HAS A SALARY OF $10M, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE ENTIRE ROSTER OF THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES. ALSO, A MAJOR SNOWSTORM CANCELLED GAMES IN THE EAST. SOME PARTS OF NY, MASS AND NH HAD 2' TO OVER 3' OF SNOW. WORCHESTER, MA HAD THEIR HIGHEST SNOWFALL EVE.
APR 05-06 M LOSES GLASSES AND KEYS ON SUCCESSIVE EVENINGS BUT FINDS BOTH (INSIDE SOFA BED; IN UMBRELLA)
APR 07 G AND I WENT ABOUT 6 MILES N OF FREDERICK, MD. TO SEE COMET. IT WAS SPECTACULAR BUT NOT QUITE AS GOOD AS IN WASHINGTON STATE.
APR 08 B AND I WENT OUT TO SEE COMET BUT CLOUDS CAME THRU JUST AS WE GOT OUTSIDE THE METRO AREA.
APR 09 ONE OF COLDEST MID APRIL DAYS EVER. MID AFTERNOON TEMPS IN THE 30s°F WITH DEW POINTS IN MID TEENS. BETTER THAN SOME PLACES IN NORTH DAKOTA AND MINN. THAT HAVE HAD RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES ABOUT 4 DAYS IN A ROW.
APR 10 RECORD LOW TEMP HERE (MID 20s). BASEBALL GAME IN ST LOUIS CANCELLED FOR SNOW (LATEST EVER IN THAT CITY).
APR 17-18 MORE COLD APR DAYS WITH HIGH WIND, BETTER THAN GRAND FORKS, ND WHERE MELTING OF WINTER SNOW IS ABOUT TO FLOOD THE ENTIRE CITY (OTHER NORTHERN CITIES IN TROUBLE TOO).
APR 18 BETH'S LAST FULL WEEK OF HIGH SCHOOL. SHE HAS A TWO WEEK BREAK THEN THREE DAYS OF SCHOOL, THEN A TWO WEEK INTERNSHIP (AT THE LEGAL TIMES), THEN FINISH UP STUFF. AMONG THE THINGS LEFT IS DOCUMENTING HER VOLUNTEER HOURS.
APR 21-22 NINE PEOPLE TO FIRST SEDER (b,g,m & a; Cheryl & Irwin, Herbert and my mom and Diane White). EIGHT TO SECOND SEDER (b,g,m & a; family of 4 Russians). DESPITE THIS, WE HAVE ABOUT 7 LBS OF MEAT LEFT OVER BY APR 23.
APR 26 BETH RECEIVES NOTICE THAT SHE IS TO GET A PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR HER YEAR AT MTV IN ISRAEL.


MAY 01 I USED BAMBOO SHOOTS HARVESTED FROM OUR YARD IN A CASSEROLE. THEY JUST FIT RIGHT IN. NO ONE COMPLAINED ABOUT THEM (HOWEVER, THEY LIKED THE CASSEROLE BETTER WHEN I PUT SOME TURKEY IN IT ON MAY 04.
MAY 03 A'S MOM ARRIVES. HAILING ON WAY FROM AIRPORT.
MAY 04-05 M IN MEMPHIS (ACTUALLY ARRIVES BACK AFTER MIDNIGHT 06).
MAY 06 ANN AND HER MOM ON TOURIST TYPE TRIP TO EMBASSIES AND THE SENATE.
MAY 06 BETH STARTS HER INTERNSHIP AT THE LEGAL TIMES OF WASHINGTON WHERE AMONG HER TASKS WERE READING 17 NEWSPAPERS TO FIND LEGAL STORIES. SHE ALSO LIKES TO HANG AROUND WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHY SECTION LEARNING TO TAMPER WITH OPTICALLY SCANNED IMAGES (DOES THINGS LIKE PUT EXTRA NOSES ON PEOPLE, DOUBLE THEIR EYE SIZE, ETC.)
MAY 07 A,M AND A'S MOM AND MY MOM ON TRIP TO NATIONAL CATHEDRAL (WORLD'S 6TH LARGEST CATHEDRAL). FROM THE 7TH FLOOR, WE COULD CLEARLY SEE SUGERLOAF MOUNTAIN IN FREDERICK COUNTY (PROBABLY 45 MILES AWAY). PRESIDENT WILSON IN BURIED ON MAIN FLOOR. FABULOUS STAINED GLASS AND ARCHITECTURE.
MAY 08 THIS TIME USED THE HOMEGROWN BAMBOO SHOOTS IN SOUP.
MAY 10 COLDEST DAY IN A MONTH. HIGH TEMP IN LOW 50s.
MAY 11 WE BUY GEORGE "MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING" (SHAKESPEARE).
MAY 11 GEORGE IS OBSESSED WITH GETTING THE COMPUTER GAME, "MASTERS OF ORION." WHEN HE CALLS EGGHEAD SOFTWARE THEY TELL HIM,

"HEY GET WITH THE CENTURY (THE GAME DATES FROM 1992).

MAY 13 ANOTHER DAY LIKE MAY 10. TO MAKE IT COMPLETE, GEORGE LOST HIS BOOK AND WE BOUGHT ANOTHER "MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING".
MAY 16-18 BETH IN PRINCETON, NJ VISITING. SHE LEFT CAMERA (AND SOME NEGATIVES) IN TRAIN.
MAY 23-25 BETH IN BALTIMORE VISITING.
MAY 25-26 FIRST HEAVY RAIN IN TWO MONTHS. LACK OF RAIN HAS NOT PREVENTED GRASS GROWING. I'VE MOWED 4 TIMES IN 5 WEEKS.
MAY 26 VISIT FROM PAUL AND MIRIAM GILMAN. BRUNCH.
MAY 26 ANN PUTS BOTTOM PANEL ON REFRIGERATOR AFTER CLEANING IT -FIRST TIME IN 21 YEARS OF MARRIAGE (SHE ASKED THAT THIS BE ENTERED).
MAY 27-29 M IN MEMPHIS
MAY 28-31BETH AT 9TH-12TH GRADE RETREAT IN PENNSYLVANIA - RETURNS ABOUT 1:00 A.M. ON JUNE 01.
MAY 30 GEORGE THROWS UP ON BUS ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL. I HAD TO BRING HIM HOME. HE THREW UP AGAIN WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF BEING HOME BUT FELT FINE BY THE NEXT MORNING.
JUNE 01 AFTER WAKING UP, BETH BURNS CHALLAH KNIFE (WOODEN HANDLE) IN SELF CLEANING OVEN, CUTS HERSELF AND GETS A GLASS CAUGHT IN DISPOSAL - ALL WITHIN ABOUT 20 MINUTES - SHE DECIDES TO GO BACK TO SLEEP.
JUNE 01 GEORGE GOES GO-CARTING WITH NCSY. BEGINNING OF COOL SNAP. BY JUNE 2, MIDDAY TEMPS BELOW 65°F, ON JUNE 3 BELOW 55°F. COLD NEXT FEW DAYS. ON JUNE 7, GEORGE WANTED HOT TEA TO WARM HIS HANDS (INSIDE WITH WINDOWS CLOSED).
JUNE 02-03 GEORGE ON CLASS TRIP TO NY, NY.
JUNE 03-06 BETH ON 12TH GRADE TRIP TO DEEP CREEK LAKE, MD.
JUNE 08 BECAUSE WEATHER HAS BEEN COLD, THE CHEASEPEAKE BAY IS ABOUT 5°F BELOW NORMAL. AT THE ANNUAL CROSS BAY (4.4 MILES) SWIM TODAY, A RECORD 30 PEOPLE WERE TREATED FOR HYPOTHERMIA, 4 WERE HOSPITALIZED.
JUNE 09 WEATHER FINALLY ALMOST NORMAL TEMPERATURE (IN 80s).
JUNE 15 PURCHASED SOME 'GUNK' PUNCTURE SEAL TO FIX THE TIRES ON GEORGE'S BICYCLE. INCREDIBLY, THE STUFF WORKED.
JUNE 15 BETH PLAYS IN HER LAST CONCERT WITH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ORCHESTRA.
JUNE 16 BETH'S GRADUATION FROM HEBREW ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL IS HELD AT SPRINGBROOK HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM WHERE THE SPRINGBROOK STAFF HAD ASSURED HEBREW ACADEMY SEVERAL TIMES THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER WOULD WORK. IT DIDN'T. BETH FOUND OUT FROM THE ONE OF THE MAINTENANCE PEOPLE THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER IS CONTROLLED BY A COMPUTER IN THE ROCKVILLE, HQ OFFICE (OBVIOUSLY THE SPRINGBROOK PEOPLE DIDN'T TELL THE ROCKVILLE PEOPLE). MY MOM AND BROTHER CAME AND THINGS WENT WELL CONSIDERING THE HEAT.
JUNE 17 BETH ATTENDS MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION IN VIRGINIA. CEREMONY NICE EXCEPT SAD BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF 2 OF THE 250 STUDENTS IN APRIL 97. BOTH KIDS HAD THEIR PICTURES AND COMMENTS AND STUFF IN THE YEARBOOK.
JUNE 18 GEORGE'S 8TH GRADE CLASS GRADUATES USING THE HEBREW ACADEMY GYM. A THUNDERSTORM KNOCKED OUT POWER AND THE SCHOOL HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY GENERATORS.
JUNE 22-25 VISIT BY ROBBIE BROWN. JUNE 23 SUPPER AT ROYAL DRAGON TO CELEBRATE GRADUATIONS.
JUNE 25 NATIONAL AIRPORT HITS 100°F FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1994.
JUNE 30 GEORGE TO CAMP IN BALTIMORE.
JUNE 30- JULY 01 ANN AND MARTIN TO TANGIER ISLAND, WYE OAK ST. PARK AND ANNAPOLIS.

Weiss Family Chronology Jan-Mar 1ST Q 1997


JAN 03 BETH IS ACCEPTED TO ATTEND A COLLEGE/UNIV (MG) IN ISRAEL FOR A YEAR. SHE HAS YET TO DECIDE BETWEEN THAT ONE AND ONE SHE HASN'T HEARD A FINAL ANSWER ON (MTV). SHE SAID SHE LIKED THE OTHER ONE BETTER. I ASKED,

"WHY DO YOU LIKE MTV BETTER?"

"BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO MY INTERESTS."

"OH. AND WHAT INTERESTS WOULD THOSE BE?"

"I DON'T KNOW YET."

JAN 04 YEAR BEGINS WARM WITH A FEW DAYS IN THE 60s. I SAW REPORTS FROM RENO, NEVADA (WHERE I LIVED IN THE EARLY 70s) WHERE THEY HAD OVER 7" OF RAIN AND FLOODING. THE HOUSE I LIVED IN BACK THEN WOULD HAVE BEEN UNDERWATER TO THE 2ND FLOOR (IT WAS WITHIN 100' OF THE TRUCKEE RIVER). I ALSO NOTICED THAT IN EUROPE THEY HAD RECORD COLD WITH CANALS FROZEN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE CENTURY.
JAN 04 GEORGE IS DOING A BIOGRAPHY FOR ONE OF HIS CLASSES. HE CAME DOWN TO WATCH TV SAYING,

"DAD. I'VE NOW FINISHED ALL MY READING."

"OK. WHO HAVE YOU READ ABOUT?" I RESPONDED.

"UH. WAIT A MINUTE. IT'S COMING TO ME..
(HE STATES THIS WAS A JOKE."
I ASKED HIM TO GO BACK AND OUTLINE SOME THOUGHTS.

JAN 06 GEORGE, WHO HAS HIS EYE ON A PREVIOUSLY USED 'SEGA' ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM BEGINS TO DEVELOP A 'SEGA FOR IMPROVEMENT IN GRADES CONTRACT'. HE SAYS THAT A FULL 2 GRADE IMPROVEMENT WOULD JUSTIFY ACQUISITION. HE TRIED TO GET ME TO AGREE THAT B TO B+, ETC. WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF 1/2 A GRADE. I POINTED OUT TO HIM THAT IF THAT WERE TRUE, GOING FROM A C+ TO A B+ WOULD BE ONE AND A HALF POINTS. I HAVE MADE HIM REWRITE THE CONTRACT 3 TIMES SO FAR. I THINK HE IS LEARNING A BIT ABOUT CONTRACT LAW (ANN THINKS IT A WASTE OF TIME).
JAN 07 M FORGETS TO PICK UP CARPOOL- OOPS, GUILTY.
JAN 07 BETH, AT ORCHESTRA (JCC) PRACTICE GETS IN CONVERSATION WITH HARPIST WHO SAYS,

H - HERE'S ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL HARP SEGMENTS (DEMO).

B - (AFTER LISTENING) - BUT THAT'S ONLY A SCALE WITH SOME EXTRA NOTES, RIGHT?

H - WELL, YEAH. THAT'S THE POINT.

JAN 08 BETH ACCEPTED AT MTV.
JAN 09 M SUPPOSED TO PICK UP CARPOOL BUT SCHOOL DISMISSED EARLY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING STUFF.
JAN 11 ANN AND M WENT TO BETH'S CONCERT. SOME MAHLER (INCLUDING A BARITONE SOLOIST), SOME WEBER, SOME DVORCHAK. TOUGH STUFF. THEY HAD SOME ROUGH PARTS BUT REALLY VERY GOOD.
JAN 13 MYSTERIOUS STALLING (TWICE) OF THE FORD TEMPO ON THE WAY HOME FROM CAR SHOP. I HAD BROUGHT IT IN TO HAVE OIL CHANGED AND ENGINE CLEANED. THE LAST TIME I GOT IT STARTED SAYING "OK BABY, MAKE ME PROUD" (LINE FROM 'BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER')
JAN 14 SOME DEEP SNOWSTORMS LATELY. OVER 300 cm IN BOTH NY AND COLORADO THIS WEEK.
JAN 14 ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER CARPOOL MESS UP. THIS TIME I THOUGHT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DRIVE BUT ANOTHER PERSON HAD PICKED THEM UP WHEN I GOT TO B'S SCHOOL.
JAN 15

G - DAD, MY HEBREW CLASS IS GOING OUT TO LUNCH. WOULD THAT BE OK AND IF SO, COULD YOU GIVE ME $7 FOR IT?

M - YES ITS OK. I'LL GIVE YOU $5. YOU SUPPLY THE OTHER $2.

G - WHY SHOULD I PAY $2?

M - BECAUSE YOU GET A GOOD TIME AND I GET NOTHING.

G - THAT'S NOT TRUE. WHEN I GET BACK I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT.

JAN 16

G - DAD, I WANT TO SELL MY IBM STOCK AND BUY ANOTHER COMPANY.

M - WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BUY AND WHAT DO THEY MAKE?

G - THE COMPANY STARTS WITH A 'D' AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY MAKE, BUT I HEARD FROM ONE OF MY FRIENDS AT SCHOOL THAT IT’S A GREAT STOCK AND WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO BUY IT.

ACTUALLY, THAT, IN A CAPSULE IS THE AVERAGE STOCKBUYER TODAY.

JAN 17 BETH RECEIVES NOTE THAT SHE IS ACCEPTED TO RUTGERS (HOWEVER, SHE HAS DECIDED TO GO TO MTV IN ISRAEL AND THEN TO MARYLAND).
JAN 18 BETH GOES WITH FRIENDS TO ONE OF HER FAVORITE MUSICALS (LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS) AND DOESN'T LIKE THE PLANT'S VOICE BECAUSE IT WAS TOO SQUEEKY.
JAN 20 BETH DRIVES TO LLW'S HOUSE. SPECULATES INCORRECTLY ON DIRECTION OF FIVE OF SIX TURNS.
JAN 21-23 M IN MISSISSIPPI. ON WAY BACK, I MET ANN AT THE WHITE OAK BUS STOP BY ACCIDENT.
JAN 27 BETH GETS DRIVER'S LICENSE - TOOK 3 HOURS AT MVA. BEST LINE WAS WHEN BETH WAS LOOKING AT THE PICTURES OF ANTIQUE CARS FROM THE 30s AND 40s AND ASKED ME, "DAD, IS THAT THE KIND OF CAR YOU TOOK YOUR DRIVER TEST IN." LATER THAT DAY I TOOK THE TEMPO INTO THE SHOP (IT HAD STALLED MYSTERIOUSLY ON JAN 13).
JAN 29 PICKED UP CAR. STATION UNABLE TO DISCOVER ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. THEY SPECULATED THE ENGINE CLEANING HAD RESULTED IN WATER IN THE GAS LINE OR ENGINE. THEY SAID I PROBABLY OUGHT TO USE DRY GAS ALL YEAR (EVEN IN THE SUMMER) BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER FOR ANY CAR OVER 8 YEARS OLD.
FEB 01 WINTER HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY SNOWLESS IN OUR AREA. FAR, FAR DIFFERENT THEN LAST YEAR. HOWEVER, MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN ENDED THE MONTH WITH OVER 90" OF SNOW (A RECORD) AND OVER 450" IN THE PAST 15 MONTHS.
FEB 03 GEORGE FLUBS LINE IN AUDITION FOR SCHOOL PLAY. HE IS VERY UPSET. I ASK WHY HE WANTS TO BE IN THE PLAY. HE SAYS,

"BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT I AM COOL AND BECAUSE I GET TO MISS SOME CLASSES AND BECAUSE I CAN PLAY CARDS WHILE OTHER PEOPLE ARE REHEARCING".

SOUNDS LIKE HE REALLY APPRECIATES DRAMA. HE ASKED BETH SEVERAL TIMES TO ASK HER FRIENDS IF FLUBBING A LINE WILL ELIMINATE YOU. I ASKED WHY HE WAS SO OBSESSIVE ABOUT IT.

"I'M NOT OBSESSED ABPIT IT. I JUST REALLY, REALLY WANT TO BE IN THE PLAY AND THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT".

FEB 04 DRIVE THRU TELLER BANK ROBBERY WHERE ROBBER SENT HIS 'STICK EM UP' NOTE TO THE TELLER VIA A TUBE AND RECEIVED PAYMENT THE SAME WAY. PART OF DRAMATIC INCREASE IN BANK ROBBERIES METRO AREA WIDE ABOUT 60% INCREASE FROM 1995). ALSO HAVE SEEN BIG INCREASE IN NUMBER OF POLICE KILLED ON DUTY (ABOUT 80% INCREASE).
FEB 05 TOOK SODA IN TO VET (CAT HAD BEEN HAVING URINARY PROBLEMS). DIAGNOSIS: CAT NEEDS TO EAT MORE ACIDIC FOOD.
FEB 08 FIRST GOOD SNOWFALL OF YEAR. ABOUT 5".
FEB 09 BETH DRIVES WITHOUT ADULT FOR FIRST TIME (TO MALL WITH A FRIEND HER AGE).
FEB 13 BETH DRIVES IN SNOW WITHOUT ADULT FOR FIRST TIME (TO ORCHESTRA REHEARSAL).
FEB 16 GEORGE WANTS TO SEE THE RE-RELEASE OF STAR WARS I. SINCE HE HAS SEEN THE VIDEO AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES, I ASK WHY.

G - WELL DAD, YOU REMEMBER THE PART WHERE PRINCESS LEAI IS ABOUT TO BE TORTURED TO GET THE LOCATION OF THE REBEL BASE -- WELL IN THE RE-RELEASE, YOU ACTUALLY GET TO SEE HER TORTURED.

FEB 18-20 M IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI (4TH TIME IN 9 MONTHS). ON THE WAY BACK, DELAY OF ABOUT 4 HOURS IN ST. LOUIS (WEATHER).
FEB 20 B DRIVES FORD TEMPO SOLO FOR FIRST TIME.
FEB 20 G HAS FIRST SITTING JOB
FEB 23 BETH SLEEPS UNTIL 1230PM. THEN AT 330PM SAYS SHE IS SLEEPY. SHE IS IRRITATED WHEN I TELL HER THAT TOO MUCH SLEEP ISN'T GOOD.
FEB 25 PRINTER CLOGGED UP. M ACTUALLY FIXES IT.
MAR 04 ANN GETS FLU (>100°F). STILL SICK BY MAR 7 WHEN M GETS MILDER VERSION.
MAR 15 M FINALLY NOT COUGHING AT NIGHT.
MAR 16 BETH DRIVES TO HEBREW ACADEMY BY HERSELF. LONGEST SOLO YET.
MAR 16 BETH GETS A & M DISCOUNT TO HEAR SCOTT YOO (UP AND COMING VIOLINIST) WITH WHOM HER ORCHESTRA PLAYED MAR 15.
MAR 19 MINIMAL SNOW. TOTAL FOR THIS SEASON IS UNDER 10". WHAT A CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR.
MAR 20 BETH DRIVES FOREIGN STUDENT (FR POLAND) TO SOME DISCOUNT STORES IN ROCKVILLE TO EXPLAIN WHY MALLS ARE NOT THE ONLY PLACE TO SHOP. SHE SAW SEVERAL FRIENDS FROM SCHOOL THERE (PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN WHEATON). SHE TOLD ME SHE FELT INTRUDED UPON - THAT HER BELOVED ROCKVILLE DISCOUNT STORES SHOULD BE ONLY FOR HER.
MAR 21-23 BETH'S FRIEND CHERYL DIAMOND OVER. M'S MOM OVER 3/22
MAR 25 AND 26 TWO GOOD NIGHTS FOR COMET WATCHING.
MAR 29 BOTH WILDCATS, ARIZONA (winner of finals) AND KENTUCKY) WIN IN SEMIFINAL NCAA DIVISION 1 CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS MAY BE FIRST YEAR WHERE BOTH TEAMS IN THE FIANL HAVE THE SAME NICKNAME.
MAR 28 M MELTS PART OF BLECH (METAL DEVICE FOR KEEPING FOOD HOT).
MAR 29 GEORGE BREAKS DOWNSTAIRS WINDOW.
MAR 31 BETH DISCOVERS CLOTHESWASHER NOT WORKING (2ND TIME IN TWO MONTHS THAT A SOCK HAD GOTTON BETWEEN THE DRUM AND DRUM CONTAINER.