July 2022

On June 16, daughter Anna, and husband, Christopher, had their third child…girl-boy-boy.

As many of you know, the dad has been called “Kicker” most of his life.

This new guy is named OTIS KICKER KLINER.

Mama and “OTIE.” 6 pounds, 12 ounces. Five hours old in Evanston Hospital

It’ll be great to find out who he is when he keeps his eyes open for more than 2 minutes at a time!

Who would have thought in 2013 that we’d have a group of guys like this nine years later?

Rocco and Jesse Weinberg, Kicker and Otis Kliner, Grampy + Charlie Kliner

And, the elder stateswoman, Maggie Jane Kliner (8) who jumped off the high dive for the first time this week (then did it 74 more times!)

Intense screen-watching with Grampy’s wireless headset

What Else in July?

7/1: The end of 42 years of unparalleled media reporting by dear friend Rob Feder. https://Robertfeder.com

7/5: 115th anniversary of Louis Weinberg Jr.’s birthday…a big deal celebration for the first 23 years of my life.

7/7: Media Burn reruns my video pioneers Zoom from 2021 at https://mediaburn.org/events/virtual-talks-
with-video-activists/tom-weinberg-2/

7/10: Saturday Night Special on imageunion.tv. 11 pm, CDT.

7/25: Orestes “Minnie” Minoso (1923-2015) enters the Baseball Hall of Fame. Ceremony in Cooperstown, N.Y. Baseball is finally being very, very good to him… a damn shame that he won’t be with us.


Trying to keep the news good here…nothing this month about our nightmare Supreme Court or the remarkable
revelations by Cassidy Hutchinson, $7 gas, or the creakiness of old bodies …I can save it for August 1. Unfortunately, there’s no reason to expect much will improve before then.

Here’s hoping it’s a healthy month for you and yours. This virus doesn’t know when to quit.

As ever,

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