We’re really not using the word “kith” enough. It means familiar — like with friends and family. The word “kin” derives from kith, an old English word. Also, according to Merriam-Webster, the word uncouth comes from kith as well — as in, unfamiliar or unknown.
Now you have something to talk about at the water cooler. Now, get back to work.
Wow:
Surgeons have carried out the first operations in Britain using a pioneering “bionic eye” that could in future help to restore blind people’s sight.Two successful operations to implant the device into the eyes of two blind patients have been conducted at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London.
The device — the first of its kind — incorporates a video camera and transmitter mounted on a pair of glasses. This is linked to an artificial retina, which transmits moving images along the optic nerve to the brain and enables the patient to discriminate rudimentary images of motion, light and dark.
Just like astronaut Steve Austin. A man barely alive.
Miss Piggy. Muppets. Johnny Cash. Orange Blossom Special. That’s Entertainment!
From the AP:
WASHINGTON — The FBI is grappling with growing numbers of public corruption cases and a surge in mortgage fraud investigations, FBI Director Robert Mueller said Thursday, wondering aloud whether Americans are ‘becoming more crooked.’In a speech to the American Bar Association, Mueller asked the assembled defense lawyers for help in ‘creating a culture of integrity’ by reporting evidence of wrongdoing by politicians and corporate executives alike.
‘Anyone who follows the news these days and sees repeated references to corporate fraud and public corruption might think the nation is in the midst of a moral crisis,’ Mueller told the defense attorneys. ‘Have we as a society become more corrupt? Or have we in the FBI simply become more adept at rooting out fraud and corruption?’”
We’re becoming more crooked.
Good column on how we interpret information according to our pre-existing ideas:
Another challenge is the biased way in which we gather information. We seek out information that reinforces our prejudices. One study presented listeners with static-filled recordings of speeches that they believed they were judging on persuasive power. Listeners could push a button to tweak the signal, reducing the static to make it easier to understand. When smokers heard a speech connecting tobacco with cancer, they didn’t try to improve the clarity to hear it more easily. But they pushed the button to get a clearer version of a speech saying that there was no link between smoking and cancer. Nonsmokers were the exact opposite.
Rather revealing.
Here‘s a photo of Hillary Clinton knocking back a shots of Crown Royal at Bronko’s bar in Indiana. She looks very comfortable in that element.
Daniel Henninger explores this and other facets of the “culture wars” in his WSJ column.
No Caption Needed is an interesting academic site that looks at iconic images. I missed the above one — click here to see the full Chick-Fil-A commercial from 2002.
