https://hollywoodsapien.com/2019/12/18/who-are-you-are-home-dna-genealogy-kits-accurate/https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mtdna_med.jpegmtdna_medA pretty good visua representation of what information you would get with an analysis of nuclear DNA vs. mitochondrial DNA (credit to the University of CA Museum of Paleontology)https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ancestry-dna-screenshot-2.pngAncestry DNA Screenshot 2These results are from a different company, but with similar results: a mixture of types of sources, but with very specific % amounts, some seemingly overlapping to get you to 100%https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/geno-genius-results.pngGeno Genius ResultsBTW, I'm also related to King Tut, Charles Darwin, Genghis Khan, Queen Victoria, Thomas Jefferson, and my favorite Renaissance poet, Francesca Petrarca - all about 30,000 years ago, of coursehttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ancestry-dna-result-screenshot.pngAncestry DNA Result ScreenshotWeirdly, some of these results are by country (Senegal), some by region (Africa North) and some by general culture area (Native American) https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/23andmewakeup.jpg23andmewakeupDon't hit that snooze button! Your DNA demands that you get up at precisely 8:55 am!https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/sandie-cultural-chameleon-ancestrydna-test-results-screen-shot.pngSandie-Cultural-Chameleon-AncestryDNA-Test-Results-Screen-ShotSamples of results from home DNA test kitshttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/z8ah7yyxgeu01.pngz8ah7yyxgeu01https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ancestryrtange.pngAncestryrtange2022-08-08T18:12:52+00:00monthlyhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/about/2020-05-08T12:45:01+00:00weekly0.6https://hollywoodsapien.com/2012/07/05/how-many-actors-are-in-l-a/https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/actors.jpgactorsThere's a lot of comedy and a lot of tragedy in this town. The question is - how much?2019-10-21T17:40:28+00:00monthlyhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/2014/07/24/vidi-veni-they-saw-they-came-they-shot-some-photos/https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/modernfamilyquantas.jpgModernFamilyQuantashttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fieldofdreams1.jpgFieldofDreamshttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/cityofalbuquerque.jpgcityofalbuquerquehttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/zeland-lotr.jpgZeland LOTR2014-07-24T15:47:07+00:00monthlyhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/2013/11/19/walk-the-line-part-i/https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/photo-15.jpgphoto-15https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/photo1.pngphoto(1)https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/specopsline.jpgspecopslinehttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/theline1.jpgTheLine12015-01-12T04:54:31+00:00monthlyhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/2013/10/17/what-i-learned-from-gravity/https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bourne.jpgbournehttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/satellite.jpgsatellite2014-10-07T19:49:46+00:00monthlyhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/2013/03/29/fictionalized-reality-and-real-ized-fictions/https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/truthiness.jpgtruthinesshttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/thirtypi.jpgThirtyPi2014-07-23T05:10:35+00:00monthlyhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/2013/01/09/headshot-archaeology-part-ii/https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/projectilepoints.jpgProjectilepointshttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/90sshots.jpg90sshotshttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/projectilepoints.pngProjectilepointshttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pianoevolution.jpgpianoevolutionhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/90sheadshot.jpg90sheadshothttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/90sheadshot2.jpg90sheadshot2https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cookie.jpgcookiehttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/90sheadshots3.jpg90sheadshots32016-09-12T01:59:42+00:00monthlyhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/2012/12/21/holiday-edition-best-swordfights-on-screen/https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/better-off-dead-theatrical-poster.jpgBetter-Off-Dead-Theatrical-Posterhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/robinhood.jpgRobinHoodhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ladyhawke.jpgLadyhawkehttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/robroy.jpgRobRoyhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/scaramouche.jpgScaramouchehttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/princessbride.jpgPrincessBride2015-11-13T17:18:57+00:00monthlyhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/2012/12/13/how-many-actors-are-in-new-york/https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/nymasks.jpgNYMasks2016-10-20T13:08:39+00:00monthlyhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/2012/12/05/headshot-archaeology-part-i/https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/artifacts.jpgartifactshttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/figure4.jpgFigure4https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/figure2.jpgFigure22014-07-23T05:08:04+00:00monthlyhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/2012/07/18/buffy-v-athena-mythology-onscreen/https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/heroes1.jpgHeroesMeet your modern culture heroes. Indy, Ripley - say hi to the nice people.https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/heroes.jpgHeroesMeet your modern culture heroes. https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/vase.jpgvaseShould the cast of Lost be on this vase, rather than Poseidon, Athena, and Ares?2012-07-25T17:15:49+00:00monthlyhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/2012/03/27/unions-and-guilds-or-workers-of-the-biz-unite/https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/a_023_blacksmith.jpgA_023_BlacksmithA medieval blacksmith's guild. See? It's just like your union.https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/pilot-market-share-sag-vs-aftra.pngPilot Market Share SAG vs AFTRAhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/unions11.jpgunions1https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/unions1.jpgunions12012-06-16T17:44:36+00:00monthlyhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/2012/06/14/nobody-knows-anything-uncertainty-rules/https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/starmovies.jpgstarmoviesOne of De Vany's charts, showing the statistical analysis of whether stars matter to a movie's bottom line. If I'd taken a statistics class, I'd probably understand this better (citation at bottom of page)https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/damocles2.jpgdamocles2The myth of the Sword of Damocles - moral of the story, in positions of great power and prestige, there's always a sharp, metal piece of uncertainty hanging over your head.2014-09-16T03:54:54+00:00monthlyhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/2012/05/23/see-no-evil-hear-no-evil-taboos-in-hollywood-part-i/https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ratings.jpgratingsWhy does that one couple have the same creepy smile on their faces when they view G-rated content, as when they're watching an NC-17 movie?https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/productioncode.jpgproductioncodeAn image that shows ten of the things forbidden by the production code (taken by A.L. Shafer, at that time the head of photography at Columbia Pictures)2012-06-04T17:10:41+00:00monthlyhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/2012/05/30/you-cant-do-that-taboos-in-hollywood-part-ii/https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/panda.pngpandaIs this it the original Kung Fu Panda, and Dreamworks creation just a knockoff? His creator hopes a court thinks so.https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/taboosposter.jpgtaboosposter"Mondo" movies like as this one actually confronted so many social taboos that they had to be produced outside of Hollywood (mostly in Italy)2012-06-29T12:36:54+00:00monthlyhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/2012/03/07/welcome-to-hollywood-sapien/https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/newyorkeroscartribe.jpgOscarTribeAn old New Yorker cover showing the Hollywood tribe "worshiping" their Oscar idol2012-05-28T17:35:59+00:00monthlyhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/2012/04/05/housewives-and-death-ritual-violence-onscreen/https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/duel3.jpgRussian literature duelDuels are an extremely ritualized form of violencehttps://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hommap.pngL.A. Homicide MapMap showing locations of L.A. county homicides (bigger circles indicate more murders per area)2015-05-19T18:10:16+00:00monthlyhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/2012/04/19/a-boffo-b-roll-linguistics-in-hollywood/https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sticks_nix_hick_pix1.gifSticks_nix_hick_pixThe famous headline (wow, in 1935 Variety cost 15 cents)https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sticks_nix_hick_pix.gifSticks_nix_hick_pixThe famous headline (wow, in 1935 Variety cost 15 cents)https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/photo-9.jpgbillboardDo you know what an upfront is? The person who paid for this billboard is betting that you do.2012-05-28T17:34:47+00:00monthlyhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/2012/04/25/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics/https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/statistics1.jpgArthur devany chart stars box officeOne of DeVany's graphs, showing the effect of having big-name stars in a movie. From the names, you can tell this article was written in 1999. (full citation below)https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/kurtosis.pngkurtosisDifferent statistical curves - note that high kurtosis (technically called "leptokurtic" here) has an unusually high peak, but also that the downslopes of the peak are more down than in a standard distribution. I know, statistics make my head hurt, too.2023-01-28T00:02:55+00:00monthlyhttps://hollywoodsapien.com/2012/03/12/credits-collaboration-or-nobody-understands-what-you-do/https://hollywoodsapien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/teamwork-teamwork-ben-hur-rowing-slaves-demotivational-poster-1233563070.jpgTeamworkThose guys from Ben Hur were really just working a collaborative production.2012-04-29T20:32:24+00:00monthlyhttps://hollywoodsapien.comdaily1.02023-01-28T00:02:55+00:00