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The Wednesday Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: Oh, Gisele.

Over 22,000 articles have been dedicated to the not so subtle castigation: “My husband cannot (bleeping) throw that ball and catch the ball at the same time.” Oh, Gisele. It is a little bit crazy how much attention her personal behavior has drawn in national news media. We actually have our doubts as to whether as many articles have been written about recent birth control legislation.

The Patriots lost the Super Bowl. They had been favored to win against the Giants for the second time in 5 years.  Unfortunately, there were a lot of dropped passes. It’s football—and in accordance with the “Any Given Sunday” concept, the Patriots had a bummer of an Any Given Sunday.

Two major sides have been taken to this incident: the first being  that Gisele “violated an unwritten code of silence,” that her comments were “…like knocking someone when they are down.” The second and  opposing viewpoint is more along the lines of “you’ve got to admire a woman who stands up for her man, no matter what the circumstances.”

What I think the majority of these 22,000 articles have missed is just how totally opposite the industry in which Bundchen thrives in is from Brady’s industry. Brady plays in a rigid team sport where there are rules, guidelines—and specifically to this case, there are media and PR handlers who train, train, and train the players on what to say and what not to say. At the base of the issue is that football is a team sport. The quarterback is the leader. And a great leader never publicly blames his or her team—even Rex Ryan at his most upset upholds this paradigm.

Gisele Bundchen, on the other hand, is not on a team. She is a fierce solo competitor. The world of modeling is tough—cutthroat, even (we’ve watched enough episodes of ANTM to know that). Teamwork is not the evolutionary development Gisele excels in – her prowess is of the “sink or swim” variety. So I very much wonder if her response was just a display of the differences between Brady and Bundchen and their professional strengths and skills.

Then again, maybe she was just upset by the loss and annoyed by the heckler—after all, she is only (and wonderfully) human.
Feb 08
The Wednesday Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: Oh, Gisele. Over 22,000 articles have been dedicated to the not so subtle castigation: “My husband cannot (bleeping) throw that ball and catch the ball at the same time.” Oh, Gisele. It is a little bit crazy how much attention her personal behavior has drawn in national news media. We actually have our doubts as to whether as many articles have been written about recent birth control legislation. The Patriots lost the Super Bowl. They had been favored to win against the Giants for the second time in 5 years.  Unfortunately, there were a lot of dropped passes. It’s football—and in accordance with the “Any Given Sunday” concept, the Patriots had a bummer of an Any Given Sunday. Two major sides have been taken to this incident: the first being  that Gisele “violated an unwritten code of silence,” that her comments were “…like knocking someone when they are down.” The second and  opposing viewpoint is more along the lines of “you’ve got to admire a woman who stands up for her man, no matter what the circumstances.” What I think the majority of these 22,000 articles have missed is just how totally opposite the industry in which Bundchen thrives in is from Brady’s industry. Brady plays in a rigid team sport where there are rules, guidelines—and specifically to this case, there are media and PR handlers who train, train, and train the players on what to say and what not to say. At the base of the issue is that football is a team sport. The quarterback is the leader. And a great leader never publicly blames his or her team—even Rex Ryan at his most upset upholds this paradigm. Gisele Bundchen, on the other hand, is not on a team. She is a fierce solo competitor. The world of modeling is tough—cutthroat, even (we’ve watched enough episodes of ANTM to know that). Teamwork is not the evolutionary development Gisele excels in – her prowess is of the “sink or swim” variety. So I very much wonder if her response was just a display of the differences between Brady and Bundchen and their professional strengths and skills. Then again, maybe she was just upset by the loss and annoyed by the heckler—after all, she is only (and wonderfully) human.

The Weekly WTF: Today’s humans (that’s us) are a hybrid of modern human and two more ancient human species.

That’s right. According to the New York Times, there’s been a scientific breakthrough that’s revolutionizing the way science thinks of human development.

The scientific community has always had an uncontested view that 50,000 years ago, more or less genetically modern humans started to leave Africa and populate the earth. The theory was that modern humans replaced any previous genetic relatives to humans. But scientists are now learning that there are still traces of non-modern human genetic material in the genes of humans alive today. It was previously known that many humans share up to 5% of the same genes as Neanderthals had, but it’s now coming to light that there’s a completely new type of pre-modern human whose genes live on in many of us: the Denisovans. 

The New York Times reported the story with a very helpful and also rather mind-blowing visualization:

Human as Hybrid
Feb 01
The Weekly WTF: Today’s humans (that’s us) are a hybrid of modern human and two more ancient human species. That’s right. According to the New York Times, there’s been a scientific breakthrough that’s revolutionizing the way science thinks of human development. The scientific community has always had an uncontested view that 50,000 years ago, more or less genetically modern humans started to leave Africa and populate the earth. The theory was that modern humans replaced any previous genetic relatives to humans. But scientists are now learning that there are still traces of non-modern human genetic material in the genes of humans alive today. It was previously known that many humans share up to 5% of the same genes as Neanderthals had, but it’s now coming to light that there’s a completely new type of pre-modern human whose genes live on in many of us: the Denisovans.  The New York Times reported the story with a very helpful and also rather mind-blowing visualization:

The Levo League

Posted on Wednesday February 8th 2012 at 10:57am. Its tags are listed below.

The Wednesday Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: Oh, Gisele. Over 22,000 articles have been dedicated to the not so subtle castigation: “My husband cannot (bleeping) throw that ball and catch the ball at the same time.” Oh, Gisele. It is a little bit crazy how much attention her personal behavior has drawn in national news media. We actually have our doubts as to whether as many articles have been written about recent birth control legislation. The Patriots lost the Super Bowl. They had been favored to win against the Giants for the second time in 5 years.  Unfortunately, there were a lot of dropped passes. It’s football—and in accordance with the “Any Given Sunday” concept, the Patriots had a bummer of an Any Given Sunday. Two major sides have been taken to this incident: the first being  that Gisele “violated an unwritten code of silence,” that her comments were “…like knocking someone when they are down.” The second and  opposing viewpoint is more along the lines of “you’ve got to admire a woman who stands up for her man, no matter what the circumstances.” What I think the majority of these 22,000 articles have missed is just how totally opposite the industry in which Bundchen thrives in is from Brady’s industry. Brady plays in a rigid team sport where there are rules, guidelines—and specifically to this case, there are media and PR handlers who train, train, and train the players on what to say and what not to say. At the base of the issue is that football is a team sport. The quarterback is the leader. And a great leader never publicly blames his or her team—even Rex Ryan at his most upset upholds this paradigm. Gisele Bundchen, on the other hand, is not on a team. She is a fierce solo competitor. The world of modeling is tough—cutthroat, even (we’ve watched enough episodes of ANTM to know that). Teamwork is not the evolutionary development Gisele excels in – her prowess is of the “sink or swim” variety. So I very much wonder if her response was just a display of the differences between Brady and Bundchen and their professional strengths and skills. Then again, maybe she was just upset by the loss and annoyed by the heckler—after all, she is only (and wonderfully) human.

The Wednesday Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: Oh, Gisele.

Over 22,000 articles have been dedicated to the not so subtle castigation: “My husband cannot (bleeping) throw that ball and catch the ball at the same time.” Oh, Gisele. It is a little bit crazy how much attention her personal behavior has drawn in national news media. We actually have our doubts as to whether as many articles have been written about recent birth control legislation.

The Patriots lost the Super Bowl. They had been favored to win against the Giants for the second time in 5 years.  Unfortunately, there were a lot of dropped passes. It’s football—and in accordance with the “Any Given Sunday” concept, the Patriots had a bummer of an Any Given Sunday.

Two major sides have been taken to this incident: the first being  that Gisele “violated an unwritten code of silence,” that her comments were “…like knocking someone when they are down.” The second and  opposing viewpoint is more along the lines of “you’ve got to admire a woman who stands up for her man, no matter what the circumstances.”

What I think the majority of these 22,000 articles have missed is just how totally opposite the industry in which Bundchen thrives in is from Brady’s industry. Brady plays in a rigid team sport where there are rules, guidelines—and specifically to this case, there are media and PR handlers who train, train, and train the players on what to say and what not to say. At the base of the issue is that football is a team sport. The quarterback is the leader. And a great leader never publicly blames his or her team—even Rex Ryan at his most upset upholds this paradigm.

Gisele Bundchen, on the other hand, is not on a team. She is a fierce solo competitor. The world of modeling is tough—cutthroat, even (we’ve watched enough episodes of ANTM to know that). Teamwork is not the evolutionary development Gisele excels in – her prowess is of the “sink or swim” variety. So I very much wonder if her response was just a display of the differences between Brady and Bundchen and their professional strengths and skills.

Then again, maybe she was just upset by the loss and annoyed by the heckler—after all, she is only (and wonderfully) human.

The Levo League

Posted on Wednesday February 1st 2012 at 12:47pm. Its tags are listed below.

The Weekly WTF: Today’s humans (that’s us) are a hybrid of modern human and two more ancient human species. That’s right. According to the New York Times, there’s been a scientific breakthrough that’s revolutionizing the way science thinks of human development. The scientific community has always had an uncontested view that 50,000 years ago, more or less genetically modern humans started to leave Africa and populate the earth. The theory was that modern humans replaced any previous genetic relatives to humans. But scientists are now learning that there are still traces of non-modern human genetic material in the genes of humans alive today. It was previously known that many humans share up to 5% of the same genes as Neanderthals had, but it’s now coming to light that there’s a completely new type of pre-modern human whose genes live on in many of us: the Denisovans.  The New York Times reported the story with a very helpful and also rather mind-blowing visualization:

The Weekly WTF: Today’s humans (that’s us) are a hybrid of modern human and two more ancient human species.

That’s right. According to the New York Times, there’s been a scientific breakthrough that’s revolutionizing the way science thinks of human development.

The scientific community has always had an uncontested view that 50,000 years ago, more or less genetically modern humans started to leave Africa and populate the earth. The theory was that modern humans replaced any previous genetic relatives to humans. But scientists are now learning that there are still traces of non-modern human genetic material in the genes of humans alive today. It was previously known that many humans share up to 5% of the same genes as Neanderthals had, but it’s now coming to light that there’s a completely new type of pre-modern human whose genes live on in many of us: the Denisovans. 

The New York Times reported the story with a very helpful and also rather mind-blowing visualization:

Human as Hybrid

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