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My favorite entries in the Martha Levinson “All my children are idiots” Burn Book.

On Cora

She didn’t voice these dreary thoughts, because, well, Cora seemed happy enough. Though, since her beautiful little dummy married that idiot, she rather always seemed happy. The old woman always felt like a bad mother, because, she was sure most mothers would’ve been happy that their daughter was happy, yet, Martha couldn’t help but feel sometimes like strangling Cora … nobody is that happy all the time.

On Robert

She didn’t dislike Robert, he was an idiot, he was fancy, and as over sophisticated as the instructions to cheap furniture, but he loved her little girl, still does, and she suspected always will. Robert and Cora were devoted to each other and she couldn’t grudge Twiddle-dumb and Twiddle-dumber for it she supposed.

On Mary

The truth was simply that Martha Levinson loved her descendants, but the word “detests” seemed only slightly stronger than how she would describe her opinion of them all.

The Crawley girls were ingrates. She couldn’t find any other way to describe her granddaughters. Both Mary and Edith walked around this place with airs that was all Cora. Yet, their pride and dignity were so completely unearned. Her Mary was perfect in body and face, her manners rivaled a queen, and she acted like a princess. But why she thought she could act such a way, Martha couldn’t figure. From what she understood, and voiced constantly, was that all Mary has, she had stolen from the dead and a young boy. To be honest, Martha had never had a more fun night in years, than accusing Mary of this at dinner, in front of everyone. Her poor baby always looked a vampire her entire life, unable to get any color in her cheeks. But lord only knew how much a cherry she looked when told that she had stolen her position from a small child. Robert was howling, Mary was rancorous, and Cora could hardly keep the peace.

“Matthew willed the Estate TO ME! ME, GRANDMAMA, NOT ‘HIM’!” Mary did not yell, but her voice raised as she slammed her pudding spoon on the table uncharacteristically that gave it an impressive shake.

Martha knew that it was a sore subject, fore half the county, more over the ones that didn’t have a peerage, often accused Mary of stealing from a young boy. She had been told to her face in recent years that her position was short lived, that she would not rule the county for long. And she hated it, they all at Downton did. The accusation hung ever over Mary’s head wherever she went amongst the common people. It was untrue, Matthew Crawley did will his one true love all his possessions, but Crawley House, to which he left to their son. But in the aftermath of poor Baby Cora, and the exiling of the young master from Downton Abbey, someone, possibly from the house itself, started the rumor that Matthew Crawley’s last Will and Testament was a fake, a forgery by an envious and wicked mama who felt jilted. Martha didn’t know who to believe, but she did enjoy spiting in ‘Queen’ Mary’s beans when she got too uppity.

On Edith

Meanwhile, on the other hand, she loathed being around Edith for the complete opposite reasons to her sister. Edith had more governmental and societal power than Mary could ever dream of abusing and using to walk around high and mighty. But her other baby didn’t use it. To all those bastard intellectuals in bumfuck Russia who claim that God is dead. She could only give proof that he isn’t, and in fact, has a sense of humor. Fore it was only by divine comedy that anyone would give Lady Edith Crawley any modicum of power, much less making her a Marchioness, Lady of Government position, and a Literary tycoon. And it tickled her in irony and prescribed pride for one who was dear to her, despite her flaws. But more so she was disappointed now that this grown woman was still flickered and twisting as a teenager at the prospect of losing her virginity without all the facts. She still acted like the unsure, wishy-washy, and mama’s favorite screw up, despite her ultimate power.

She still watched as Mary continued to step all over her. She still took her sister’s insults, she still allowed Cora to make plans for her, and she still asked Robert for his permission. Even her husband, Bertie, a solid man, as solid as Robert had been when the girls were young, remained nothing special. They seemed like a very happy, very loving, beige wall ornament that is commented on in tours and never noticed again. They loved one another, which was great and all, but they looked rather like the poster couple in the pages of an offensive parody to an idiot’s guide to England. They were full of receding hairline, big inbred nose, panic at the first whiff of a foreigner. Yet, at least in Edith case, both were attractive enough to warm your bed for a few nights, if only because they try so very hard to please when given even the tiniest of attention. But to Martha Levinson that was, by far, nowhere near good enough. Edith was a Marchioness, a multi-millionaire, goddamn it! She should expect someone with that type of power to slap her provincial princess of a sister across the face with her checkbook and show off her name with her titles which should be embroidered on her panties. But instead, she only ever looks with commiseration to her batman of a husband and pokes at her food in disappoint.

Bonus on Edith (Feat. George “The Comet” Crawley)

“What exactly, are you doing?” She asked trying to take a sip of an empty drink.

“Looking for something …” He replied without glancing back.

Martha sighed, getting to her feet and shuffling over to the refreshment table with her lipstick stained glass. “In that book?” She asked.

The boy grunted. “It’s not a book.” He corrected.

The Earl of Warren’s gagged pleas was met with a condescending pat on the head as Martha browsed Robert’s booze collection in decanters. “Could’ve fooled me …” She shouted back over her shoulder as she attempted to open the brandy.

“It’s a diary …” The boy said distractedly.

“Don’t tell me, Edith’s?” She asked.

“No …”

“Yeah, you’re right ...” She agreed. There was an annoyance of trying to open the brandy with one hand. After a moment of looking around, she settled on the Eton Prefect. “Christ knows it couldn’t be Edith’s … You’re still awake.” The youth growled in protest through the nylons as Martha carefully balanced her alcohol glass on the hostage’s head.

On George, Sybbie, and Marigold

(Used adult versions, because I know nothing about child actors)

This famous heir whose shadow Mary flinches at, that Cora and Edith leave twice a day at different times to visit and dine with, she had little hope for. Martha didn’t hear anything that impressed her. Yet, even with all the loyalty of the people of the county, he seemed to her to be a morose and weak child that was still attached at Cora’s tit, and used Edith’s shapely ass as a snuggle pillow as he hid behind her fashionable silk skirts. As for Sybbie, the lovely girl was every bit the priss that Mary was and is, maybe even worse than her ‘mama’. She was as beautiful as a fairy princess, even for one so young. But she also acted like a princess, was treated as a princess, and was in fact as spoiled and unkind as a one as well. Though she was not rude to her family, sweet as a little June Bug. But to the other children and guests, she expected to be worshiped and loved. And worse of all … they did as she commanded. Then, when it came to Marigold, she wished to take her home and cuddle her. The loveliness of this elven creature was stupefying, and she was the soul of kindness and courtesy. But she also had the failings of her secret mama, the same quiet anxiety, the same allowing of less beautiful, yet much meaner aristocratic girls insult and bully her. If this unseen heir hid behind Edith, then poor Marigold buried her ribbon and golden head in Bertie’s chest, or clutched Sybbie’s hand and hopped not to be noticed by anyone, however impossible it may have been. The Ballerina had no fight in her, no strong will, she wished only to dance and love those whom she held in her heart.

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Us, May 13

Cover: Inside Britney Spears’ brave battle 

Page 1: First Look -- Olivia Munn 

Page 2: Red Carpet -- high/low hemlines -- Kate Beckinsale, Amandla Stenberg, Alessandra Ambrosio, Ashlee Simpson-Ross 

Page 3: Please don’t wear ostrich feathers, Halsey, Lais Ribeiro, Gemma Chan 

Page 4: Who Wore It Best? Julia Roberts vs. Drew Barrymore, Marcia Gay Harden vs. Christina Hendricks 

Page 6: Loose Talk -- Martha Stewart has no prison tips for Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, Kim Kardashian on daughter North, Sophia Bush on Beyonce’s Homecoming documentary, Serena Williams on cohosting Meghan Markle’s baby shower, Pitbull on inspiring John Travolta to shave his head 

Page 8: Contents 

Page 10: Hot Pics -- Premiere of UglyDolls -- Janelle Monae, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani and kids, Kelly Clarkson and husband and kids 

Page 11: Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Vinny Guadagnino 

Page 12: Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves, Jennifer Garner, Emilia Clarke and Glenn Close and Annie Starke, Rihanna 

Page 13: Vanessa Hudgens, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel 

Page 14: Candace Cameron Bure and Bob Saget, Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez, Madonna 

Page 15: Avengers: Endgame premiere -- Danai Gurira, Anthony Mackie, Robert Downey Jr. and Bradley Cooper, Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Brie Larson 

Page 16: Animal Magnetism -- Paris Jackson and her dog Koa, Miranda Lambert and one of her rescue dogs, Kaley Cuoco and Karl Cook and their dog Blueberry, Andy Cohen with new son and dog Wacha 

Page 18: Stars at Disneyland -- Brenda Song, Miley Cyrus, Gisele Bundchen and daughter, Halsey and Yungblud 

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Page 21: Will Smith, Vera Steimberg and Zoe Saldana, Catherine Zeta-Jones and son Dylan 

Page 22: Stars Are Just Like Us -- Wells Adams, Gwen Stefani, Rosario Dawson 

Page 23: Eva Longoria and husband Jose Baston 

Page 24: Hollywood Moms -- Olivia Wilde’s tough crowd 

Page 26: Love Lives -- Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry spend Sunday nights having dinner and watching American Idol 

Page 27: Cat Cora and Nicole Ehrlich wedded bliss, Warren Beatty and Annette Bening’s love affair, Courtney B. Vance and Angela Bassett like watching movies 

Page 28: Katherine Schwarzenegger’s bridal shower 

Page 29: Baby showers -- Kim Kardashian, Arie and Lauren Luyendyk, Lori Loughlin’s daughter Olivia Jade could be facing criminal charges in the college cheating scandal, Taylor Swift’s next single 

Page 30: What’s in My Bag? Sheryl Crow 

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Page 32: Cover Story -- Britney Spears -- to hell and back 

Page 36: Demi Lovato’s mom Dianna De La Garza 

Page 38: Avengers A to Z 

Page 39: L is for Loki played brilliantly by Tom Hiddleston 

Page 42: Meagan Good -- my healthy day

Page 44: Style -- Denim -- Olivia Munn, Gigi Hadid, Tessa Thompson, Kendall Jenner 

Page 45: Shailene Woodley, Katy Perry, Margot Robbie, Regina Hall 

Page 46: Beauty -- Duchess Meghan Markle’s facialist on how to get a royal glow 

Page 50: Musts -- The Bachelorettes 

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Downton Abbey - References to Historical Figures + References to Other Fictional Characters and Works

The following are two lists; one are real people who where mentioned on Downton Abbey, and the other is fictional characters and works that were also mentioned in the show. I complied these two lists together (because sometimes I had to research what was indeed being referenced!). As I didn’t know if I’d ever been sharing these lists, I don’t have the episode numbers listed out, but they do go in order by mention.

Real Historical Figures Mentioned in Downton

* means that the person was not contemporary of the characters and there for famous or well-known to them. Others without it may not be known personally by them, but are their contemporaries. Some of these have made it to the character list, if for sure they did indeed know the Crawleys, or other any other major character.

- Lucy Rothes (Titanic survivor, friend of the Crawleys) - John Jacob "JJ" Astor (business man who died on Titanic, friend of the Crawleys) - Madeleine Astor (not mentioned by name, but as JJ's wife, Titanic survivor, Cora did not like her) - Sir Christopher Wren* (architect, designed the Dower House) - David Lloyd George (politician and Prime Minister starting in 1916) - William the Conqueror* - Mark Twain* (author) - Queen Mary (wife of King George V) [mentioned in S1, appears in S4CS] - Queen Catherine of Aragon* - Oliver Cromwell* - Bishop Richard de Warren* - Anthony Trollope* (author; he would have been somewhat contemporary, died in 1882) - Piero della Francesca* (painter) - Franz Anton Mesmer* (scientist) - Thomas Jefferson* (politician, inventor, third president of the United States) - Léon Bakst (Russian painter and scene- and costume designer) - Sergei Diaghilev (another Russian artist) - Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry (sounds like the Crawleys did attend her parties from time to time) - Emily Davison (suffragist) - Herbert Henry "H.H." Asquith (politician and Prime Minister until 1916) - Kaiser Wilheim (ruler of Germany; Sir Anthony personally visited him a few times) - Vincenzo Bellini* (composer) - Gioachino Rossini* (composer) - Giacomo Puccini* (composer) - Karl Marx* (philosopher) - John Ruskin*  (social thinker and artist; he would have been somewhat contemporary, died in 1900) - John Stuart Mill* (philosopher) - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria - Guy Fawkes* - Gavrilo Princip (member of the Black Hand and Franz Ferdinand's assassin) - H.G. Wells (author) - Major General B. Burton - Heinrich Schliemann* (German businessman archaeologist, died in 1890; deleted scene mention) - General Douglas Haig (later a field marshal) - Belshazzar* (King of Babylon) - Mabel Normand (actress) - Plantagenets* - Eugene Suter (hair stylist) - Alexander Kerensky (Russian political leader) - Vladimir Lenin (Russian communist revolutionary) - Florence Nightingale* (nurse; died 1910) - Czar Nicholas II and the Romanov family (ruler of Russia) - Jack Robinson (footballer; he stopped playing in 1912) - Frederick Marryat* (author) - George Alfred "G.A." Henty* (author; he would have been somewhat contemporary, died in 1902) - Maximilien Robespierre* (French revolutionary) - Marie Antoinette* (French queen) - Erich Lundendorff (German commander) - Sylvia Pankhurst (suffragist) - Jack Johnson (boxer) - Commander Harold Lowe (Fifth Officer of the Titanic; if P. Gordon was really Patrick, he would have known him personally) - Theda Bara (actress) - Robert Burns* (poet, read by Bates; name is not uttered on screen, but it is clear on book cover) - Jules Verne* (author; he would have been somewhat contemporary, died in 1905) - Marion Harris (singer of "Look for the Silver Lining"; name is not uttered on screen) - Edward Shortt (Home Secretary from 1919-1922) - Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of York (one of the first actual historical figures in the show; married Matthew and Mary, visited Downton Abbey for dinner) - King George V (king of England) [mentioned in S3E1, appears in S4CS] - Charles Melville Hays (president of the Grand Trunk Railway that Robert invested in; died on the Titanic) - Robert Baden-Powell (founder of the Boy Scouts) - Lady Maureen Dufferin (socialite, friend of the Crawleys) - Georges Auguste Escoffier (famous chef and restaurateur) - Marie-Antoine Carême* (famous chef) - Queen of Sheba* - Napoleon Bonaparte* - The Bourbons* - The Buffs* (famous army regiment; "steady the Buffs" popularized by Kipling) - Croesus* (king of ancient Lydia; mention several times starting in S3 and through S4) - Thomas Edwin "Tom" Mix (Wild West picture star) - Dr. Samuel Johnson* (English writer; quote paraphrased by Carson) - Jean Patou (dress designer; maker of Edith's S3 wedding dress in-show) - Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff-Gordon (dress designer of "Lucille"; a survivor of the Titanic) - The Marlboroughs (famous family; mentioned like the Crawleys knew them personally, Sir Anthony did) - The Hapburgs* (rulers of the Holy Roman Empire) - Maud Gonne (English-born Irish revolutionary) - Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (Irish revolutionary) - Constance Georgine Markievicz, Countess Markievicz (Irish revolutionary and politician) - Lady Sarah Wilson (née Churchill) (female war correspondent) - Gwendolen Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk  (real person and friend of Violet's) - Pope Benedict XV - Lillian Gish (actress) - Ivy Close (actress) - Alfred the Great* (9th century ruler of England) - Oscar Wilde* (author; he would have been somewhat contemporary, died in 1900) - Nathaniel Hawthorne* (author) - Charles Ponzi - Walter Scott* (author) - Charles Dickens* (author) - Virgina Woolf (author, one of the first actual historical figures in the show, was not actually mentioned though, just a background guest at Gregson's party) - Roger Fry (artist, one of the first actual historical figures in the show, was not actually mentioned though, just a background guest at Gregson's party) - Sir Garnet Wolseley* - Phyllis Dare (singer and actress) - Zena Dare (singer and actress, sister to Phyllis) - Maurice Vyner Baliol Brett (the second son of the 2nd Viscount Esher, Zena Dare's husband) - King Canute* (Cnut the Great, norse king) - Nellie Melba (opera singer, one of the few actual historical figures in the show) - Al Jolson (singer) - Christina Rossetti* (poet) - Marie Stopes (feminist doctor and author of Married Love) - George III* (ruler of England) - Lord Byron* - Arsène Avignon (chef at Ritz in London, actual historical figure in the show) - Louis Diat (chef at Ritz in New York) - Jules Gouffé* (famous chef) - King of Sweden (whoever it was when Violet's husband was alive) - Rudolph Valentino (actor) - Agnes Ayres (actress) - Lord Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington* (Lord Chancellor and abolitionist) - Albert B. Fall (US senator and Secretary of the Interior) - King Ludwig* (I’m assuming of Bavaria) - John Ward MP (liberal politician, actual historical figure in the show) - Admiral John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (Royal Navy, Blake and Tony served under him) - Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (bandleader at the Embassy Club, his band appears on-screen but it's not pointed out who he is) - The Prince of Wales (David, who became Edward VIII when King) - Freda Dudley Ward (socialite and mistress of the above) - The Queen of Naples* - Wat Tyler* (leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England) - Edmond Hoyle* (writer of card rules) - Ramsay MacDonald (Prime Minister Jan-Nov 1924) - Archimedes* - Boudicca* (Queen of the British Iceni tribe) - Rosa Luxemburg (Revolutionary) - Charles I* - Douglas Fairbanks (movie star) - Jack Hylton (English band leader) - Edward Molyneux (fashion designer; Cora has a fitting with him in S5E3) - The Brontë Sisters* (Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, all authors. Anne's work The Tenant of Wildfell Hall was the charade answer in S2CS.) - Leo Tolstoy* (author) - Nikolai Gogol* (author) - Elinor Glyn (author of romantic fiction) - Czar Alexander II - Prince Alfred (son of Queen Victoria) - Grand Duchess Maria (wife of Alfred, daughter of the czar) - Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian jeweller) - Ralph Kerr (officer in the Royal Navy; Mabel mentions a man by this name as a friend) - Keir Hardie (Scottish socialist, died in 1915) - The Moonella Group (formed a nudist colony in 1924 in Wickford, Essex) - John Singer Sargent (American painter, died in 1925) - Rudyard Kipling (author and poet - often quoted starting in S1, but first mentioned by name in S5) - Mary Augusta Ward (Mrs. Humphrey Ward - author; I'm not adding her to the character list, died in 1920) - Adolf Hitler - Pola Negri (film star) - John Barrymore (actor [Drew Barrymore's grandfather]) - King Richard the III (of England)* - Hannah Rothschild and Lord Rosebery (British socialites Violet knew; Hannah died in 1890) - General Reginald Dyer - Lytton Strachey (supposedly was at Gregson's party) - Niccolo Machiavelli* - Adrienne Bolland (aviatrix) - The Fife Princesses (as listed by Sir Michael Reresby) - Duke of Arygll (as listed by Sir Michael Reresby) - The Queen of Spain (as listed by Sir Michael Reresby) - Lady Eltham (Dorothy Isabel Westenra Hastings) - King John* - Neville Chamberlain (Minister of Health in 1925, later Prime Minister; appears on-screen in S6E5) - Anne de Vere Cole (Neville Chamberlain's wife. Fictitiously, she is Robert's father's goddaughter. Her father is mentioned has having served in the Crimean War with Robert's) - Horace de Vere Cole (Anne de Vere Cole's brother) - Joshua Reynolds* (painter) - George Romney* (painter) - Franz Xaver Winterhalter* (painter) - Sir Charles Barry* (real architect of Highclere, cited here as one as Downton Abbey) - Tsar Nicholas I* - Teo (or Tiaa)* - Amenhotep II* - Tuthmosis IV* - King Charles* - Clara Bow (actress) [To my knowledge, the Ripon election candidates in S1E6 were not real people, as were not always the case for military personnel Robert referred to.] Fictional Characters and Works Mentioned in Downton - Long John Silver (referenced by Thomas) - Andromeda, Perseus, Cepheus (Greek mythology) (referenced by Mary) - Sydney Carton (A Tale of Two Cities) (referenced by Robert) - Princess Aurora, and later Sleeping Beauty (the ballet I presume) (referenced by Robert) - Horatio (Hamlet; Thomas quotes a line in a deleted scene) - "Gunga Din" (poem by Kipling; quoted by Bates and later quoted by Isobel) - Little Women (referenced by Cora) - The Lost World - Elizabeth and her German Garden (book given to Anna by Molesley) - Wind in the Willows (referenced by Violet) - "If You Were the Only Girl in the World" (sung by Mary, Matthew and cast) - "The Cat That Walked By Itself" (short story by Kipling; quoted by Matthew) - Iphigenia (Greek mythology, may be referenced in The Iliad but I cannot confirm) - Uncle Tom Cobley ("Widecombe Fair") (referenced by Sybil) - Alice and the Looking Glass - "The Rose of Picardy" (only a few strains played, possibly the John McCormack version which was out in 1919) - Zip Goes a Million and "Look for the Silver Lining" (song played by Matthew) - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (title used in The Game) - Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Angel Clare (referenced by Mary) - Lochinvar (from Sir Walter Scott) (referenced by Martha) - "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" (played at Mary and Matthew's wedding) - "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" (sung by Martha and cast) - "Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron" (English folk song sung by Carson) - Way Down East (film) - The Worldings (film) - "Molly Malone" (Irish song) - The Scarlet Letter (referenced by Isobel) - Lady of the Rose (musical) - The Lady of Shalott (ballad) - The Puccini pieces from S4E3 - The jazz pieces from S4E4 sung by Jack Ross ("A Rose By Any Other Name") - The Sheik (film) - The jazz pieces from S4E6 sung by Jack Ross ("Wild About Harry") - "The Second Mrs Tanqueray" (play and films) (referenced by Edith) - "The Sword of Damocles" (Greek myth) - Dr. Fu Manchu - Mrs. Bennett (Pride and Prejudice) - A vague allusion to Wuthering Heights (talking about the Brontë sisters and moors) (referenced by Rose) - Vanity Fair and Becky Sharp (Molesley reads this with Daisy) - "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" (sung by Denker) - "The Fall of the House of Usher" (short story by Edgar Allen Poe) - Madame Defarge (A Tale of Two Cities) - Ariadne (Greek mythology) - "Cockles and Mussels" (Spratt sings a few bars in S6E5; this is also called "Molly Malone") - Elizabeth Bennett and Pemberley (Pride and Prejudice) (referenced by Violet) - Mr Squeers (Nicholas Nickleby) (referenced by Bertie) - The Prisoner of Zenda (adventure novel by Anthony Hope) (referenced by Tom) - "The course of true love never did run smooth" (quote from A Midsummer Night's Dream) Not included are proverbs or sayings (which Anna says a lot of), nor Biblical references. Do note that there's a lot of scenes with the characters reading, but we don't know exactly what.

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Don’t forget the Astros cheating scandal is actually hilarious

Ex-Astros manager A.J. Hinch and former bench coach Alex Cora talk in the Houston dugout in 2017. | MLB via Getty Images

The Astros cheating scandal is bad, but mostly it’s really funny.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a competitive baseball team in possession of an opposition must also be in want of their signs. However little known the feelings or views of such a team may be, on the other hand, this truth is only meant to extend so far. Old-fashioned sign-stealing is encouraged. Space-age sign-stealing is ... not.

By now I expect everyone has heard of the Houston Astros’ perfidy and the subsequent punishment. If not, a recap: the team was caught using the center field camera to spy on the signs opposing catchers use to call pitches. Their video room staff then decoded the signs, which were passed on to Astros hitters via the high-tech method of whacking a trash can with a baseball bat. Silence? A fastball. BANG BANG? Not-a-fastball. This, as Astros team on-base percentage will suggest, is helpful information.

It’s also illegal to gather and use that information via electronic means, which is why the Astros are now down two first-round draft picks, two second-round picks, $5 million, their general manager and their more specific manager. MLB aren’t finished here, either: the Boston Red Sox will be next under the commissioner’s baleful glare. Baseball is taking these rules violations extremely seriously, as they must.

But that doesn’t mean that they are serious. Divorced from the weird reality sports fashions about itself — a weird reality that breaks children's hearts, ruins careers, creates toxic cultures, and throws billions of dollars around like nothing, admittedly — this is a deeply silly scandal, and ought to be treated that way.

Keeping the baseball world on tenterhooks over what, in the final analysis, involves beating the shit out of a clubhouse trash can? Hilarious. The hubris required to assume that they wouldn’t be caught in a scheme which necessitated the knowledge of, at minimum, every hitter on the team? Hilarious. Jeff Luhnow’s response?

I am not a cheater. Anybody who has worked closely with me during my 32-year career inside and outside baseball can attest to my integrity. I did not know rules were being broken. As the Commissioner set out in his statement, I did not personally direct, oversee or engage in any misconduct: The sign-stealing initiative was not planned or directed by baseball management; the trash-can banging was driven and executed by players, and the video decoding of signs originated and was executed by lower-level employees working with the bench coach. I am deeply upset that I wasn’t informed of any misconduct because I would have stopped it.

Hilarious.

Can we honestly take a scandal seriously when a section of the report on said scandal includes the anecdote that at one point a group of players, concerned about getting caught in the act by Chicago White Sox reliever Danny Farquhar, dismounted the monitor they were using to cheat mid-game and hid it in a spare office?

If the idea of a troupe of millionaire athletes hustling through the dugout and into the warren of tunnels under the stadium so that they can frantically disassemble a television bracket (“THE SCREW IS STRIPPING! SHIT! WHERE’S THE FUCKING PHILLIPS HEAD??!”) doesn’t tickle you in a profound way I have no idea what we’re doing here.

Anyway. This is a very serious scandal which has cost opposing teams wins, pitchers across the league money and opportunities, and perhaps some young Astros fans their innocence. It is also, fundamentally, a story about some dudes watching television and thwacking a trash can. BANG. BANG. BANGBANGBANG.

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‘Shark Tank’-Endorsed Vegan Bakery Comes to Capitol Hill

Welcome back to Eater News, a semi-regular round-up of mini news bites. Have info to share? Email intel to seattle@eater.com.

Vegan cinnamon roll chain Cinnaholic debuts in Seattle in October when franchisees Trieva Katsandres and Maysaa Abouhamze open a Capitol Hill location next to Capitol Cider on E Pike St. Founders Shannon and Florian Radke successfully pitched ABC’s Shark Tank in 2014; the company website now lists 24 current or upcoming U.S. locations.

After 19 years on Bainbridge Island, Cafe Nola has closed, apparently unable to negotiate a new lease. Owners Kevin and Whitney Warren said in Facebook comments they’ll honor existing gift cards at their other Bainbridge restaurant, the Plate and Pint.

Like Renee Erickson and her Sea Creatures restaurants, co-op grocer PCC has ended sales of Pacific Northwest chinook salmon, in favor of certified-sustainable Alaskan chinook, in an effort to support endangered Southern resident killer whales in the Puget Sound.

A pizzeria called Coltiva opens September 29 at 350 1st Ave. W, in the relatively new Cora Queen Anne apartment building in Lower Queen Anne.

Loxsmith Bagels, which popped up in popular fashion at Montana on Capitol Hill this summer, is building out a Ballard production facility and walk-up window near the intersection of NW Ballard Way and NW Dock Place. It may open in spring 2019; meanwhile, owner Matthew Segal fulfills catering orders for his 48-hour-fermented bagels, in flavors like seaweed sesame, through Caviar.

Update: September 12, 2018, 11:40 a.m. This article was updated to reflect that Cinnaholic won’t meet its anticipated opening date of October 1 but still hopes to open in October.

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500 Old Fashioned Dog Names

Naming your dog is an important decision, and one many of struggle with. We want a name that sounds right, and one that fits their true personality. But there’s so many to choose from, it’s hard to know where to begin.

My trick? I use themed baby name lists. I’ve used one every time I’ve had to name a new pet, and they always give me inspiration. And one of my favorite themes is using old fashioned (and historical) names. (Laika is named after the first dog to orbit Earth)

Looking for the perfect old fashioned name for your dog? If so you’ve come to the right place; this list is full of classic & vintage inspired names. Here’s 500 old fashioned dog names.

500 Old Fashioned Dog Names

Female Dog Names Male Dog Names Abigail Abe Ada Albert Addy Alexander Adelaide Alford Adeline Alistar Agatha Alvin Agnes Archie Alice Arthur Amelia Ashby Anastasia Augustus Annabell Barton Annamae Basil Anne Benji Anna Bennett Arabella Benny Arlene Benson Ashlyn Bernard Astrid Bertrand Audra Bradford Ava Bradley Averill Braxton Bea Brigham Beatrice Brock Bella Broderick Bernadette Brogan Bertha Bronson Bernice Buddy Bessie Byron Beth Cadence Betty Carlton Beverly Carter Billie Cecil Blanche Cedric Bonnie Charlie Camille Chester Carlotta Clark Cassandra Clement Catherine Clifford Cecelia Clyde Celeste Coleman Celia Colin Charlotte Conrad Chloe Cornelius Claire Crawford Clara Daniel Clarabelle Darius Clarissa Davis Clementine Davy Cleo Dexter Coco Dixon Constance Domingo Cora Donnie Coral Earl Daisy Easton Darlene Edger Delilah Edison Dolores Edmund Doris Edward Dorothea Edwin Dorothy Eldon Dot Eli Dottie Eliot Edith Elmer Edna Emerson Effie Emmett Elaine Emory Eleanor Ernest Eleanora Eugene Eloise Evander Eliza Everett Elizabeth Ezra Ella Felix Ellamae Felton Elsa Fenton Elsie Fido Emily Finley Emma Finn Enid Fletcher Esme Forrest Esmerelda Foster Estelle Francis Estella Frank Esther Franklin Ethel Frederick Etta Freeman Eudora George Eva Gerald Evelyn Gilbert Fannie Grady Felicity Graham Fern Griffin Florence Hamilton Frances Harold Frida Harrison Gail Harry Garnet Hart Gemma Harvey Geneva Hayes Genevieve Heath Georgetta Hector Georgia Henry Geraldine Herbert Gertrude Hilton Gidget Hoover Ginger Hudson Gladys Hugh Gloria Hunter Glynn Hyatt Grace Ike Gracelyn Ira Greta Irving Gretchen Ives Gwendolyn Jack Harper Jacob Harriet James Hattie Jameson Hazel Jasper Hedy Jefferson Helen John Holly Jonas Ida Joseph Irene Kendrick Iris Kent Isabella Lambert Isadora Lance Ivy Lane Jacqueline Langston Jane Lawrence Joan Lemuel Jocelyn Leo Josephine Leonard Joy Leroy Joyce Lewis Judith Liam Julia Lincoln Juliana Llewellyn June Luther Katherine Mack Kay Maguire Kitty Malcolm Lady Martin Lassie Mason Layne Maverick Leona Max Lila Maximilian Lilibeth Maxwell Lillian McKinley Lily Mercer Lizette Meyer Lois Michael Lola Milburn Loretta Miles Lorraine Miller Louisa Milo Louise Milton Lucia Monroe Lucille Morton Lucinda Murphy Lucy Murray Luella Napoleon Lula Nelson Mabel Newton Madeline Niles Mae Norman Maisie Norris Mamie Oakley Mara Oliver Margaret Orson Marge Oscar Marianne Otis Marilyn Otto Marjorie Overton Maryella Owen Matilda Park Maude Parker Maura Parley May Percival Mazie Percy Melanie Phillip Melissa Pierce Melody Porter Meredith Quincy Minnie Quinton Miranda Ralph Missy Randall Molly Raymond Myra Reed Myrtle Reuben Nanette Rex Nellie Richard Nettie Robert Nora Rudolph Norma Rufus Olive Rupert Olivia Russell Opal Samson Patsy Saul Pearl Scout Peggy Sebastian Penelope Sedrick Phoebe Sheldon Polly Shelton Posey Sherman Phyllis Sherwood Priscilla Sigmund Prudence Silas Queenie Spot Quinn Stanley Quinnie Sterling Rachel Stetson Rebecca Stuart Regina Summer Rhea Sylvan Rosalie Taylor Rose Teddy Rosemary Thaddeus Roxy Theodore Ruby Thornton Ruth Thurston Sadie Tillman Samantha Tobias Selma Toby Shirley Todd Sophia Tristan Sophronia Truman Stella Tucker Susannah Tyler Sue Ulysses Susie Vaughn Sylvia Vernon Tabitha Victor Theresa Vincent Tillie Virgil Ursula Wade Velma Wallace Vera Walter Victoria Walton Viola Warren Violet Watson Virgie Weldon Virginia Wesley Wanda Weston Waverly Wheeler Willa Wilbur Willie Mae William Wilma Willis Winifred Wilson Yvonne Winston Zelda Wyatt Zora Wylie

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Resources

I came up with a few of my favorite classic dog names, but it was nowhere close to 500. The majority of credit belongs to the following sites and their great name lists:

Fit Pregnancy

Baby Center

Baby Name Boutique

Bark Post

Nameille

Pop Sugar

What Are Your Favorite Old Fashioned Dog Names?

Do you have any favorite old fashioned dog names? How did you name your last dog? Are you a fan of using human names for your pets? Have you ever named your dog after a historical figure? My previous dog was named Carter, so that’s a given for me.

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