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Michael calls himself "Greg's other wife." The two first met 15 years ago and joke that they "slept together" before Greg and Nicole did--in the same bed on a freshman-year ski trip. Greg later brought Michael to Marsh & McLennan. Michael thought Greg worked too hard and goaded him into taking afternoon outings to buy doughnuts and DVDs. Only in the past few months had Greg really begun heeding Michael's advice to take the earlier evening train so he could spend more time with his second son Matthew, who was born in July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How A Widow Grieves | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

CARNIE (FORMERLY FAT) WILSON AGE: 33 OCCUPATION: Poor man's Ricki Lake BEST PUNCH: Angry at the fat jokes in Shallow Hal, she said, "I had tears running down my face in the theater...It made me feel like I was a big joke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 19, 2001 | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...Jewish community in which I was raised, this was a common joking response to mundane annoyances. Anti-Semitism was something we could joke about because we hardly noticed any real manifestation of this timeless sickness in our personal lives...

Author: By Jonathan M. Gribetz, | Title: Anti-Semitism Among Semites | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...Smooth Criminal” and the original single “Movies,” and know all one would ever need, or want, to know. (Except for the silly name, which deserves a quick explanation: Don’t worry, it’s just a stupid in-joke...

Author: By Emma Firestone, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Not-So-Smooth Criminals: Alien Ant Farm | 11/16/2001 | See Source »

...distinguish their flu-like symptoms from the common flu in time to take the life-saving antibiotics. Even the most vainglorious of us cannot really want their fame confirmed by death. Neither do we need an anthrax infection to confirm our solidarity with victims of terrorism. If the joke about being infected by anthrax lingers, as it seems likely to do well into cold season, it shouldn’t be repeated as it is now, in tones revealing equal parts fear and longing. A good comedian—especially one delivering gallows humor—must know never...

Author: By Phoebe M. W. kosman, | Title: Important Enough to be a target | 11/13/2001 | See Source »

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