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Even the fireworks turned out to be an inside joke. A shouting match between the starchy conservative Orrin Hatch and the overstuffed liberal Ted Kennedy seemed real at first, then devolved into an obvious put-on and finally ended in a hug as the gallery broke into applause. Similarly, after the Democrats' floor manager, Chris Dodd, gave an impassioned speech on Friday, Hagel dismissed him as a fine Irish actor--and they too smoothed their differences with...
...Kevin Brown, Dodgers: Won with little run support last year; that should get better this time around 2. Randy Johnson, Diamondbacks: There's a bird-in-the-hand joke here somewhere, but we're not going to stoop so low 3. Greg Maddux, Braves: Injuries might cost him, but still capable of dominating the league...
...Heard the one about the comedy website that actually makes you giggle? Surf on over to Jester: The Online Joke Recommender at shadow.ieor.berkeley.edu/humor. The site combines sophisticated statistical analysis with a database of rib ticklers. After homing in on your sense of humor through a series of test jokes - How many men does it take to screw in a light bulb? (Answer: er ... better go to the Jester website; this is a family magazine) - it serves up jokes especially tailored to fit your funny bone...
...cosmonaut Musa Manarov alerted the ground that he had found a mysterious string of numbers written, inexplicably, on the outside of the station. His call was received by Vladimir Bezyaev, a mission-control radio commentator who had been chatting with the cosmonauts and was in on the joke. Bezyaev played it straight, relaying the news to the rest of the control room. "Mission control completely believed [Manarov]," he says. "They even asked him to film the numbers...
...women--young women, almost always--kicking and thinking and winking at both the old notion of femininity and the aging precepts of feminism. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (in her fifth season on the WB) saves her classmates from Evil, when she's not cracking a book or a joke. The Cartoon Network's Powerpuff Girls, "the most elite kindergarten crime-fighting force ever assembled," protect Townsville with their magical powers. Max, the bionic babe on Fox's Dark Angel, occasionally lets a mere man help her save the world, after which she suavely extracts herself from his adoration. "What...