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When Angie Schmidt's seven-year marriage ended, there wasn't much to laugh about. But what she craved was a little levity. "There was nothing out there that really made people laugh at themselves and laugh at breakups," she says. "I thought, Wouldn't it be great to create a business that does this?" Last September she started an online store dedicated to lightening the mood -- smashingkatie.com named after "the other woman." By the holidays, the site was flooded with orders...
...stud earring and a fresh razor cut, is propped against a wall in one of the bars. He looks puzzled when I ask him about the drawbacks of being gay in Beijing and whether he gets hassled by the authorities. "Hassled for what? Being gay?" he asks with a laugh. "Why would they want to do that...
...lunch with a ham and salami sandwich, a bag of Kettle Chips, potato salad and carrot cake. When I headed into the hallway, I ran into Hillary Clinton, who was staying in the hotel, and asked her if she thought this was the nicest caucus ever. She laughed a laugh that told me that she either totally agreed or had no idea how to laugh like a normal person...
...Nevada could still get the last laugh. Because of the calendar contortions, Nevada's Democratic caucuses has gotten nearly 10 days of undivided press coverage. And with Clinton and Obama entering the contest with one win apiece in contested states, Nevada has suddenly become viewed as an important tiebreaker...
...panels, billowing plastic waves, scepter-like deep-sea sculptures, which manage to convey not just one undersea world but a host of neighborhoods within that world. Costumes that manage to be both lush and witty - the exaggerated, bunched-crinoline hoop skirts on the court ladies, for example, made me laugh out loud. All in all, it was one of the most ravishing things I have ever seen on a Broadway stage. For the record, I am not a drag queen...