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Vol. 2, No. 27

November 8, 1996

Welcome to another Tripod Insider -- your source for all things Tripod. This week, toss a CEBo with us!

Content And Services

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WORK & MONEY
Another week, another embarrassment of riches in the Work & Money section. First up is Harry Goldstein, who checks in with the first of two columns aimed at helping aspiring writers ply their trade as freelancers in the New Media and traditional publishing worlds. If you're "Fishing for Freelance," Harry can teach you how to use the right bait (hint: it's not nightcrawlers).

The Work & Money Dilemma is soliciting your advice for a Tripod member who needs to overcome a bad first impression at a new job. I can relate -- my co-workers here in bucolic Billsville didn't react well to my showing up for work in costume as Mr. Toad from "Wind in the Willows" for my first month here back in May. Our member's problem may be a bit more serious, however, so why not stop by and offer your expert opinion?

A gaggle of new companies are offering 'Net-based stocks for sale on the Web. These entrepreneur types claim that the Internet is the perfect medium for such new offerings, but analysts and Wall Street traders warn that many of these companies should not be going public in the first place. What do you think? Are established brokers just protecting their own turf? Or does investing in an Internet IPO mean taking on an inordinately high level of risk? Put your mouth where your money is in this week's Survey.

Next, yours truly contributes the first in a new series of "Work & Money Watchdog" columns which will combine high-minded advocacy with my usual silliness. "Forget 911: 809 is a (Sick) Joke" looks at a wave of long-distance phone scams which are soaking unsuspecting callers for hundreds of dollars. What's worse, you don't even get your fortune told or get to have a kinky conversation -- you just get screwed.

As if that weren't enough (and gosh, don't you think it should be?), Catherine Hedgecock weighs in with her opinion of "America Needs a Raise," the new book by AFL-CIO president John Sweeney in this week's "Tools for Thought" review.

Randy Williams, Editor

POLITICS & COMMUNITY

Election '96 is over and the winners have jobs and the losers...well, what do they do? David Wallis interviews Dan Quayle, Oliver North, Jim Florio, and other former politicians and asks them how they coped after the votes were counted.

Tripod's Election Resource Guide compiles all of our election coverage. If you are feeling nostalgic, revisit Harry Goldstein's candidate profiles, dress up Bill and Bob, and ignore the vote with Howard Zinn.

A recent cover of Guitar magazine showed two male members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers kissing each other. Stores removed the magazine claiming the photograph "promotes" homosexuality. Censorship is alive and well, but People for the American Way fights to preserve freedom of expression. Find out more.

This week's Politics survey morphs into a global employment agency to find work for the recently unemployed Bob Dole. You want experience? This man's got experience, but as of November 5, he hasn't got a job. So help him out: What does Dole do now? Josh Glenn, Acting Editor

HOMELIFE
This week, the Tripod Women's Room launches. It's a meeting place for women and men to discuss women's things -- be it women in the workplace, women's underwear or women's rights. This week, in "Family Outings," a good Catholic mother from Queens meets her daughter's girlfriend. In the interview, Women's Room columnist Bernadette Noll introduces us to her sister, Alma, who lives the Republican dream -- almost. Two kids, two parents (one works, one stays at home). The caveat: two mothers. Check it out in the Tripod Women's Room.

In Tools for Thought, Yvonne Jones gets wanderlust and looks for satisfaction at the video store. Read her movie reviews of women on the verge of a serious roadtrip (is reel life like real life?).

This week's survey asks if fast food is a national character flaw. What do a country's eating habits say about its culture and its people? Why does a "Mediterranean diet" sound so much more appealing than "American fare"? Fight for your country!

And the doctor, of course, is in. This week he advises a member whose relationship is heating up faster than the pill is working -- how long do you have to wait before the pill is effective? Doctor Bob also chats about carbon monoxide poisoning and scarlet fever incubation, at:

And for all of you with a white coat fetish, there's your weekly chance to play doctor in the Health Puzzler: Can you catch a stroke before it happens? Make the diagnosis and win a Tripod T-shirt.

Emma Taylor, Editor

Tripod Insider

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Last week Tripod saw a bevy of birthdays, but this week we celebrated an anniversary of another sort. One year ago Wednesday, Bruce Ludemann, our lovable "bean counter" joined the ranks of Tripod. Not only did he wear a suit to his first interview, he was a good 10 years older than anyone else at the time. In the past year Bruce certainly has proven that he really is a kid at heart and has taught us all a little about financial responsibility. We haven't seen the suit since.

Tripod has indeed grown quite a bit this past year. We still have fun around the office, but that doesn't detract from how serious we are about work. Jeff, in particular, has become a hard-nosed manager. I overheard Jeff telling DeWitt, "I'd rather have you work on the Homepage Builder, but you only get to vote every 4 years." The next thing you know, Jeff will be requiring passes for the bathroom.

Just to prove that we still have fun, the whole crew took part in unsual photo shoot earlier this week. Not only did I get a piggy back ride from the Chairman , we all pitched C.E.Bo up in the air using just a flimsy blanket and our collective strength. I didn't know that tossing a CEO could be so much fun.

Tripod Membership

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Tung T. Pham
Membership Director
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This has been another issue of the Tripod Insider, the occasional newsletter on what's happening at Tripod. Past issues of the Tripod Insider are also available.

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