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Vol. 3, No. 20

May 16, 1997

Welcome to the Tripod Insider — your source for all things Tripod. This week: A staff member asks a life-altering question, and our soccer team stinks — but not as badly as our bowling commissioner. Read more about it after finding out what's new on the site.

Content And Services

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WORK & MONEY

This week, we look at ways to thrive beyond the beaten career path. First, Catherine Hedgecock introduces us to a woman who had a rocky climb to the top (before becoming a successful climbing instructor, that is).

Next, Candi Strecker concludes her series on Career Contrarians by providing tips on the kind of REAL financial independence that can allow you to drop out of the rat race forever.

Great minds think alike, so Harry Goldstein reviews "Taking Time Off," a great resource book for the career contrarian in all of us.

Finally, how do YOU feel about slipping out of the normal career curve? Tell us if you prefer the good ol' corporate climb or the strict avoidance of anything that sounds like a career.

But wait — there's more! We've launched a new "Work Day" topic in the Work Smart conference so you can share war stories about your office hours (or suggest ways to make time spent there more tolerable).

Randy Williams, Editor

LIVING & TRAVEL

Marketers of Virginia Slims cigarettes have long co-opted feminist themes, but their latest campaign does more than merge feminism and cigarettes in one sexy slogan: Chick rock is the target, and they've started a record label to prove they're not kidding around. Sing For Your Cigarettes: It's a Woman Thing.

In the survey, tell us who's to blame for Virginia Slims' latest campaign — the marketer with the idea, the women musicians who take the money, or the women who continue to buy the cigarettes? Or, is this a campaign that does no more harm than Joe Camel and may actually help a few struggling artists in the process? You decide.

Virginia Slims doesn't have a clue what makes a thing a woman's thing. Are there any advertisers out there out who do get it? Join the Women's Room conference and award some Clios of your own.

Plus, Doctor Bob checks in with advice on drinking water: Can you get too much of a good thing?

Emma Taylor, Editor

TRITECA

The mango of your eye is far away on a tropical vacation. Sitting at your computer, pining away, you despair at the prospect of sharing even a small corner of sun-drenched bliss. But never fear! Enter the vicarious world of Web cams — instant, real-time glimpses of another place with better weather. Watch the beach party at the Hedonism II resort get rained out, and you won't feel so bad that your sweetie didn't take you along.

Take a tour of Web cam sights, and then if you're truly inspired by your voyeuristic escapades, we've got some pointers on setting up a window into your own world for the pleasure of others. It's a week of a thousand eyes, in this week's Ware/Howz.

Michelle Chihara, Editor

Tripod Insider

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This week the Insider reports on the good, the bad, and the ugly here at the 'Pod. The good news is that Mac asked his longtime girlfriend to marry him this week, and she accepted. (Contrary to the rumor mill, he did not pop the question in a pair of rented shoes on bowling night.)

The bad this week is the Tripod soccer team, which lost in the first round of the league playoffs to put an end to a long 2-7-1 season. We had trouble finding the goal all year, despite the key acquisitions of all-star rookies Little Matty "I own one pair of shorts" Quann and Michelle "Do I need special shoes?" Chihara. Even some stellar goalkeeping by Hank and a European touch from Oliver couldn't quite get us on track. But watch out next year — we're currently canvassing the Brazilian national team for qualified programmers.

And now for the ugly: After a gruelling Week 8 at at the alley last week, Commissioner Fred (aka Beancounter Bruce) inadvertently left our scoresheets in a puddle of ale at the bar, prompting bartender Norm to toss them in the trash. Now, we take our bowling scores pretty seriously here, and within hours, the commish was seen dumpster-diving out back of Mt. Greylock Bowl. He found the scoresheets, but he seems to be sporting an odd new cologne...

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My mailbox is always open.

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

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