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Vol. 3, No. 21

May 23, 1997

Welcome to the Tripod Insider — your source for all things Tripod. There's a whole lot of partying going on at the 'Pod this week. Get all the dirt after finding out what's new on the site.

Content And Services

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WORK & MONEY

This week marks the return of DIY to the Work & Money section. Lisa Shaw, best-selling author of "The Under 35 Guide to Starting and Running Your Own Business," returns with the second installment of her six-part "Cottage Industry" series. Shaw says it's time to "State Your Business" — and offers advice on choosing a practical and profitable do-it-yourself venture.

Next, Leah and Elina Furman offer one possible scenario for success with the second of their "Small Business Brainstorms" — this month's installment is provocatively titled "Love for Sale: Starting Your Own Dating Service."

Eva Rosenberg has been helping do-it-yourself types at Tripod save money on their taxes for months now. This week, due to overwhelming reader demand, she offers tips on making the most of family deductions year-round in "Let's Get Relative!"

Our survey queries Tripod members about their OWN small-business brainstorms. What kinds of small ventures seem like a sure thing to you?

Note to fellow working stiffs: DIY folks have been known to drop by our Work Smart conference and rub our noses in the glory of their entrepreneurial lifestyles. Are you going to just sit there and take their attitude? Or are you going to join the conference and let 'em have it?

Randy Williams, Editor

LIVING & TRAVEL

This week is all about Kitsch Travel — bad taste, cheesy roadside attractions, and tacky postcards. A.S. Hamrah sends you "Greetings From Nowhere" and presents an existential essay on his postcard collection: Pictures of emptiness that represent where he's from, where you're from, and where we're at.

Have you ever heard of the Precious Moments Chapel or Florida Splendid China? Test your knowledge of the bad taste to which America can descend in our Kitsch Travel Quiz.

Reckon you can't afford to get on the road and visit American kitsch? Women's Room columnist Bernadette Noll explains how a waitress (with no trust fund) can vacation every two months and still pay the bills.

Plus, the doctor is in, with answers on breast implants, red cheeks, and diabetes.

Emma Taylor, Editor

TRITECA

Kelley Deal, of the Kelley Deal 6000 and formerly of the Breeders, took great care to draw a series of intricate tear drop shapes. Chank Diesel, Travelling Pancake Salesman and Fontographer Extraordinaire, made those shapes into a fancy font, just for you. Writing that background research memo suddenly becomes a glamorous task when you can type like a famous person. Rockstar Fonts, for your personal downloading pleasure, exclusively at TriTeca.

Michelle Chihara, Editor

Tripod Insider

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To celebrate the approaching summer (any day now), Tripod threw itself a little garden party last Friday on the grassy knoll outside our offices. And though the weather was decidedly un-summery, a small crowd braved the wind and cold for an afternoon of horseshoes and lawn darts. "Tennessee" Maggie Stewart, who claimed to be a novice (yeah, right), whipped the field at horseshoes, winning the first four games she played. Can you say "hustler"? I knew that you could. Ah, but justice is swift: Mags couldn't lift her arm above her shoulders for the balance of the weekend.

Matty Q. and Oliver hosted a party of a different sort on Saturday to inaugurate their new digs, which happen to be located in a loft in an old lumber mill. Their rave proved to be the hippest thing this region's seen since Woodstock, with Matt and Jesse playing that funky music clear 'til dawn. New York City ain't got nothing on us, baby!

Thanks for becoming a member of Tripod.

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me.
My mailbox is always open.

Tung T. Pham
Membership Director
[email protected]

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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