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Vol. 3, No. 39

September 26, 1997

Welcome to the Tripod Insider. This week, Team Tripod dusts off the soccer cleats for another exciting season. We also say goodbye to an old friend. Read more about it after you check out the ever-improving Tripod Site.

Content And Services

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NEW IN THE WOMEN'S ZONE

This week, it's time for some D.I.Y. Sex, perhaps the only kind of sex that women, at least, are not talking about enough these days. Ladies, it's time.

Bunny Fisher used to wonder what the big deal was about buying vibrators. Until her first (a gift) broke, and she headed to the mall.

What do you think about D.I.Y sex — is it a poor substitute for the real thing, or a great stress reliever? And why don't women talk about it? Take the D.I.Y. Sex Poll and find out. Boys, not to leave you out, there's a separate poll for you, so we can see whether men and women agree on this subject.

Then, join the D.I.Y. Sex conference to really talk about it...

—Emma Taylor, Women's Room editor

NEW IN HEALTH/SPORTS

Ever notice the hunter/gatherer language most love experts use when talking about sex and relationships? (Men hunt for fertile women; women, like elusive gazelles, need to play "hard to get...") Well, in the interest of promoting peace and understanding between the sexes, the Health/Sports section brings you its very own sexpert, Bob Berkowitz, to answer your questions on intimacy. Ask away!

Then, take the quick quiz on anemia and find that you may not really be overworked — just anemic.

And finally, Dr. Bob answers questions on painkiller addiction, caffeine, and the latest drug for diabetes, while Dr. Migdow prescribes holistic remedies for clogged arteries and athlete's foot.

—Lori Tuckett, Health editor

NEW IN MONEY

Convinced yourself that the proverbial rainy ain't coming? Think again. It's never too early for a little Smart Retirement Planning, and unless you want to spend your golden years selling pencils and sleeping on a subway grate, it's time to buckle down.

Finance writer Wendy Chobi has all the details about traditional, employer-sponsored retirement plans for the gainfully employed among you.

For the self-employed, under-employed, sporadically employed, or just plain lazy, Wendy also has some ideas about do-it-yourself retirement planning.

Ken Kurson weighs in with the scoop on the rainy day advantage Uncle Sam gives to folks who plan for the future: tax-deferred retirement savings.

Ready to choose a financial instrument for retirement savings? Beth Kobliner says that index funds are the best-kept investment secret on Wall Street.

Use our handy dandy retirement calculator to figure out how much money you should be socking away for your dotage, based on your current age and the level of your employer's participation in a retirement plan. This thing even makes pretty graphs for you non-verbal types.

And don't forget to share your ideas on Smart Retirement Savings with other Tripod members in our survey — your comments may even be used in the Tripod book!

—Randy Williams, Money editor

TRIPOD IN PRINT

This week in the book section: Which is better, condom or diaphragm? How do you get your roommate to stop eating all your food? Answer these questions and more, and be part of Tripod's new book. Act now — the Ginsu knives are limited!

NEW IN WEB/TECH

Ever wonder about the origins of the Net? It's a lot older than you might imagine — about 2000 years older! In YourLife, Joe Blaine, Web Archaeologist, excavates fossils such as "Pompous Pompey Pontificates" from the prehistoric Web. Come take a look!

In LifeSupport, the Web/Tech Toolbox brings you all things ghoulish and ghostly to get ready for Halloween. Tripod member "dnoennig" brings you the necessary holiday Clip Art. (And don't forget to add sound effects to your Halloween page with RealAudio!)

Hey good lookin'. Yeah, you know who you are. What makes you beautiful? Where did you find that great shade of lipstick? The latest in Podlife this week is the Mod Pod, a brand-new pod for the most fashionable and beautiful people of Tripod.

—Maria Trimarchi, assistant Web/Tech editor

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Tripod Insider

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You win some, you lose some. This week Tripod, wins big on the soccer field, but loses a great employee. In the sporting news, the Tripod eleven posted a big win in the season opener. We may be a relatively young company, but on the intramural soccer pitch, we're referred to as the "old guys." Well, the old folks ain't doing too bad so far!

In less glorious news, longtime employee and super Sys Admin Jon Butler is leaving the 'Pod. How's this for leaving your mark in final week of work? While installing a new storage array for the growing number of member pages, Jon managed to blow a circuit board, leaving all our servers in the dark (so to speak). As always, Jon laborred until the wee hours to fix it, and had everything running smoothly in no time. And if that wasn't memorable enough, he showed up on his last day at work in a traditional Scottish kilt. Guess he wanted to take casual Fridays to a whole new level...

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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