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Vol. 3, No. 51

December 19, 1997

Welcome to another Tripod Insider. This week: a couple of Santa sightings and the inside scoop on the annual holiday party. Read all about it after perusing what's new on the site.

Content And Services

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NEW IN MEDIA

This week in Media, the Baffler's Thomas Frank examines the ways advertisers cynically use images of "rebellion" to hawk products ranging from sneakers to automobiles in his column "Liberation Marketing."

Does music rule your life? Do music stores make you quivery inside? Then the Musicology Pod was *made* for you.

—Randy Williams, Media Editor

NEW IN ISSUES

This week, Kevin Chanel courts Vegas and leaves with a broken heart, in "The Softest Of All 17s." But he'll be back, and he'll tell you why. Take the gambling poll (ever lose really big?) and then join in the Issues Conference for some talk on soft 17s, Vegas, and what it is to win on the Strip.

Planning a trip to Vegas — or anywhere else, for that matter? Come join in the Travel Pod before you even pack your bags.

—Dan Reines and Emma Taylor, Issues Editors

NEW IN WORK/MONEY

Ken Kurson's a college dropout who makes his living writing about finance. He's also Jewish. Does that have anything to do with anything? This week, he shares a few words on Hanukkah, Jews, and money — and a groundless stereotype that still has plenty of life.

Are you a businessperson? Just look like one? Try the SmallBiz Pod.

—Randy Williams and Lori Tuckett, Work/Money Editors

NEW IN THE HEALTH/SPORTS

Choked your boss lately? If so, then you're probably not reading this at work. Take a ride on the Spreeway of Love in Kevin Chanel's Web Filter on the state of labor relations in the NBA. Also: the Ask the Doctors docs tackle Bell's Palsy, ADD, and those fiesty antibiotics.

Get your adrenaline pumping in the Extreme Sports Pod.

—Lori Tuckett and Dan Reines, Health/Sports Editors

NEW IN WOMEN'S ZONE

Last week Bunny Fisher felt fat all over. This week, Bernadette faces a slightly different problem. Her boobs are too big! She's nursing a baby girl, and she just hit H cup. Whoever heard of H cup? And these on a girl who was called "Flatsy" in high school. Hear her story, and then head over to the Women's zone conference for some boob talk.

How do you even begin to shop when you've got bowling balls for boobs? Maybe the members of the Mod Pod have some tips. Check it out.

—Emma Taylor, Women's Editor

NEW IN WEB/TECH

There's been a whole lot of hype already this month about how easy and fun it is to do your Christmas shopping online. So we sent intrepid reporter Janet Ray out to see for herself. A used ambulance, a box of ammo, and a reindeer-fur bikini later, she's here to point us in the right direction...

Are you a JPEG junkie? Got an HTML habit? Drop by the Page Slave Pod!

—Josh Glenn, Web/Tech Editor

NEW IN HOMELIFE

Like we promised, Tripod's new HomeLife section is about *everything* one does under a roof — which includes celebrating the holidays with your loved ones. This year, don't make a cheesy family newsletter on the office photocopier. Make it on the Web instead! And e-mail some beautiful holiday cards while you're at it!

Why wait for the *official* holidays? The Holiday Pod is celebrating every day!

NEW IN FUN/GAMES

Stuck inside at work on a snowy day? Live in a tropical country where it never snows? Or maybe just feeling nostalgic for winter fun? Well, the Snowflake Game is for you.

—Chris Young, Toymaker

TRIPOD IN PRINT

Come visit the site we've created for the upcoming Tripod book and give us some feedback — you might just make it into the book itself!

—Matt Goldberg, Editorial Director, Tripod in Print

ALSO FROM TRIPOD

Every Friday, one of our staff members comtributes a short note about life in the Berkshires. This week, designer Matt Quann relates an oddball tale of spare change and humor that doesn't translate.

TRIPOD PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP

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Tripod Insider

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Not one, but two Santas have been sighted in and around Tripod in recent days. For the second year in row, Bruce (V.P., comptroller, and overall good sport) shed his Packer's jersey and donned a big red suit to play the Jolly One, delivering fleece vests to all the Tripod elves. It was a pleasant surprise, but now I'm afraid that this will give Bruce an excuse to turn down the heat in the office.

And in a surprise visit, a stogie-smoking and belligerent Santa crashed Emma's birthday party, spreading around all sorts of unconventional holiday cheer. We're not sure who it was, but Production Manager Dick Wilde was suspiciously absent from the soiree...

Fortunately, no Scary Santas crashed our office party last week, but we did get party crasher of sorts from our New York office. Matty G. (editorial director, print) made the mecca to Williamstown obstensibly for the party, but more importantly to let his new dog play in "the country." Actually, party insiders say that the real late party raged on in Matt's tiny hotel room courtesy of Bruce (minus the Santa gear) and his holiday cooler. Happy holidays from all of us.

Thanks for becoming a member of Tripod.

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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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