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Welcome to the Tripod Insider. This week, Bruce and Ethan feel some Super Bowl pain, and we say goodbye to an old friend. Read all about it after checking out what's new on the site.
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—Matt Goldberg, Editorial Director, Tripod in Print
So you've had it up to *here* with the grinning, disembodied head that is Monica Lewinsky. Yeah, us too. That's why we asked ace reporter Janet Ray to filter through this mess and break it all down for us.
Your favorite celebrities have their homepages... somewhere else, but their fans are all here! Come get your dose of pop culture, in the Altmusic Pod.
—Dan Reines and Emma Taylor, Issues Editors
Join us as we kick off an outstanding new series, "Club Havana's Secret History of Cinema." Each month Chris Fujiwara and A.S. Hamrah will choose the best movies, most wanted "lost films," and most overrated "masterpieces" of a particular year — complete with video clips. In this entry, travel back to 1939; conventional wisdom says the best flicks of the year were "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone with the Wind." Conventional wisdom is wrong.
You don't HAVE to love monsters, masked wrestlers, and shoot-outs to dig the FilmBuffs Pod... but it helps.
—Randy Williams, Media Editor
Is your job too small for your spirit? Why not just quit? This week, Jean Railla reconnects with her slacker roots, interviews three ex-slackers, and finds that "Work" is all about perspective. Even if you can't quit your job, "Why Work?" will help put more play in your 9-to-5 grind.
The next best thing to quitting is taking a vacation. Check out the Travel Pod for ideas.
—Lori Tuckett, Work/Money Editor
Corporate America is finally beginning to understand how the Web works, and that means... "We need interactivity! Quizzes! Contests! Games!" Janet Ray is giving away prizes to the most over-planned corporate Web sites; take a look.
Novice PC user? Old hack? You could probably learn a thing or two in the PC User Pod.
—Sidney Harper, Web/Tech Editor
In this week's Web Filter: High-impact step aerobics, spinning, power-walking... they've all been tried, and they're all pretty tired. Laurel Druley explains why it's time to get the funk out -- and why Jane Fonda can kiss her leotards...
So you're at the water cooler and everyone's chuckling about Bob's empty sella turcica. Har har har. But you've no idea what a sella turcica IS, fercryinoutloud. What do you do — what DO you do?! Look, don't ask us -- Ask the Doctors!
An apple a day is just so... drab. So how about a dash of healing herbs to go with it! Check out the Alternative Health Pod.
—Lori Tuckett and Dan Reines, Health/Sports Editors
What you can do once you're diagnosed with osteoporosis? And, furthermore, what you can do in your twenties and thirties — even in your teens — to protect yourself against it? Get the facts, "Get Milk."
Plus, new letters in the Editor's Room: Everyone's got a crush on Leonardo, and a certain member from New Jersey seeks a woman with the perfect pair of feet.
Do you have a homepage about women's health issues? Do you want to meet members who do? Check out the X-Squared Pod, and this week's Best of Pod, the Menopause Newsletter, by Tripod member NewLifeChanges.
—Emma Taylor, Women's Editor
Violent, angry vegetarians take note! In this week's Web Filter, Daniel Weinshenker tells the world: "I love meat!" He also examines America's inability to deal with food that looks like it might once have been alive.
Check out the Critters Pod, where all the lizards are loveable, all the birds are beyond compare, and all the arachnids above-average.
—Sidney Harper, Homelife Editor
At Tripod, we work hard and we play hard. We play ping-pong hard. Really hard. Do you play as hard as we do? Take on Tripod staff members — "LIVE AND HEAD-TO-HEAD" with PINGMASTER 2000! Pong? Never heard of it...
From Scrabble to Quake, the Gamesta Pod is into games of all varieties.
—Chris Young, Toymaker
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Almost every Friday, we use this space to present a few informal thoughts from one of our Billsville staff members. This week we're doing something a bit different by highlighting Tripod's first permanent New York City employee, Matt Goldberg — a mere two years after he was hired. Um, you just slipped our minds, Matt. Nothing personal, honest!
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Welcome sports fans to another Tripod Insider. The Super Bowl may be old news by now, but the ridiculing certainly continues at Tripod. Bruce and Ethan, huge Packers fans, were talking a big game all month. Thanks to the Broncos, they are not talking nearly as loud anymore. In fact, Ethan didn't even show up for work on Monday. We won't be seeing any green jerseys, not to mention cheese hats, around here any time soon!
In other company news, this week we say goodbye to an old friend. We're not losing an employee, but someone equally valuable: Parker, our FedEx man. Parker has been our FedEx man from the beginning of Tripod, Inc. He wields supreme power around here — even C.E.Bo has to yield to Parker's schedule. His endless patience saved this company countless times as we rushed to get business plans out to our potential investors. We will miss you, Parker.
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