A Puzzle for the Single Ladies

Years--and when I say years, I mean YEARS--ago, I became single. Somehow, as a Yahoo! employee, I was close to all the "attached" ladies who worked for their Personals product. As I'm sure you can fathom, I was a great test case for their product and for others. Unfortunately, I've never really gotten much from Yahoo!, nor Match.com for that matter, but I've been on Match for most of the the last five years and 4 cities that I've lived in.

(Yes, perhaps part of the problem in finding a mate is my nomadic tendency, I know.)

So, when my latest potential love blew up around me, I didn't really want to get back on Match, but I made my profile public again. I also didn't want to pay for it anymore, so I've spent the last few weeks trying to figure out how to circumvent the system. For those that don't know, if you aren't paying for the service, then you can't read the emails nor see who sent them to you.

It took me three submissions to the customer care team to finally get something published where, for a smarty-pants woman (which is a must for me), I could be found without either of us having to pay for the Match.com service.

Check out my profile and see if you can figure out how she'd contact me without either of us paying...

(PS: It helps to have taken some keywords and built a lot of content around them.)

TailDating at the CHIEFS game this weekend!

Two summers ago, I had a pocket full of dough and wanted to fulfill the lifelong dream of seeing a ballgame in every MLB stadium. I was gonna rent an RV and start checking those ballparks off the list. Most of those that I hadn't seen were on the east coast... which is nice since you only drive a couple of hours from one city to the next. The exception stadiums, of course, are where teams like the Bluejays, Marlins and Astros play... kinda out there and isolated.

I didn't want to just leave it at that, though. I decided that I'd video blog the entire trip. When I pulled into town I'd have two tickets to a game and I'd have to find a date. The hope was that we'd turn it into a fun exercise, maybe even a little parking lot competition to meet interesting women. Why? Well, 'cause ya just never know when you'll find the right one, do ya?

I'm not saying that I think I'd find my true love in a parking lot or even on TV (see "The Bachelor" story), but I'm sure you could meet some fun people!

What happened? I decided to follow a good friend into politics for a little while.

So, here I am in Kansas City dating my ass off... something like 5 different girls on 5 dates in 5 weeks and I've met some very interesting, cute, intelligent ladies, but you know the drill. The ones I like don't like me and I don't like the ones that like me. That's way over-simplified, but you get my drift, I'm sure. I must say, however, that I really did enjoy my time out last weekend at O'Dowds and Tom's... good conversation with someone!

And, I have two amazing 3rd row, visitor-side tickets to the HOME OF THE CHIEFS vs. the despised RAIDERS this weekend... maybe it's time to have a little fun with this sports-dating thing, eh?

How to help me find a taildate:

1. Here is an image and some pictures from my Match.com profile. View now!
2. Send an email to this address if you want to apply or recommend someone for the weekend tailgate and date.
3. Tell your friends about my quest to find a date this weekend! You never know who might know someone that knows someone that knows someone that might click!
4. Stay tuned to this blog via the blog feed for updates.

Thank you!

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