FOX4 TailDating Video

FOX4 posted the video from the news last night and you can view it by clicking here [no longer online]. Still haven't found a date for the CHIEFS game tomorrow, so I better get on that this afternoon!

However, the news is spreading and my friends all say that they are "on the task!"

Thank you, all! Especially to Tony's KC Blog, for I'm sure that all this was started because he decided to post about my idea.

Saw the interview on FOX4 News tonight?

If you've arrived at my blog because you've seen the interview with me on FOX4 Kansas City news this evening, then feel free to contact me at
this email address, or simply leave a comment on my blog. If you want to be my TailDate at the Chiefs game this weekend, then be sure to tell me all about who you are and attach photos. ;) Thank you!

Why BigBadBobby? I'm not big, nor bad. When I was a kid, my neighbor was a dentist and HAMM radio hobbyist. He gave me the handle and then etched it on the back of my toothbrushes each time I came for a check up.

As an aside, I totally enjoyed meeting Tess and Colton the Cameraman (sorry if I spelled your name wrong, Colton). We had a blast doing to interview!

Big props to Scooter's Coffee Shop and O'Dowds, both on The Plaza, for hosting our endeavors this afternoon.

There are tornado sirens going off everywhere, so stay safe KC!

Interview by FOX4 KC Today

It's on. I'm getting interviewed in about an hour my FOX4's Tess Koppelman about "Dating in Kansas City."

All of this started with the TailDating thing where I have two tickets to the Chiefs game this weekend and I'm trying to find a date! This is my marketing-meets-dating mind at work!

We'll be doing an interview in one location and then we will do some social shots at a local bar (Tess' idea). The more I thought about it, the more I think that might be the perfect place to actually find my date for the game. Hmmmmmmmm... everyone in the bar will know that I'm single and looking.

Knock. Knock. Opportunity here... we'll see! I'll be sure to blog more about it later and post the video if they make it available online.

Be sure to watch or record the FOX4 News at 9 and/or 10PM tonight!

Empty Tank Alert: You have .28 miles left

I'm beat. I've been saying it all week because it's true. It's a physical and an emotional beating. Physically, I'm tired of driving all over town on all these dates or meetings... I've stopped calling them dates because there doesn't even seem to be much pre-qualification associated with them anymore.

Can you type in complete sentences? Sure, let's meet. I've even been ignoring the typical spelling and grammar errors that drive me nuts.

Emotionally, sifting through all the emails from Match.com and Craigslist, plus keeping all of my inquisitive friends in the loop, just gets tiring. It's also tiring to not see a great match in all of the traffic that I've generated this week with the "TailDating" thing.

The tank needs wine (said in your best "The Donger need food" voice).

I'm trying to remember all the crazy things that I've seen this week:

• If you're approaching 50 and send me a photo of your 21 year old son throwing up gang signs, I'm not interested on several fronts no matter how nice you seem.
• If you send me a photo with a cig dangling from your lips, I'm not interested.
• If you live more than 30 minutes away (by car), I'm not interested even though seeing how you TailDate college-style might be fun.
• If you just want to "date" with no cares in the world or no discussion of a future, then I'm not interested.
• I've you've got 10 cats, I'm not interested.
• If your email address has "dirty" in it, then I'm not interested.
• If you refer to yourself as a "princess," then I'm not interested.

If you qualify for any of the above, then please reread the "things I want."

Going to happy hour and having wine now... and yes, I'm taking a book and I'm going to read it in the middle of the bar no matter how crowded it is. Refill. Recharge.

Rappin' with a Local Reporter

Just got off the phone with one of Kansas City's finest newshounds. I won't yet reveal the name of said journalist, but let it be known that I very much enjoyed the conversation! We spoke of life, career and the chase for love.

More specifically, we conversed about dating in the mid-west compared to other places in the country. We spoke about how online dating here seems to be mostly filled with people that are new in town. We spoke about how Craigslist is a crap shoot. We agreed that the traditional network is still the way that most people meet, i.e. friends of friends, but that you can exhaust that network quickly. Without new ways to increase that network, you find that it becomes stale.

Yet, that is where the new social networking tools help you to see who is in your extended network. If you are single and on Facebook, then you've probably looked at your friends' photos and wondered, "Who's that girl?"

Ya just never know. We also spoke about this "TailDating" thing and how the experiment is going. Ms. Journalist and I will look to converse again on Friday.

Stay tuned!

TailDating: Update #1 (Monday Night)

This is the first update to the TailDating (dating at a tailgate party) foray that I have in progress this week. You can read about the beginning of the idea here.

I have a few days to find a date to the Raiders @ Chiefs game this weekend. So far, we've had entries from two girls, both who found the ad that I posted on Craigslist. Others have chimed in and sent the link to family members, friends and peers. Thank you!

We also received some fantastic promotion from Tony's Kansas City blog, check out what he had to say.

Keep it going!

Read the second update.