Launch of BlogOnlineDating.com Press Release
Aug 30, 2010 NewsRoom
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (August 30, 2010)
7-Time Emmy Award-winner by Trade, Romantic by Heart, now writes for Singles at http://www.BlogOnlineDating.com
www.blogonlinedating.com offers online dating news, reviews, interviews, tips, and fun for singles. The new online dating blog is being launched by a single again, single Daddy, who is an expert at internet content development through writing and video.
Chandler, AZ, August 30, 2010 – Would you jump from a bridge into the middle of rush hour? Probably not. But that’s basically what thousands of men and women are doing every single day by jumping into the crowded world of online dating on the internet, the great information super highway.
The online dating experience can be exciting and exhilarating for single men and women of all ages, ethnicities, and socio-economic backgrounds. Looking on the internet for love and marriage or just a dating relationship can feel challenging and confusing, overwhelming and over the top funny. And yes it can also feel scary.
So where can singles go to find tips, news, reviews, good conversation and just a place to get comfortable with the world of online dating? Now interested singles can mingle with all of these resources at one newly launched online dating blog website.
Creative Content Development Expert, Thomas Baldrick, launched the online dating blog based on decades of personal dating experience, and a well-rounded television career that includes 7 Emmy Awards as a writer, reporter, producer, and host. He learned a thing or two about covering romance during several years as the producer who helped lead the TV Series, “A Wedding Story,” to become the top-rated show on the TLC television network.
The online dating industry has been experiencing a rapid rate of growth. Most research shows the industry now has annual revenues of more than $ 4 billion dollars. The latest U.S. Census Bureau figures report there are some 96 million American men and women over 18 years of age who are singles. That equals 43% of the entire U.S. population.
“BlogOnlineDating.com is fun for me, and I want it be fun and informative for the single men and women who visit the site,” says Baldrick. “We’ll be using my media skills to cover interesting online dating news, interview some of leading internet dating experts, as well as share helpful dating tips and true dating stories, too. In addition, we’ve got some really good guest bloggers who will be contributing writers for the website.”
About http://www.BlogOnlineDating.com
BlogOnlineDating.com is an online dating blog website for women and men singles. It offers quality professional content such as online dating news, advice, expert interviews, true dating stories, and more that is helpful, entertaining, thought-provoking, and conversational. For more information, visit http://www.blogonlinedating.com.
Contact Information:
Lance Lovett
Creative Content Kings, LLC
1657 S. Villas Lane, Suite 2
Chandler, AZ 85286
(480) 941-4332
http://www.blogonlinedating.com
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Create iHarmony before Joining an Online Dating Service
Aug 29, 2010 BOD Recommends
Life is magical. But it isn’t a magic show. Though sometimes we’d all like to do a disappearing act from our stuff, right?
Though I’ve had my heart broken more than once as I’m sure you have, no one performed a magic trick and sawed me in half one day. They didn’t do it to you either. I am a whole person. So are you. And so is every other woman or man you hope to date, have a sexual relationship with, or spend the rest of your life with as a partner or spouse.
So why then do so many people keep stumbling through life using the love label, “She or he is my other half.”
While it may sound romantic, and is probably listed on page 1 of the Book of Love, I just don’t get it. Think about it. No one person can really make any other person complete. Isn’t a great relationship when two people come together just as they are? They see each other, hear each other, know each other, respect, like and love each other, and accept as well as allow each other to be who they really are. That’s a complete relationship isn’t it? But it’s still two whole people, not two halves.
Relationships are about give and take, and being able to give and receive. You’re not always going to agree on everything or to see things in life the same way. But unless you want to play the losing blame game and fight like I see happen to so many couples who used to act like they were in love, you’d better be two whole and complete individuals.
A relationship is best prepared for the life long haul when you take one good, happy, and complete man or woman, and he or she joins with another good, happy, and complete man or woman…by choice.
So consider this, before you join an online dating website…
Try creating iHarmony within yourself or make sure you already have it. By iHarmony I mean internal harmony and inner happiness. Be okay with who you are when you look in the mirror or when you look inside your heart, mind, body, and soul. If you aren’t, then create the changes you need to feel better and more attractive to yourself and your soulmate.
But know who you are. Know what your stuff, your baggage, your issues are. We all have them. Some people can fit theirs into the overhead compartment, others must check theirs in at the gate, and still others have so much baggage it has to travel cargo. Regardless of how much you have, if you don’t know it and own it, you won’t be able to tell it apart from your partner’s stuff, baggage, and issues.
Be who you are. Hold on tight to your dreams, the people, things, and places you enjoy. Someone who allows you to keep them and wants to share in the joy of them with, as well as share all of themselves with you, is really the definition of the perfect partner.
Creating iHarmony will give you the added benefit you need to be more selective about finding your perfect partner should you choose to join Perfect Match or another online dating website. (Perfect Match is a proven outstanding dating program. It simply doesn’t spend as much on advertising as eHarmony). Click on the banner on the right of our home page.
It isn’t necessarily true that two halves make a whole in a loving relationship. They don’t. In fact, they usually leave a hole that grows bigger and deeper over time. Feel whole all by yourself. Then make room for a partner who feels the same way.
Tags: harmony, online dating service, perfect match, relationships
Online Dating & Chinese Soldiers: Looking for Trouble as Much as Love
Aug 28, 2010 Online Dating News
China is an oppressive government. One need not think beyond Tibet and Tiananmen Square for proof. While China’s leadership is not about liberation, the leadership of the Chinese Military, the People’s Liberation Army was not wrong in June 2010 for imposing internet bans on its soldiers.
“Seeking marriage partners, jobs or making friends through the public media is not permitted,” the Chinese regulation clearly states. “Going online in local Internet cafes is not permitted. Opening websites, home pages, blogs and message forums on the Internet is not permitted.” For this blog, we’ll just focus on them not being allowed to use the internet to cruise online dating websites.
It’s easy to pick on China here on this issue. And many of the critics doing so are followers who seemed to consider the sexual needs of Chinese soldiers, but not their safety. There were really good reasons why online dating was given the boot for those who have made it through boot camp. For starters, it was done to protect military intelligence. But it could also save lives.
Yesterday, the owners of a Chinese restaurant here in Arizona, were talking to me about the conflict since they knew I wrote this online dating blog. They felt for the soldiers who are primarily lonely and horny young males. They believed online dating would help Chinese soldiers, and that they should be able to use it like millions of civilians do every day.
Taking Advantage is the Problem
Most civilians can feel compassion for the personal battles all soldiers go through emotionally and socially. They see the value in members of any military taking advantage of online dating services and websites. The problem is there are plenty of sneaky online predators lurking at their computers ready to take advantage of lonely and horny soldiers to get information and/or money from them. On the flip side, there are scammers posing as soldiers to take advantage of lonely and horny civilians, too.
Loose Lips Do Sink Ships
You don’t need a fortune cookie to tell you the old wartime mantra “Loose Lips Sink Ships” is still alive and well today. The internet was the foundation for the recent “Wikileaks” scandal revealing massive amounts of Top Secret classified information on U.S. Military operations in Afghanistan.
The U.S. Military has embraced social media from generals to privates to promote the public relations messages it wants to put out there. However, it has tried to be smart about protecting anything that could create a breach in security.
It’s also important to recognize there have already been Black Hat investigations with U.S. Military personnel showing soldiers chatted with phony online dating prospects sharing seemingly innocent things such as locations and even helicopter takeoff times.
The “Wikileaks” matter is highly unusual. It’s usually the tiny leaks of mundane military information that are the problem. People who know what they’re doing and know what they’re looking for are the ones who can piece together little nuggets of knowledge that compromise security of military units and strategic operations.
The Israeli Military has no-nonsense reputation that matches its proven power. Even the Israeli Army was known to be forced to scrap a raid on a West Bank village after one of its soldiers revealed the time and location of the operation on his Facebook page. Talk about stupid and dangerous.
Underpaid and undersexed soldiers for sitting ducks today for online predators. Military operatives and spies know this. The Chinese Military Leaders know it, too. Horny guys in uniform will say just anything if it helps them get out of their uniform with someone else. Civilian guys are no different.
Now the Chinese Military is going back to basics in recognizing sexual companionship can definitely help with morale in the rank and file. It is saying that matchmaking for soldiers can be safely conducted through introductions from families, friends, or their work units.
China is just the latest country to wrestle with the issue of Internet freedoms such as online dating for its military. It is attacking the problem the way soldiers have done it for centuries. So, eHarmony will have to wait for Chinese soldiers. Now if only there were a popular website that created harmony and matchmaking between nations. Then we wouldn’t need to spend all of our days, months, and years preparing to go to war.
Tags: Chinese soldiers, internet, matchmaking, online dating, U.S. soldiers, Wikileaks
When it comes to UGLY: Where do you look in online dating?
Aug 25, 2010 Dating True Stories
Mister Softee
Today I heard from a friend who read yesterday’s blog post about the online dating site for only the ugly. She asked me some rather thought provoking questions: “So what is ugly? Were you writing about physically ugly or ugliness inside?”
Being a man and a card carrying member of the guy’s club, I immediately acknowledged that I was talking about the physical. For me, it all begins with sexual attraction in online dating. Come to think of it, it often ends with that, too. If sexual attraction is missing in action that is.
Til death do us part is a long, long time to be with someone to whom you view as ugly. Too many marriages of people supposedly in love and attracted to each other don’t work today. Life has too much stress, and there could also be too much temptation.
To enter into a romantic relationship with no sexual attraction seems foolish to me, and destined for divorce. It’s not just about the sexual relationship, but the intimacy, and sharing of trust, pleasure, and excitement that comes with it. Strictly platonic relationships are called friendships.
So, my friend was right. I shouldn’t have overlooked the physically attractive person on the outside who has a busload of ugliness inside. I’ve met my share of those. They don’t work either. Speaking of buses, those relationships are like bus trips that are enjoyable for a short while. But then you find out the driver got lost and the bus breaks down in the middle of nowhere. You’re then stranded, upset and wondering how you got to such a point.
I repeat…I’m a man, and a card-carrying member of the guy’s club. I admit, I’ll always focus on a woman who possesses my interpretation of physical beauty.
I know myself and my deepest longings. I am committed to pursuing a loving relationship with a woman for whom I feel sexual attraction. We will have to connect and be compatible for it to last. But she’s got to be someone I really like, really love, and really lust after. At least that’s the strategy of the internet dating search for me.
I have met some extraordinary women who just didn’t do it for me in the attraction department. I’m quite sure many women I’ve met have felt the same way about me. But we all must stay true to our relationship goals and dreams. So, the bottom line for me is I can’t settle for a woman who is physically or emotionally ugly to me. I could never cheat on my wife. So, I’d rather be alone and continue the hunt through an online dating service. This may be the wrong approach to many, but it feels like the right approach for me.
25 years from now I’ll still hope to be chasing my partner around the house, the garden, the hotel room, or the parking lot of the old folks home. Maybe I’ll forget where my teeth are on some of those occasions. Maybe I’ll be a viagra taking guy who looks like a flagpole on a condemned building. That’s okay.
I loved seeing the Mister Softee ice cream truck every chance I could as a kid. Now I don’t want him sitting outside my house in an intimate relationship.
Tags: internet dating, online dating service, relationships, ugly people
The Online Dating Home of the Brave and UGLY
Aug 24, 2010 Dating Websites
Okay. I know it. I may not be Brad Pitt. I may not be George Clooney. I may not be Robert Redford. I may be goofy. But I know I didn’t fall from the tippy top of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.
So, what happens if you are ugly? Do you know it? Do you know admit it? Is there really anything such as ugly? As I regularly say about dating and marriage, “This is why Baskin-Robbins makes 31 flavors.” Everyone’s taste in beauty (or ugly) is different.
Now, there is a new website targeting men and women whose beauty may not be held too highly by most beholders. It is supposedly the first dating website for the “undateable.” Mainly it has been launched for the fat and ugly. Attractive chubby chasers are not invited.
The TheUglyBug Ball (Tubb) dating website is now live in London. It was just launched by online entrepreneur Howard James. If it is nothing more than a beautiful publicity stunt for promoting his other online ventures, Howard James has already been successful with this website.
Whether it is lard or legit, James describes the service he is offering through Tubb in an equally creative manner. ”It’s a sad fact that up to half of the United Kingdom is made up of ugly people,” said James. “Yet amazingly nobody has ever thought of providing an online dating service for them. Our site allows people who aren’t attractive, to engage with others like them without fear of ridicule for being ugly or excessively overweight.”
An internet dating site for the unattractive could be an attractive idea since it does serve a niche market. According to Howard James, it’s a big, fat niche in the U.K. However, it does generate some interesting questions. Here are five for consideration:
- Who would join an online dating website for only the ugly?
- Don’t even ugly people hope to upgrade with dating or sexual partners?
- If you did join the site, who do go for…the most ugly or the least ugly?
- What if you strike out with everyone on an ugly dating site? Then what?
- If you did find true love on this website, how could you tell anyone the story of how you met?
The possibilities are endless. Good, bad, or ugly, it’s one of the most beautiful aspects of the internet.
Tags: Howard James, internet dating, online dating, ugly dating site
Sign of the Times: Will Work for Love & Sex
Aug 22, 2010 Dating True Stories
Online dating didn’t need any help from government. The degree of difficulty was already high. We’re in a multi-tasking world of texting while driving, and checking emails while checking out online dating profiles.
(Photo from billionswithzeroknowledge.org)
The men or women you open your heart to in efforts to connect can coldly dump you in an instant. You can be deleted while they’re sitting at a red light or checking out at the supermarket.
It’s A-B-C ya later. It’s “Bam you’re gone” by Blackberry. It’s “No I don’t think so” by iPhone.
Getting the attention of someone online to get an “at bat” to date them can often require a professional public relations effort. You’ve got to create the fantasy result. But real life isn’t always real pretty, especially in 2010.
When two people meet through online dating, they’re part actors and detectives, therapists and risk management analysts. They’re scoping each other out looking to see and hear if the real person resembles the online person they posted in words and photos. They’re looking to learn about who and where this other person is emotionally, mentally, spiritually, ethically, legally, and financially. They’re investigating to find out if there’s a possible match, and discovering the diamonds and dirt each person would be bringing into a relationship.
It creates a scenario that’s like where the Help Wanted section meets the Personal Ads…or where Dr. Ruth meets Judge Judy.
Many men and women today find their lives looking and sounding like the lyrics of a country music song. They lost their job their lost their wife or girlfriend, husband or boyfriend. So, they’ve courageously put themselves out there on the markets again, looking for work and looking for love – simultaneously. Having a partner to help you through tough times sure could make the struggling days and lonely nights a bit easier to manage.
So what’s a person to do, hold a sign at the traffic light near the local mall that reads, “Will Work for Sex and Love”?
Nah. While me thinks that might be a fairly effective strategy (since all you need is one), prostitution and panhandling are illegal in most places across the U.S. Besides, neither one is socially acceptable or the foundation for a lasting relationship. And anyway, where I live in Arizona, it’s 110 degrees every day standing on the street corners.
So, whether they realize it or not, many men and women doing online dating today are basically carrying signs and/or issues based on their emotions of trying to survive a struggling economy. These real world matters can affect one’s sense of self-worth, confidence, and approach to dating and relationships. They also affect how a potential partner may judge you.
Sadly, I’ve seen a few relationships crash and burn recently. They starred a man and a woman who shared magic between them. They were great individuals who came together to form an even greater couple. You couldn’t help but feel happy for them. But the economy was taking its toll on one of them, which quickly took its toll on both of them. The other person got scared. And the magic disappeared faster than you could say foreclosure or unemployment.
Today, the romantic stimulus can get kissed goodbye from a lack of economic stimulus.
People with a good work ethic don’t usually get lazy overnight. Situations change. Luck changes. Economies fluctuate. So, do housing prices. Even many of the mightiest and most successful men and women have had to eat huge servings of humble pie lately.
Whether you are doing online dating in Paradise Valley, Arizona, or Intercourse, Pennsylania, Christmas, Florida or Fort Bliss, Texas, there are plenty of good fish worth catching. Just because they may be down temporarily, doesn’t mean you abruptly count them out. Keep in mind, many relationships were either started in or survived the Great Depression. Ultimately, it’s what a person has in their heart, whether their personality, beliefs, likes and dislikes, dreams and feelings are compatible with yours.
As far as subjects of online dating today are graded, chemistry should count for more than accounting.
Who knows? You seeing enough of the goodness in a struggling man or woman to start a personal relationship with them could be all they need to rise up professionally and be better than ever. It’s also possible this person will truly appreciate you and work hard for your love.
Who knows? In this economy, you might be able to find the priceless love of your life at one temporarily low, low price. And nobody ever wants to pass up a great bargain.
Tags: internet dating, online dating, online dating profiles, sign of the times, struggling economy
Dating Cameron Diaz is Dangerous!
Aug 21, 2010 Celebrities
You know it. The odds are not in your favor. But go ahead, get in line anyway. If you would like to enter into a dating or sexual relationship with Cameron Diaz…you are not alone!
But if You Are Alone…
Or if you are one of the many people who would like to be alone with Cameron Diaz but can’t make it happen in person, you choose the next best option. You create a moment or two of privacy so you can continually rehearse a virtual romantic scene with her. You download images of her onto your computer. It’s like the Cialis commercials, when the moment strikes, you’re ready for it. : )
In this case of really personal online dating with Cameron Diaz, the odds are definitely in your favor. There are endless choices of photos, videos, and screensavers of her online. However, chances are if you do download something of the popular lovely actress, your short-lived pleasure will soon turn into pain. Why?
Cameron Diaz is Dangerous!!!!!
In fact, she is the most dangerous celebrity to search for on the internet. According to recent research done by the web security company, McAfee, the star of the newly released movie, “Knight and Day” with Tom Cruise tops the 2010 list for download danger.
If you are searching for video and photos of Cameron Diaz, there is a 1 in 10 chance you will get sucked into websites intentionally loaded with malicious software by cybercriminals. This will infect your computer with viruses that can allow them to steal your confidential information, such as online banking passwords and email passwords.
Now Back to the Dream Not the Fantasy of Dating Cameron Diaz
In promoting her new movie, here are highlights of the personal news she has recently shared with US Weekly:
- She is not in a relationship with New York Yankees slugger, A-Rod, Alex Rodriguez.
- She would never shut down a guy who asks her out “unless he’s a total douche bag. It takes a lot for a guy to ask out a girl like me – not because I think I’m super special or anything. It’s just that I think men are intimidated, ” Diaz said.
- Now, here’s some good news for the ladies who might be attracted to Cameron Diaz and would have interest in pursuing a dating relationship with her: Cameron said, “Sexuality and love can be different things. I can be attracted to a woman sexually, but it doesn’t mean I want to be in love with a woman. If I’m going to be with a woman sexually, it doesn’t mean I’m a lesbian. We put these restraints and definitions on people, but it’s hard to define.”
So ladies and/or gentlemen, best of luck to you in Dating Cameron Diaz. Remember though, C is for Caution. D is for Downloading Danger.
Fun Math & Fuzzy Math: Singles Play Starring Role in Latest U.S. Census
Aug 19, 2010 Online Dating News
Well I feel better. I guess I’m not alone after all. How about that? It just seems that way.
The U.S. Census Bureau says there are 96 million people in the United States just like you and me. They have no spouse.
This means 43 percent of all Americans 18 years old or over are single. The definition of “single” here is an adult who has never been married, is divorced or widowed.
I know some people who worked for the latest census. They talked about how disorganized it was, and wasteful it was in its spending. Oh well. At least our taxpayer dollars paid for some pretty interesting statistics about singles in 2009. Here’s more of them.
According to the census, 61 percent of single men and women have never been married. 24 percent are divorced. 15 percent are widowed.
There are 31 million single Americans living alone. We account for 27 percent of all households. This is up significantly from the rate of 17 percent in 1970.
46 percent of all U.S. households (52 million) are maintained by a single person.
11.6 million are single parents living with their children. 9.9 million of these are single mothers. 1.7 million are single fathers.
17 percent of singles are at least 65 years old. Many more of us just look it or feel it.
Roughly half a million singles are same-sex couples. 38 percent of those had at least one child living with them. (Gay marriage in California is now going to make these numbers “fuzzy math” as George W. Bush would say about Al Gore’s statistics. Hey, Al Gore is one of us now! So is Tipper.
I wonder if the inventor of the internet and his ex are now active singles online. Hmmm…
For every 100 single women, there are 88 single men available. So, the odds of me finding a woman as a relationship partner are in my favor. Excellent! Meantime, I will be sure to remember the rest of you 96 million singles tomorrow morning when I wake up, roll over in bed, and say “Good morning” to…my Blackberry.
Tags: Al Gore, single men, single parents, single women, singles, U.S. Census
Are “Cougars” in Dating Going Extinct?
Aug 19, 2010 Online Dating News
The cast of "Cougar Town"
Oh say it ain’t so. A new study finds the phenomenon of “Cougars” is not a growing trend.
In fact, “Cougars” may be nothing more than a myth. Just because the older woman younger man celebrity relationships get plenty of attention thanks to Madonna and Demi Moore, and classic movies like “The Graduate,” the study says “Cougars” are not running wild!
The University of Wales Institute’s Cardiff School of Health Sciences does some very interesting research projects. In this particular one about online dating, it reveals how both women and men remain traditional in searching for their soulmate or ideal relationship partner.
For example, the study published in the Journal of Evolution and Human Behavior, showed most men desire attractive, young females. Often, they look for a much younger woman to be their partner as they try to feel better about their own aging process. Young men, aged 20 to 25, were targeting women their own age or slightly younger. None of this is by any means startling news.
Women on the other hand were different but no big surprise either. Generally, the over 40 women “Cougars” in the study weren’t on the prowl for “Cubs.” Instead, they were seeking an older (and hopefully a wealthier man). These findings clearly dispute the “cougar” craze that has been popular on TV shows and movies, such as “Sex and the City,” and Courteney Cox’s ABC Television series “Cougar Town.”
The comprehensive study involved 22,000 men and women doing online dating. They were from 14 different countries including Australia, Brazil, Great Britain, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Russia, and South Africa.
Psychologist Dr Michael Dunn led the study and analyzed the data on the age preferences of men and women using online dating sites. “The transference of female desire from older men to relatively younger men has been argued based on growth of the toy boy phenomenon,” Dunn said. “Our results show clearly that most women across all age groups and cultures, are targeting males either their own age or older. These findings are clearly supportive of evolutionary theory.”
Tags: cougars, Demi Moore, Madonna, older women, online dating, younger men
How do You Make Your Booty Calls?
Aug 18, 2010 Dating Websites
Well, if you’re like 5 million other people, you do it as a registered member of OnlineBootyCall.com (OBC). The casual dating website is now celebrating and proudly announcing it has reached the major milestone of 5 million active members.
Since the launch of the online dating site back in 2003, Online Booty Call has given interested male and female singles the opportunity to make connections with others who are also looking for a relaxing “friendship with benefits.” It’s not designed for shopping for a “one night stand.” Nor is it designed for those men and women seeking a long-term relationship. Online Booty Call caters to people who are in the market for the casual dating area somewhere in between.
The website was recently revamped to make room for a feature called the “Booty Call Commandments” which says it gives members a better chance of finding the perfect booty call for their specific wants and needs. (No word if those commandments were also handed down through a burning bush or not).
“Booty Call” Trademark
OBC has also officially trademarked perhaps the most popular term or phrase in the world of modern online dating: booty call. It all began with the popular movie starring Jamie Foxx, Tommy Davidson, and Vivica A. Fox. Eventually, it led to another popular term, “Friends with Benefits.” Today, the company claims that the phrase “booty call” has taken on a life of its own. It no longer describes a casual sex encounter but rather a casual relationship.
No matter what you call it, the statistics show that millions of men and women are going online to make their own unique version of a “booty call.”
So how do you make yours?
Tags: casual dating, friends with benefits, Jamie Foxx, online booty call, online dating, relationships
How About Dating with How About We?
Aug 17, 2010 Dating Websites
Co-Founders of How About We
Online dating is as competitive for the businesses as it is for the people looking for love. It either takes a whole lot of money or something really interesting to make noise in the crowded competition for matchmaking and online dating services.
So, how about the buzz that startup dating service, How About We has generated? The new company based in New York City was even featured in the New York Times. Kudos to Co-Founders, Aaron Schildkrout and Brian Schechter.
How About We is an online dating service with a business model built on income from subscribers. The central concept features people proposing and accepting specific ideas for going on a date. It boasts of putting the date back in dating.
- Subscribers invent fun dates (romantic, creative, wild, unique)
- Interested subscribers fill in the details and dots
- Subscribers ask each other out on dates
How About We distributes the dates you create to other members. And each day, you’ll also receive other people’s date ideas that attempt to match your interests. You can check each other out, message, and go out on the dates you want. When two people go on the date they want, that’s where the magic can happen.
What is different about it is that it’s not driven by computer algorithms trying to match people through online profiles. How About We is all about live activities that can possibly connect people in the real world. Users pay to subscribe to the service.
Local businesses get involved. For example, one proposed date might take place at a featured restaurant which offers a discount coupon. Now How About We has also added some interesting social media applications. For example, a new matchmaker feature which gives subscribers the opportunity to share their proposed date ideas with their followers on Twitter, as well as their friends or fans on Facebook.
How about that? How About We is a business having great success going forward by going back to basics. A dating service actually based on dating. What an innovative 21st Century approach.
Tags: dating, How About We, New York City, online dating profiles, online dating service
A Review of a Virtual Home for Virgins
Aug 16, 2010 Dating Websites
Don’t get too intrigued here boys and girls. You’ll probably be more entertained by reading some of the previous posts.
You probably don’t qualify to read this article and act on it. But don’t worry about it. Most people today over the age of 18 don’t qualify either. Besides, you probably aren’t even really interested in the news this article has to offer. But that’s okay, too. Most people over the age of 18 wouldn’t really care either.
So, why is this article not for you? Because it deals with a segment of society that has fewer qualified applicants than the U.S. Marines. This article is written for the exclusive group of singles who are virgins.
YouAndMeArePure.com is an online dating site that describes itself as a friendly place for virgins to connect. It is the brainchild of Lety and Jose Colin, a married couple who themselves abstained from having sex until they were married. The intent of the site is to work as a tool for singles who value purity.
While this is an interesting niche concept for an online dating service, the business model seems to have some holes in it. Access to profiles is allegedly only granted to other virgins. However, personal profiles on the website also happen to be free to create. Despite the stern warnings of a policy that the site is for virgins only, how in the world would they know if you are or aren’t?
The founders of YouAndMeArePure.com say virginity is an important common aspect and precious gift between two people that can lead to close friendships or marriage. They say it brings bonding power that cannot be purchased with all the money in the world.
However, visitors to the website can purchase V-Cards which are literally designed for people to be proud card carrying virgins. Also for sale are gift certificates to the site, as well as upgrades in membership.
The website and its content appear as though they may have been created by a virgin web designer. Captions for the photos of couples on the site readily admit the people featured are models. It must tough to find virgins, let alone virgins who will allow their photos to be posted on an internet dating website.
Tags: abstain, internet dating, online dating, singles, virgins
The Naked Truth of Teri Hatcher’s Out of the Shower Photos
Aug 16, 2010 Celebrities
Yes. Teri Hatcher took it all off for her Facebook page. Her makeup that is. But of course you knew I was talking about makeup and not clothes, right?
Now, let’s get to the Naked Truth of it all.
Hollywood sex symbol Teri Hatcher is brave, bold, and beautiful. But as hard as it may seem, let’s try to look beyond her sex appeal. Let’s appreciate how smart she is and how savvy. I’m talking about being social media savvy and internet marketing savvy.
As soon as I heard (not saw) the 45-year old actress posted photos of herself fresh out of the shower on her Facebook page, I immediately asked myself, “Why? Why would she do that?” I know to get people talking (and looking) but why? This was an attraction beyond when Teri Hatcher appeared on the TV series, Seinfeld, as Jerry’s girlfriend, Sidra, in the Breast Implant episode.
News of the 8-photo spread, spread across the internet a few days ago like a Southern California wild fire in the middle of summer. Supposedly, the self-portraits from her bathroom showing her in only a towel were done and posted online to quiet the critics who keep claiming her body is an artificially but professionally enhanced “Made for TV” project.
The Desperate Housewives star was allegedly desperate to prove a point. She’s All-Natural…ladies! (Like guys wouldn’t check out the photos, too?)
Titled “Oy with Botox,” the actress wrote, “Out of the bath getting ready for bed. Thought about all those damn critics of my face. Love it or hate it, my face that is, no surgery, no implants, no matter what “they” say. Decided I’d shoot myself in to reveal some truths about “beauty” and hope it makes you all easier on yourself.
Did I every toy with fillers or Botox over the years? yes. Tell me does this look Botoxed to you?
Yes I am alone in my bathroom naked in a towel on behalf of women everywhere trying to make a point. Women YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.
I can be mad, or confused or sad and tired. Julia Roberts had that same vein in her forehead in Eat Pray Love. Proud of Julia for being a real woman on a real journey.
45 year old me. Just me wanting to teach that all those glam versus trash pictures of celebs are about LIGHTING. It’s not makeup it’s not suregery [sic] or botox its LIGHT.”
I agree. Lighting is everything in Hollywood. I also agree Teri Hatcher had a great message for women, encouraging them to look for and appreciate their own natural beauty.
Where I disagree with the stunning Ms. Hatcher is when she claims she wasn’t expecting to create an internet stir by posting the photos. Huh?
Teri Hatcher is no fool. And she is no virgin to publicity. She has Facebook and Twitter pages with thousands of followers. She has an agent, publicist, etc. etc. She’s seasoned and successful. If she knew people were blabbing about her doing Botox, she also knows what is being said about her online and in the press.
Are we supposed to believe Teri Hatcher has never Googled herself or has no idea what she’s doing online? C’mon now. Next, I’m supposed to believe Superman would have no interest in her in real life?
EW says Teri Hatcher just sent them the following statement: “There was absolutely no forethought of timing or result. I thought I was sharing with my very new and budding fan Facebook page. I didn’t even know press could lift stuff and write about it, but bottom line, I’m glad I’ve prompted a conversation that I hope brings women closer to self-acceptance.”
Here comes the “plug” she slipped in for her website. “They can check out more issues for women on GetHatched.com. I never made a choice really to stop using Botox, and I don’t judge those who do. But I did look up Monday and see wrinkles, and I decided it was time to see beauty there too.”
Oh yeah, then there’s the matter of her TV series. Perhaps it’s just a coincidence that Desperate Housewives is about to begin its 7th season on ABC. The timing of Teri Hatcher’s latest round of publicity won’t hurt ratings, right?
This season’s newcomer to the series is another stunning beauty, Vanessa Williams. I’ve met her when she wasn’t wearing makeup. She’s still beautiful then, too. Maybe the world will get a peek inside her bathroom next?
Tags: Botox, Desperate Housewives, gethatched.com, Teri Hatcher, Teri Hatcher Facebook
Apple’s Sexual App: The iPhone
Aug 11, 2010 Online Dating News
Adam and Eve couldn’t resist it. Dating back to the beginning of time, they bit into the forbidden fruit and became very intimate as man and woman. Thousands of years later, the Apple is still too tempting to resist.
Apple is one of the richest companies in the world because of irresistible products like the iPad and iPhone. But apparently its customers are too tempting to resist sexually as well. A new study shows that on average, iPhone owners get more sex than people with an Android or Blackberry.
Wow… the iPhone from Apple really is a Smart Phone!
According to published statistics of a study done by the online dating website, OKCupid.com, female iPhone users had twice as many sexual partners by age 30 than female Android users, and 25 percent more than women who owned a Blackberry.
Men who are iPhone users also had more sexual partners at 30 than guys with a BlackBerry or Android, though the margins were slightly less. The unscientific but interesting study was done with 10,000 anonymous men and women SmartPhone owners.
Now I know better. I thought I was getting screwed by having Verizon Wireless and a Blackberry service. Not as much as men and women with an iPhone.
Tags: Android, Apple, Blackberry, iPhone, OKCupid, online dating, sexual partners
TODAY’S TIGER WOODS REMINDS ME OF MICHAEL JACKSON
Aug 9, 2010 Celebrities
I never thought this day would come. I never thought I could say I posted things like this online. Tiger Woods reminds me of Michael Jackson.
I see one of those rare human beings with all of the skills and talent in the world. I also see a man who was one of our top personalities and performers get ruined overnight by a sex scandal.
As I once did with Michael Jackson, I’m doing now with Tiger Woods as a husband, Daddy, and mega-celebrity golfer. I look at this man now and wonder, “Dude, what were you thinking? What did you do to yourself?” And of course I’m asking myself, “Who is this messed up guy and where did he come from?”
Yesterday, the world’s Number 1-ranked golfer shot a 7-over par 77 to finish second to last in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, a tournament he had won seven times in 10 tries, and had never finished worst than fifth. Woods’ 77 was his highest final round ever. Shooting 18 over for the tournament was his worst in a 72-hole event.
Golf was his love, and his life. The golf course his home, his territory, and his stage. These days, Tiger Woods makes his way around the golf course like he’s completely lost in the woods. And he doesn’t appear to have a clue how to find his way out. It feels like watching the fat, bald 60-year old hit on sexy, young women in a singles bar. It’s sad.
He’s living proof right now that life isn’t about the quantity of relationships, but rather the quality of them. Tiger Woods has lost his father, his coach, and possibly his wife. I met Elin Nordegren when I was covering the PGA Tour for a couple of years. She was golfer Jesper Parnevik’s nanny. She was nice and of course, a stunning beauty.
What was he doing having all of those affairs? Did he think it would remain a secret? What in the world was he doing or thinking or feeling?
Before the news of Tiger Woods’ extramarital sexual escapades, I watched him with awe in his pursuit of excellence on the golf course. I rooted for him every time he played. He had passion. He had millions. He had charm and charisma. And he had a beautiful wife and children. He was the best. I thought Tiger Woods might have been the luckiest man alive.
Now Tiger Woods reminds me of “The King of Pop” who lost his dance moves.
I can’t believe it. The invincible, immortal Tiger Woods – The Emperor has no clothes. And it’s all because he took off his clothes too many times with too many women he shouldn’t have.
It seems Tiger Woods, “The King of Clubs” didn’t honor quality relationships with those he claimed to love. We knew he had ice water running through his veins on the golf course. We just didn’t know the ice water passed through his heart.
For the sake of golf, I hope Tiger gets back his game. For the sake of him, and his wife and children, I hope he gets back his heart and brains. For now thought, it’s just 
sad, really sad.
Tags: Elin Nordegren, extramarital affair, Michael Jackson, sex scandal, Tiger Woods
Dating Scam and 11-Year Old Child?
Aug 9, 2010 Online Dating News
Just when I thought I knew Ohio. This comes along. I’ve been through practically every inch of the Buckeye State. I’ve dined on some of the finest ribs in the world at the Montgomery Inn in Cincinnati. I’ve worn my favorite ugliest pair of shorts in my life courtesy of Ohio University. And I’ve been on the unique Y-shaped bridge in Zanesville. But there’s more…
This story is not about a Y, but rather a question of WHY? No, not why do they put chili on spaghetti in Cincinnati? That’s not even worth writing about.
The question is why an Ohio couple would dream up such a twisted online dating scam and why some people would be stupid enough to participate in it.
A Toledo couple is accused of using the Megamates voice personals dating service in a scam to extort more than $10,000 from at least seven men. Victims were from Florida, Indiana, Missouri, and Illinois. Get a load of what these “alleged” low lifes did.
According to an FBI affidavit, Kevin Zunk, 43, and Tonya Blaze, 40, convinced the people they met through the dating service to send them sexually explicit photos and text. They gave the guys a telephone number. Once the couple received the sexual materials, they accused the man of sending them to their 11-year old son or daughter. Then the couple would demand money in exchange for not reporting the matter to the police. Sometimes the harassment included the victims receiving calls by a phony FBI Agent, Toledo Police Detective, or sheriff’s deputy threatening to press criminal charges.
One of the guys who got scammed forked over $2,485 to the couple. But they demanded more. That’s when he contacted the FBI.
The couple is now behind bars in federal custody. If found guilty, they face up to two years in prison and a $250,000 fine. I wish it were a $2,000 fine and 250,000 years in prison. That would give each of these two scam artists plenty of time to enjoy “interesting” romantic dates behind bars.
Tags: Megamates, ohio dating scam, online dating photos, toledo couple
Todayter is Your Lucky Day!
Aug 8, 2010 Dating Websites
“Start spreadin the news…I’m featured today.” It sounds like a remake of Frank Sinatra’s famous song, “New York, New York.” Only in this case, it’s not a new song that’s making news. It’s a totally new online dating web experiment.
Todayter is hoping to make yesterday’s news out of the proven existing internet dating formulas for men and women. Instead of a business model based on millions of online dating users stumbling over each other to connect on any given day, Todayter shines its entire spotlight on only one individual for a period of 24 hours. This makes the chosen person an “Online Dating King or Queen for a Day.”
With this unique approach, the lucky user attracts all of the attention of his or her fellow users on the website. He or she literally gets the “pick of the litter,” having the ability to respond to whichever people send the most compelling or “interesting” messages during their time in the spotlight.
To me, Todayter sounds like the online dating version of Powerball. The lucky user gets to feast on a smorgasbord of sex appeal that sounds busier than the jolly jumbo standup comedian John Pinette at an all you can eat Chinese Buffet. ”
Todayter is the brainchild of experienced internet entrepreneur, Alex Buran. I’m open to ideas for how to convince him to make a certain Online Blogger King for a Day (for promotional purposes only of course!)
The Todayter project was just officially launched in the beginning of August. Initially, it will only feature profiles of users residing in New York City. However, there are plans to expand if and when user demand increases. Meantime, it’s up to you New York, New York!
Online Dating, The Giving Tree, and Monica Lewinsky
Aug 8, 2010 Best of BOD
What does a children’s book have to do with an online dating blog you ask? Everything.
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein is a classic for all ages and a classic for all times. The book tells the story of a boy and a very kind and generous tree. It covers the relationship as it evolves with age until they both are very old. The boy has become an old man. The tree has given him everything to the point of being nothing more than a good stump for sitting and resting.
Years ago at beautiful Martha’s Vineyard I saw Shel Silverstein. He was riding a bicycle. I was busy working as a television journalist covering the frenzy of the Clinton’s secluded family escape/vacation there. It was the day after President Clinton’s historic address to the nation regarding his affair or lack thereof with the woman with the most infamous stained dress in American history, Monica Lewinsky.
I could do nothing more than to thank Shel Silverstein, tell him how I admired his work, and how The Giving Tree made a difference in my life. It has and continues to do so.
My intuition just gave me the idea of starting this online dating blog. (Or at least it was the first time I heard it!) In either case, I listened and immediately followed up on creating it.
Never in a million years did I think my life would turn out the way it did. I didn’t expect to be a 40-something, single Daddy living in Arizona writing a blog that shares a voice about love, life, and finding a great relationship. But here I am doing exactly that. Perhaps the reason I often joke about how my life is living proof God has a sense of humor is because I believe it. : )
Truth be told, I can tell you The Giving Tree is on my mind and in my heart in starting this blog. I suppose it’s part of my own personal starting over…yet again.
But I believe I know how the universe works. The more you give in life, the more you get. If I help others through this blog, and am in some way instrumental in a man or a woman experiencing personal growth or finding their ideal relationship partner, then that alone would be a valuable reward.
The ultimate gift in doing this online dating blog would be if in some way it helped me to attract the woman of my dreams who I could love and give to until I am an old man who provides her with a wrinkled, but safe and comfortable place to rest.
Tags: internet dating, Monica Lewinsky, online dating, singles
Online Dating: It is what it is!
Aug 8, 2010 Best of BOD
“It is what it is. We know what it is.” Starting a new blog is a formal event in the informal communication of social media. You get only one chance to write a first post, and one opening line to compose for it. I hoped to launch BlogOnlineDating.com with a memorable message that was simple and social, but also special and playful.
Yes, I’m a true romantic at heart. But I’m also a “guy’s guy” with a sense of humor and I like being a member of both clubs. So, after spending time carrying the question about what to write for a first but lasting impression with myself and you, I reached out to an old, familiar friend.
Martin Scorcese’s classic mobsters movie “Goodfellas,” is one of my all-time favorites. I know basically every line from the film. In one scene, Henry Hill (played by Ray Liotta) is told by his bosses, Paulie Cicero (Paul Sorvino) and Jimmy Conway (Robert DeNiro) that his cheating on his wife Karen ( Lorraine Bracco) by moving into a love shack has gone too far. He has to go home to her right away. He has to keep up appearances. As only DeNiro can do, he simply describes the situation of Henry’s love on the side by saying, “It is what it is. We know what it is.”
And so it goes with the world of online dating. It is what it is. We know what it is. In starting this online dating blog, I could have posted another classic Conway/DeNiro line such as, “Always keep your mouth shut and never rat on your friends.” But it wouldn’t have been as positive. One of the rules to attract others through online dating sites is to be positive. You don’t have any interest in falling in love with a negative partner who’s a whiner, complainer, blamer, or professional victim, right? (Yeah I know, where was I 20 years ago when you have read this? Lol!)
When it comes to online dating it is what it is. The internet is the new “Fix me up with your friend” or virtual singles bar. Let’s enjoy the journey. Hopefully, participating in this blog will be a part of your journey for as long or short as your search for love and a relationship goes. In conclusion, I’ll be positive and look at the bright side. I may attract the lovely woman of my dreams with this blog post even though I’m writing it while sitting here in my underwear. That’s only possible through the technology of online dating. Thank you. It is what it is!
Tags: internet dating, online dating, singles