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Online Dating: Your Virtual Glance Across the Room

Lisa Zentz — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:10:09 +0000

How to Improve Your Online Dating Profile

I’ve been quoted as saying “Online dating is like dragging a magnet through a bucket of nails: it’s the pr*cks that make it painful”. This shouldn’t be interpreted as being sex specific or limited to online dating. Dating, in general, is a game of Love Roulette – you never know when you’ll find one that blows your mind, or drives you back to being single for awhile. It’s not surprising, though, that so many daters of a certain age (OACA) turn to the internet to meet someone.

Baggage: Now available in a convenient relationship size!

Lisa Zentz — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:20:31 +0000

We're not talking Samsonite, folks.

Dating after divorce isn’t for sissies. As if getting to know someone wasn’t complex to begin with, now we have baggage. Baggage is like the term “high maintenance” – it’s open for interpretation. The amount of baggage – tangible or emotional – you believe you have is irrelevant. To one, your baggage may appear to fit in an overhead compartment, to another it may look as though a half dozen Merck storage units will be required. The term baggage has become an excuse, a euphemism for “things I don’t like about you” or, for those truly honest, “things I don’t’ like about myself”. We have baggage, but we can’t keep it all – where would we put it? A short list of things to clean up now:

Game Face

Lisa Zentz — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:16:18 +0000

The dating game. Bring it on, I'm so ready for this!

The dating game. Bring it on, I’m so ready for this!

Oh yeah, when we were young, limber and played to win, we went all in. We were there, we were on it and when we had an opening, we were ready. "Pick me, coach!", our hormones cried out, bless their foolish little endocrinologic nature. Cheered along by the X and Y, we went long and scored big. We didn’t care how many times we were blocked, tackled or the ref called foul, we were on a mission to preserve the species and fall in love!

Wow. I’m breathless thinking back on those days. Or, maybe I’m just winded.

The Design of a Run

Jara Sturdivant-Wilson — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:29:09 +0000

Tips and Tricks for New Runners

I have participated in two half-marathons and one 5 K race in my life. My post-race exercise regimen looks the same post-race. It is inevitable that after a consistent running routine and race, I take a few days and/or weeks off from running. Now, about a month after the Omaha Half-Marathon, I am beginning to begin running again.

If you have ever considered becoming a runner before, this is the perfect time to begin running. Yes, as the temperatures dip into lower digits, the daylight hours shrink,and we experience some hard frosts, this is the time to become a runner.

Massage benefits you can learn firsthand

Mandy Mowers — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:33:38 +0000

National Massage Therapy Awareness Week at Oasis Spa

This is Awesome:

Oasis Massage and Spa

National Massage Therapy Awareness Week is October 23-29. Oasis Massage and Spa is celebrating by hosting an open house Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 3 to 7 p.m. The spa, located at 689 N 132nd St., will be offering free samples of a few different kinds of massage.
“With Massage Awareness Week, we thought it would be a great opportunity to let the community know about some of the benefits of massage,” said Lindsey Carper, Oasis owner.

September 11th a Time for Action as well as Reflection

Beth Katz — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 01:36:03 +0000

reflecting on the tenth anniversary of September 11th

I graduated from college a year before September 11, 2001. Though I was heavily involved in interfaith activities as an undergraduate student, I dismissed the idea of pursuing it as a career because while fostering greater interaction, understanding and respect among people of diverse faiths and beliefs seemed needed, it didn’t seem urgent. And then the terrorist attacks of September 11th occurred, forcing me to reevaluate my assessment.

Have you been to Peerless yet?

Mandy Mowers — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:24:07 +0000

Omaha's Newest Midtown Art Gallery

This is Awesome:

Peerless

It’s that really cool art gallery in Midtown Crossing with crisp white walls and wide-open breathing space.

Perhaps I’m biased. You see, I know and love the owners, husband-and-wife dynamic duo Daphne Eck and Caleb Coppock. And I also got to help when they were first setting up, painting various surfaces white and helping to assemble various pieces of furniture.

I also happen to buy in — fully — to their ideas.

You see, they want Peerless to be a space for collaboration.

Barbeque Flavored Comedy

Zachary Peterson — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:56:27 +0000

Mojo's Jokehouse starts this Thursday.

This is Awesome:

Mojo’s Jokehouse

Comedy open mics can be a hard pill to swallow. I personally have been to open mics that could of been mistaken for secret comedy clubs in the most unlikely of hole in the wall bars. Although, the inverse is also true, where a less than skilled comedian tells "shock jokes" to a room peppered with uninterested patrons who came just to drink. Most open mics fall somewhere in between, but are often looked at by comedians as a necessary part of being a stand up comic. They are used to premiering new material or working on jokes that are lacking in one way or another.

Business Lesson #3: No Need to be Sweet

Daphne Eck — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:48:02 +0000

Sarah Lance has exactly what Sari Bari needs.

Eight years ago my friend, Sarah Lance, introduced me to running when she invited me to run a 5K with her, here in Omaha. After the 5K she pitched the idea that we run a marathon together. It was a big step from our first small race, but I was turning 30 that year and thought it’d be a great way to celebrate. “Let’s do it!” I said.

Good One

Zachary Peterson — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:57:54 +0000

Tig Notaro's new record fully display's her unique style.

This is Awesome:

Tig Notaro

Tig Notaro is a busy woman. She has been seen on Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Late Show, The Benson Interruption, and has her own Comedy Central half an hour special. She hosts her own podcast (Professor Blast-off) on the Earwolf Comedy podcast network, does countless festivals and is often a guest on other podcasts. She recently released her first record, “Good One”, on Secretly Canadian Records. Comedy nerds may already be familiar with her but few others are.