I'll give you $10 for 2 tablespoons of blood

Are you willing to donate 2 tablespoons of blood for $10?

Welcome to Baltimore, Safety!

Pratt Street

The Baltimore Convention Center recently welcomed Safety to city.  Finally, I've been getting a little worried.

Bail Bonds: 410-FOR-BAIL

Baltimore's Metro Transit

Fred Frank Bail Bonds

24 Hours/7 Days a Week

House Calls

Local & National

Immigration Bonds

Credit Cards

Personal Checks

Money Orders

Western Union

Police identify man found in trash chute

(Note: Two blocks from my apartment complex in another high-rise "luxury" apartment complex)

Police identify man found in trash chute - baltimoresun.com

The man found dead in a trash chute of a downtown apartment building has been identified by city police as a 30-year-old resident of the building.

Harsh Kumar, who police say lived on the 16^th floor of the Park Charles building in the 200 block of N. Charles St., was found Aug. 12 in the parking-level trash compactor after an apparent fall from one of the building's top floors. Police say an autopsy has not shown any obvious signs of foul play or any injuries other than those consistent with a fall, but the investigation is continuing.

Police say Kumar lived with a relative, who was out of town at the time of the incident. Friends said Kumar was a likeable IT analyst whose sister works at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

"Like Your Friendly Neighbor, Baltimore is There"

Intersection of Baltimore Street and Howard Street

My neighbor likes to sleep outside.  In the rain.  Above the air vent outside the 7-11.  

Take a Bit Out of Crime

Baltimore's Metro Transit

Charm City Advice

"Andre Kirby got 15 years in Herlong, CA for carrying a gun.  Anyone going to visit him today?  It's only 2,700 miles away."

-Maryland Exile

Greatest City in the America?

Apparently so...

Energy Drinks Epidemic

Homicide: Life on the Street

Thames St. in Fells Point

Phoenix University- Class of 2022

Proud member of the University of Phoenix- Class of 2022

No ski masks allowed

Sign posted outside front door at Howard St. Liquor Store

Apparently, it isn't appropriate to wear ski masks & hoodies inside my local liquor store across the street from my apartment complex.   FAIL.

Security Information Bulletin: Unarmed Robberies (Off Campus)

Wed 08/04/2010 4:24 PM

Unarmed Robberies (Off Campus)

WHERE:        South of campus in the Upper Fells Point and Washington Hill communities

WHEN:          Evening hours, Aug. 2 and Aug. 3

HOW:             Males that are walking alone after dark are grabbed from behind,  thrown to the ground and punched and kicked.  Cell phones and property are taken.  No weapons are used or implied.

WANTED:      Several African-American male teenagers aged 14 to 18, in groups numbering between two and 10, with varied descriptions.  Some were wearing green colored shirts

Suspects have robbed males in their twenties, on four separate occasions, who were walking alone by grabbing them from behind,  throwing them to the ground and taking cell phones and property.  The victims have all received non-life threatening injuries during the physical attack and the suspects have ran from the scenes in varied directions.  The incidents are being investigated by the Baltimore Police Department Southeastern District.

Anyone witnessing any of the above incidents are asked to call Corporate Security Communications at 410-955-5585  (5-5585).

Escalator Etiquette

Proper human-to-human etiquette barely exists, nonetheless escalator etiquette in Baltimore Metro. 

Stand On The Right (http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/dishes/escalator.php)

This applies to escalators city-wide. If you wish to remain stationary, the right side is where you belong.

Not in the middle*.

Not on the left.

This includes your shopping bag(s), too. Forget about taking a cart — or worse, a stroller, complete with infant.

It's obvious, yet despite instruction signs, some folks insist on standing wherever they like. Hong Kong is a fast-paced city: some people are either in a hurry or can't stand waiting. The left side of the escalator is their lane.

Think of it as a multi-lane highway: the fast lane is not the place to drive 30 km/h. When you block the left side, you create a traffic jam.

It's bad enough when one person does it, but when you and your friend (or group of friends, students) stand there gabbing on the same step, you're impeding progress. Shut your pie-holes and move to the right.

Moving sidewalks, however, are another matter. The point of these contraptions is to speed pedestrians through long, flat passageways by augmenting walking speed. In case you haven't noticed, standing still defeats the purpose.

The elderly and the infirm are welcome to remain still, as long as they stand on the right. Everyone else who stops is just lazy. Any able-bodied person who stops and stands on the left ought to have a cattle prod inserted in his nether regions.

Japanese anime invades the Charm City

Japanese anime and manga fans took over the Baltimore Convention Center from July 30-Aug. 1.

(Baltimore Sun photo by Kim Hairston / August 1, 2010)

Free cocaine and money?! Sure why not!

A current Johns Hopkins Hospital research study in which current drug addicts will receive 'standard methadone maintenance treatment' and a total possible earning of $1155.  

Parking Meter Fail

414 Water Street