Orioles and Metallica... Orioles and Metallica...

For those of you who know me, it's Orioles and Metallica. Orioles and Metallica are pretty much guaranteed to come out of my mouth atleast 847648334 times a day. Lol. This is no joke. I think it may be a disease. I've got the Meoriollica! Try saying that 3 times really fast!

Ok, let's divuldge into the Orioles first. They are my first love anyhow. I have been an Orioles fan ever since I was big enough to hold a baseball. I hate to love this team so much. It's torture being an Orioles fan. Being an Orioles fan is getting beat in the face with a sledge hammer 160 or so times a year. I used to alot of O's baseball cards signed and locked away until the below mentioned house fire decided that was a bad idea. Im over it though, most of them were scrubs anyways. I am however still mad about the Chris Hoiles card, he was always my favorite.

With all this being said I would like to direct you to the Orioles Hangout. If your reading this blog, and not many of you are, yours into this kind of stuff. So if your an Orioles fan check this place out. It's full of everything you want or have ever needed to know about the O's. I spend most of my time in the forums. They also have some other good stuff like future prospect trackers.

Now onto my second love of Metallica. It all started on December 28th 1997. Sadly I even remember the day. My brother and I were headed to D.C. to watch Starcade 1997! For those of you not familiar with this, it was a Pay Per View special for the now defunct WCW wrestling. It was Hogan vs. Sting and it was Stings return to the ring. On the way there this song kept playing over and over and over and over again on basically every radio station we tuned into. I had a very fond liking to this song. "This" song turned out to be the Unforgiven II by Metallica. I was instantly hooked and a decade of annoying my friends with constant Metallica babble began. I think most of my friends hate them because of me. Lol.


Ok now to tie the Orioles and Metallica together..

The Orioles can't win a championship. Even worse they can't even win a game!
Looking back on it, Metallica has only put out one album of original material in 12 years! And for those of you with Metallica knowledge, Garage Inc. and S&M were not original material.. :(

I can't win and apparently the Orioles can't either.

It all starts at home.

It all starts at home folks. Take a look at this article. This article is of importance to me because I work in and around the fire service. This was definitely a tragedy avoided because this child knew what to do. I have compiled for you a list of links with some very helpful information for you and your families.

You should always have a fire escape plan. Nothing is more important than knowing what to do in the event of a fire. This is a good basic fire escape plan to practice with your children. This article also has a fire safety checklist, explains the three elements of fire, and lists a few sources for each element.

You should always have at least one fire extinguisher in your house. Preferably one in every room. Here is a good article that explains the different types of fire extinguishers and how to properly use them.

You should have a working smoke detector in every room of your house. Remember, batteries die! You should change the batteries in your smoke detector every 6 months even if they aren't dead. Some fire departments even offer free smoke detectors and batteries. Here is a link that explains how smoke detectors work.

Last but not least, you should have a working carbon monoxide detector. Over 200 people a year die from carbon monoxide poisoning with an additional 5000 injured. That is way too many lives. Just a few dollars can save lives. Click this.

I hope everyone understands the purpose of my little blurb. Please do not think this will never happen to you. I see this stuff on a daily basis and it is very real. My house burned down when I was a child. It happened to me.