Even though I've strayed from this week's topic of finding a date in Baltimore (I don't know how Maryann does it!) here is something you that could be helpful when you're dating someone new:

In Maryland, you can check court records online:

http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inquiry/

You know you cyber stalk your dates anyway, so why not look up something that might be useful? And, I can say from personal experience, that people who are seemingly nice and normal can be pretty bad people. (Or at least guilty of yucky crimes.)

Even though I did once meet a woman (a public defender) at a party who told me that a person's past criminal background wouldn't deter her from dating someone,  I think most people would at least want to know if their new S.O. spent time in the pokey, or pleaded guilty to a felony or a really gross misdemeanor.

Not the kind of thing people usually tell you on a first date ...