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I don't live here, I just blog here....

Over the course of writing "Lost In Lima Ohio", I've had a few chances to write about my hometown. Mostly though, I just blog from here- rather than about life here. Yeah, once in a while, I might pain you with reading something personal- like my feelings on the local elections, or about the casino that may come to town, but I try to stay away from writing about it on a regular basis.

I love this dysfunctional little community, which is why I try to hide all the craziness that happens here from you- the readers. I've never been ashamed of being here, I mean look up there at the title- I flaunt the fact that I am here. Yet, still I want to shield the image of the town by hiding the sad truth from the rest of you. I was sure I'd kept the insanity of Lima, and it's surrounding areas a well hidden secret... until tonight.

Police accused a northwest Ohio woman of biting off a man's tongue. Chad Ringo, 29, remained in intensive care Monday at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima after unsuccessful attempts to reattach about 30 percent of his tongue, Celina police said.


It's hard to hide the area's embarrassments when they end up on the front page of Yahoo's Odd News.

Just to be fair, and to attempt to recover from this black cloud hanging over the area- St. Rita's is a great hospital. They have state of the art doctor type stuff there, a first class heart center, a great birthing center, incredible nurses, overpaid doctors, and most importantly- a UNION built expansion is underway.

Just don't ask them to replace that bitten off tongue...


Woman Charged With Biting Off Man's Tongue - Yahoo! News

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Anonymous said…
Would it make you feel any better at all if I shared with you that although I no longer live where that story happens, I know the folks involved?? Everyone there knows everyone so that isn't a stretch, but if it makes you feel better, I'll offer that for you! :)
21/3/06
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