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LIKE A WELL OILED MACHINE- Have you ever asked someone “how are things going?” and gotten the response, “things are running like a well oiled machine”? A machine that has been well maintained and “well oiled” means that is has been supplied amply with a product designed to spare any damage that heat and friction can inflict upon machines, when deprived of lubrication, so instead of breaking down from wear and tear, they are operating at the “peak efficiency” of how they were originally designed and when in pristine condition.

The threat of extreme winter weather conditions caused us to call off session in Frankfort 

My favorite things in winter are basketball and football.  With all this snow, I’m seeing a lot of snow pictures on Instagram.  Lots of people playing in the snow, mostly kids.  I’m more of the college basketball and NFL viewer in the winter. 

Former House Speaker Jody Richards recently joined the growing chorus of longtime Democratic legislators announcing they would not seek re-election this year.

Health seems to be in the media quite a bit lately. Since I enjoy learning how to improve my life, I’ve been reading the health-related information I’ve come across. As the ancient Roman poet Virgil said, “The greatest wealth is health.”

Here - There & Everywhere I suppose:
Former U.S. president, Harry S Truman was an artillery Captain in World War One. (“The war to end all wars”).
    One dark, rainy night, his artillery battery was on the move.  Captain Truman was horseback, They used horses to tow the artillery pierre (cannons) the.  As he rode, he missed seeing a real tree limb which struck him in the face - knocking his glasses off. 

I have done some of the stupidest things in my life.  Sometimes, I look back and wish there had been someone around to advise me to do things differently or at least to get me to listen to sound reason; but even if there had been, I probably wouldn’t have listened or if I had listened, I probably wouldn’t have understood.  

The threat of extreme winter weather conditions caused us to call off session in Frankfort on Friday, but not before we passed significant bills in the Senate earlier in the week. We hit the ground running during the second week of the 2018 Session—standing committees met to discuss and pass bills which then went to the Senate floor for a full vote.