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‘Lost’ has be defined as missing or unable to be found. It can also mean something that was wasted or not used in a valuable way. The first definition – missing or unable to be found – describes my experience.

Have you ever lost something? Losing a thing is unsettling. When I lose something, I look around, I retrace my recent steps, and I rack my memory. For example, I’ve lost my phone on occasion. It’s helpful to be able to call it and track down the ring (unless it’s on silent). I’ve also lost my keys. But, usually they’re either in a coat pocket or in the kitchen.

The notion that the past predicts the future has been around long, and proven to be true over and over: we could almost call it a law--like gravity or centrifugal force. We welcome calamity when we fail to heed this.

If a boy slaps his girlfriend around before they are married, he will after they are married, or worse. If a man cheats on his first wife and they divorce, he will do the same with his second wife if he remarries.

Dolly Parton was listening to her car radio when she first heard Whitney Houston’s version of the song, “I Will Always Love You,” a song Dolly had written years before.  Dolly said her first reaction was to say, “Is that my little song?”  It was a case of the writer reacting to the power of the singer’s interpretation.

If you're a woman, then you know what it's like to "just have a feeling."  Our husbands and our children most likely think we are crazy when we say this.  We have all heard the term "mother's intuition."  I believe God gives women an extra sense.  A sense that throws a red flag in our hearts, not just our mind. 

“Rethink Possible” is AT&T’s current marketing motto. Government’s dictum, on the other hand, is “Regulate Possible until rethinking possible becomes impossible.”

Why does the Kentucky Public Service Commission still have regulations on the books that discourage established telecommunication companies such as Cincinnati Bell and AT&T from investing in more towers, better signals and improved service?

Still Much Work to Do at Halfway Point

FRANKFORT – This past week we reached the halfway point of the 2012 Legislative Session, and the best way to describe it is like Secretariat running at the back of the pack.  But like the great horse’s run to the Triple Crown, it is my hope we finish very strong.

Country as Cornbread
 
What a fabulous week God has blessed us with. I hope everyone reading feels the same. We often think it has to be something "huge" to realize how blessed they are, but blessings come in all shapes and sizes.

Sunday night February 12 the Grammy’s were held.  Aside from the awards themselves, the show always produces some memorable, sometimes awkward, moments.  Of course, this year’s event would begin with mention of the passing 24 hours earlier of Whitney Houston.  There were tributes sprinkled throughout the night from artists such as Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson (Hudson sang “I Will Always Love You”).

Dear Andrew,

I was appalled to read a press release yesterday that David Adkisson is bringing the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce out in support of expanded gambling and wrote an editorial on it as cited below.

It's NOT "let the people decide" Mr. Adkisson

David Adkisson, President and CEO of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, announced his misguided support of expanded gambling Thursday February 9th as a part of the group called “Kentucky Alliance for Jobs” of which the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is a part.

Are you blessed? I believe many of us are truly blessed in one way or another. Ironically, sometimes it seems that those who are blessed have obstacles that others – who are not-so-blessed – don’t experience.