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Hey kids, for today’s Tommylog I want to talk about safe driving. I have been behind the wheel for almost 30 years -YIKES- and I have logged a lot of miles in the cars I have owned. These days I travel about 35 miles each way to work so I have a little experience in the area of driving safely.

I remember, as a kid, car safety and seat belts were not the daily mantra like they are today. Heck, I still remember cars that just had lap belts and no shoulder belts. I think I still recall some that had no seat belts at all. Boy, does that date me. Growing up, we used to joke as a family that I was brought home from the hospital in the back of my parents Buick; just placing me all bundled up on the rear deck between the speakers and the back glass. At about age 7, my father would ask us if we were all buckled in, offering us a “bribe” of $1 if we were.

A few months ago I was contacted by Erin Davisson of WFRV Channel 5 in Green Bay about appearing in a technology segment with her. We bounced around a few ideas till we came to a on the idea of talking personal video camera‘s and editing videos. She invited myself and the camera guy Mike to her house… to make it look more personal. In one scene, you actually see me and Erin videoing each other. I was actually making a TommyLog while doing the piece. What an honor to be asked… So Cool and so much fun to work with Erin and her team. THANKS Erin and thank you WFRV!

The Lifehack weblog has a great roundup of clever uses for household spray lubricant WD-40. The most surprising? WD-40: Cures arthritis. My father-in-law swears by this. He is a retired Air Force mechanic and when his knuckles and knees get grouchy he squirts them with WD-40. He says it works every time.

I’m reading Tina Fey’s book Bossy Pants and stumbled on a great quote from long time SNL producer Lorne Michaels “We don’t go on because we’re ready; we go on because it’s 11:30”

This morning during my morning walk at the gym, I was watching the movie called the Longshots. The flick is about a Pop Warner football team and the first female QB to take it to the Pop Warner super bowl. Aside from it being a feel-good, down and out team rocks it in the big foot ball world movie, there was a message that really stuck with me. In this day of conventions and hurricanes and school starting and vote for this guy or that guy… the fight between the haves and the have-nots; this quote kinda hit me hard. I’m not sure if this is 100% right, but you get the gist of it…