No… we didn’t try a new format this morning.  If you watched Good Morning Indiana from 5 until about 5:30, you noticed that Paul covered weather and a little traffic information.  Around 5:30 or so, Joni joined us with traffic updates from Skycam Six.  And finally, around 6:17, Tom joined us with a look at traffic patterns.  Unfortunately, our hard-working traffic guy overslept.  Tom says he woke up and thought to himself… “Humm.  I haven’t heard the alarm yet.  Maybe it’s still early.”  Tom looked out his window and noticed a bank clock had the time 4:22.  Not wanting to believe the worse, he checked his cellphone.  Sure enough, it was 4:22.  As many of you know, Tom lives near Cincinnati so there’s no way he could have possibly made it here before 6-o-clock.  Thankfully, Paul and Joni were able to keep our viewers informed until Tom arrived. 

I’m glad that Tom was able to make it here safely.  I always worry about people who oversleep and then try to rush into work.  If your alarm clock doesn’t go off, you can get over it.  If you go off the highway because of excessive speed, you can’t always recover.  And so, I’m glad Tom was able to join us for the last part of the show.  He did comment that the show went by really fast this morning and he rather enjoyed it.

Now Tom should have even more energy this afternoon.  He and Paul are scheduled to sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” at this afternoon’s Indian’s game.  Dan had the honors recently and said he had a blast.  Just remember, Tom.  I don’t think you can sing the song during the bottom of the 8th inning.  Good luck!