;; Here's a command to insert a new log entry in the format I made up
(defun start-new-log-entry ()
  "Insert a row of hash marks and then the date in swain format"
(interactive)
(goto-char (point-max))
(insert "\n\n\n#########################################################################\n")
(insert (format-time-string "%y%m%d\n\n" (current-time))))