Belched up with tidings of comfort and joy by Joe at 9:33:00 PM.

Belched up with tidings of comfort and joy by Joe at 8:02:00 AM.

Ron Zook, head coach of the Florida Gators, has finally been fired.

I am happy. Ever since Zook took over Spurrier's job in 2001 it has been nothing but disappointment (except for the UF-LSU game of 2003). It would have been nice to of had him fired under nicer circumstances, aka not after a loss to Mississippi State, a team that was 1-5 and lost to Maine, a 1-AA team. Zook is 20-13 since he took Steve Spurrier's job, many teams would like to have such a record. They can have Zook. I want Spurrier back.

The President of the University of Florida, Dr. Bernie Machen, used to be the President of the University of Utah, and now he is looking at the head coach of Utah for Zook's remplacement after the end of the 2004 season. I think this is a bad idea and Spurrier would be a much better choice. Why? Trust. We, the fans and students of UF, trust Spurrier. We saw what he did for us in the early 90's: He got us more SEC Championships than I can count on one hand. We saw what he did in the late 90's, but we were not pleased since we did not finish in the top 3. Many teams would love to finish in the top 3, but we were spoiled. We had a National Championship, we wanted more. Yet through it all, we trusted Spurrier. Even if he does not make us into the top 10 his first year here, we will still stand by Spurrier. The UF Administration can be assured that we will be happy, and will continue to sell out every game, if we get Spurrier back.

ESPN Article on Ron Zook's Firing

Headline in the Florida Alligator about Ron Zook's Firing

My post on Zook and Spurrier printed in the Florida Alligator!!!!

Belched up with tidings of comfort and joy by Joe at 2:30:00 PM.

So here is how the owner of this site will be probably voting on the Florida Constitutional Amendments. Got my info and formed my decisions from VoteSmartFlorida.org

Amendment I: Parental Notification of a Minor's Abortion
OmniPrime supports this. An abortion is a major decision and parents should have the right to know.

Amendment II: Constitutional Amendments Proposed by Initiative
OmniPrime is undecided, leaning towards opposed. It would help voters to see Amendments further ahead of time, but the Florida Constitution is already way too easy to modify. Hell, we have an amendment about pregnant pigs in the constitution.

Amendment III: The Medical Liability Claimant's Compensation Amendment
OmniPrime supports this. The Florida Medical Association supports this, but trial lawyers are opposed to it. Need I say more?

Amendment IV: Authorizes Miami-Dade and Broward County Voters to Approve Slot Machines In Parimutuel Facilities
OmniPrime is undecided. I am not sure whether a county should have the right to allow casinos or the state. I support gambling if the casinos are heavily taxed, but I also do not want higher crime rates. Yes, this is hypocritical. That's why I am undecided.

Amendment V: Florida Minimum Wage Amendment
OmniPrime is opposed. Not only would this ballot raise the minimum wage to $6.15/hr but it ties the minimum wage in Florida to the consumer pricing index, which can increase annually. A higher minimum wage would mean employers might have to lay off workers in order to survive. It could cost tens of thousands of Floridians their jobs, health care coverage and retirement benefits. In addition, 18,000 children will lose their health care if this passes.

Amendment VI: Repeal of High Speed Rail Amendment
OmniPrime is supports this. A high speed rail would cost a huge sum of $25,000,000,000 (25 billion dollars). Sure, high speed trains are cool, but our state has enough financial problems as it is, and this money can be spent in better areas.

Amendment VII: Patients' Right to Know About Adverse Medical Incidents
OmniPrime is undecided. With a fee, you can learn about doctor's records. However, doctors cannot review other doctors under this amendment.

Amendment VIII: Patients' Right to Know About Adverse Medical Incidents
OmniPrime is undecided, leaning much more towards opposed. This would throw all doctors out of Florida if they have 3 or more malpractice incidents. It sounds nice, but high risk doctors such as ob-gyns, neurosurgeons and trauma surgeons, will leave Florida and new doctors will decide not to come to Florida to practice. This will limit patient's access to quality healthcare.

Belched up with tidings of comfort and joy by Joe at 10:36:00 PM.

Belched up with tidings of comfort and joy by Joe at 9:36:00 PM.

Which File Extension are You?

"You are .mp3 The kids love you. You get along with just about everybody except the music industry. You really make yourself heard." w00t! mp3's also mean you get many things for free online :D ...not that I would ever dream of doing such a thing...

Belched up with tidings of comfort and joy by Joe at 9:29:00 PM.

Belched up with tidings of comfort and joy by Joe at 4:23:00 PM.

I think most people believe Kerry has had multiple opinions on every issue. But some of them are starting to get very scary. This site goes into what Kerry has said on a variety of issues. Kerry: Wrong for Catholics

What I find odd about Kerry is that he can conflict with himself within the same sentance. :P

For example, Kerry believes life begins at conception but also believes abortion is not murder. He also said he shares the Church's pro-life views, but also said he firmly believes in abortion (well, he said anti-abortion, not pro-life).

Other odd views (which have been flip-flopped) are supporting euthanasia, but then opposed to it, unless the government is involved.

Is it just me or is this guy going crazy? I have no idea how someone can be for everything. Things conflict with each other! Do you not think it is clear that voting for Kerry will put someone unstable in the White House?

And even though the following image has little to do with my post, I found it funny but true, so I'll post it anyways.

Belched up with tidings of comfort and joy by Joe at 1:27:00 PM.

Once again, Kristy has added commentary to my post after I have written it. It appears as I wrote it right now; her commentary will appear when you select the white space with your mouse *despises many parts of it*
It should be stated that I attended LSU and Joe currently attends UF. His parents invited me to attend the LSU-UF football game. This was my first trip to Gainesville.

Kristy came from Baton Rouge to visit me and attend the UF - LSU game (To be more precise, Kristy drove twelve hours by herself to visit Joe and attend the LSU-UF game). *very happy that she could make it* (But not as happy as I was to finally be able to go to the bathroom) Much fun was had. What we did
(or at least the PG version. It had been six weeks since we'd seen each other after all.):

Friday (otherwise known as the day BEFORE UF got their butts kicked by the LSU Tigers):
Met at the Days Inn she was staying at (scary third rate hotel with TACKY comforter and cheap art)
Walked around mall aimlessly, Kristy wanted a UF shirt (w00t!) (Not so much wanted a shirt as felt obligated to get a shirt since I bought Joe an LSU shirt when he was here for the summer)
Went to Reitz Union to get the shirt after having little luck at the mall
Had dinner at Ko-To-Bu-Ki (yummy all-you-can eat sushi) with Alicia and Steve (Two of Joe's very nice friends)

Saturday (otherwise know as the day OF the game where UF got their butts kicked by the LSU Tigers)
Breakfast at Zaxby's (decent knock-off of Raisin' Canes in Baton Rouge)
Hang out at my place (otherwise known as the institutional-looking shoebox where Joes sleeps) until parents come
Walk with parents to Harry's Bar and Grill downtown (From UF's campus, Harry's is halfway back to Baton Rouge.)
Go to Reitz so Kristy can get her mom a postcard
Go to mass at St. Augustine (Apparently, some people needed to get in a few extra prayers for the gators before the before-mentioned butt kicking.)
Walk to O-Dome (HOSTILE TERRITORY, WILL ROBINSON!!)
Walk to the Swamp (EVEN MORE HOSTILE TERRITORY, WILL ROBINSON!)
Watch UF-LSU game (Otherwise known as the butt kicking.)
See drunks
Curse Ron Zook repeatably (It must be hard to have a coach that isn't revered as a god, ALL HAIL, NICK SABAN!)
Walk with parents to car
Say goodbye to parents

Sunday (otherwise know as the day AFTER UF got their butts kicked by the LSU Tigers)
Have breakfast at Panara Bread
Walk around UF's botanical gardens and Lake Alice (pretty, peaceful walk, but way too short)
Say Goodbye to Kristy (sad, sobby scene)
Cell phone conversations on her trip home (Thank goodness for unlimited minutes on weekends. Gosh, that is a freakin'; long boring drive.) The visit was too short, but it was great to see Joe. It was great that everyone so was nice to me considering that I am an LSU alum. Sympathy to Joe and all his poor Gators friends for going to an athletically-inferior school.

Belched up with tidings of comfort and joy by Joe at 1:23:00 PM.

Click here for Football Veterans for Truth. It has more pics of Kerry Playing football, well, maybe "playing" is too stong of a word... More like, "behaving in a manner no man should", with a football. Anyway, pics such as this one:

Belched up with tidings of comfort and joy by Joe at 10:28:00 PM.

Belched up with tidings of comfort and joy by Joe at 6:37:00 PM.