Now, don't get your knickers in a twist when I say this, Congressman Allen West, but I really like Lois Frankel.

A lot.

That doesn't mean I'm going to vote for her, sir.

She's the Democrat who just announced she's going after your seat in 2012.

But Lois is a pistol. She's up to your sass. Watch out for her.

Put the vagaries of politics and the Legislature and the state of the world aside Saturday night.

If clouds don't get in the way where you live, get ready for quite a sight: You'll be able to look up at the biggest full moon in nearly two decades. Read all about it.

Seeing how the Japanese people are suffering now, considering the terror they're enduring as their nuclear power plants remain under unimaginable stress, you have to ask yourself, how can I help?

There are so many ways. And they deserve our help. In this decade more than any other, Japan and the Japanese people have been our friends.

In case you're wondering what Japan did for us in our worst national disaster:

The Florida Gators are as close to a home team as you can get in Rounds One and Two at the only March Madness venue in the Sunshine State. Don't bet against them.

Vegas has UF (26-7) scribbled in as a 2-to-1 favorite in Round One Thursday against the UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos (18-13).

In a telephone interview Wednesday, Victor Alvarez, a booking agent at New York New York in Las Vegas, told Sunshine State News, "You want to bet on Florida, you gotta put down 50 cents for every quarter you win.

Adjust your clocks -- and your bodies -- accordingly.

Most of the U.S. switches over to Daylight Savings Time this weekend, moving clocks ahead one hour in order to get an extra hour of sunlight in the evening.

Though the official change is at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, March 13, nobody will notice if you wind your clocks ahead a little earlier in the evening.

As relief efforts in Florida mount to aid regions of the United States along the Pacific Coast and countries worst hit by Friday morning's earthquake and tsunami, Sunshine State News will post details. The disaster will affect not only life and property in many Pacific island nations but the world's economy as well. Stay tuned.

Protests continue, but Gov. Scott Walker and the Wisconsin GOP on Thursday prevailed against the wearying weeks-long combination of heavy union pressure and a Democratic walkout in the state Senate.

The Assembly voted 53-42 to approve a bill that sharply slashes bargaining rights for government workers. The bill moved like lightning to a relieved Walker, who promised to sign it as soon as he's able.

Who is the best actress to play the frenetic Mama Grizzly?

You were going to say Tina Fey, weren't you? But no. The "Saturday Night Live" comedian who sometimes did a better Sarah Palin than Sarah Palin during the 2008 presidential campaign, was royally dissed.

NASA will give 150 of its Twitter followers an insider's look at the nation's space program and the opportunity to view a space shuttle launch in person. The fourth shuttle launch Tweetup, scheduled April 18-19, will be held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA explains:

Senate Bill 138, a measure that would give a break to veterans convicted of crimes that stem from their military combat, breezed through the Criminal Justice Committee Wednesday.

Sponsored by Sen. Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton, the bill specifically names post traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse and psychological problems as reasons for granting a hearing on the underlying health issue before sentencing. It would also provide that veterans convicted because of these causes may be placed in treatment programs rather than be sentenced to probation or community service.