body { /*background: #fff; color: #6D5F5C;*/ background:#000; color:#fff; font: 55% Verdana, "Verdana", Arial, serif; text-align: center; margin:0; padding:0; }

#masthead { display:none; margin-top:0; padding-top:0; width: 770px; background:#090; color:#fff; /*height: 100px; background: url('images/logo.gif') no-repeat;*/ /* uncomment the height and background declarations here if you intend to use a graphic in the header instead of the h1 */ }

ul#nav { list-style: none; width: 750px; padding: 0 10px; background: #000; border-bottom: 2px solid #000; float: left; clear: both; }

	ul#nav li { padding: 0.85em 40px 0.7em 0; font: bold 1.8em Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase; float: left; }
	
		ul#nav li a, ul#nav li a:visited { color: #D4D4D4; text-decoration: none; }
	
		ul#nav li a:hover { color: #6D5F5C; text-decoration: underline; }
		
		ul#nav li a.current, ul#nav li a.current:visited, ul#nav li a.current:hover { color: #6aabc9; text-decoration: none; }
		
	ul#nav li.rss { padding: 0.85em 0 0.7em 0; float: right; color:#6D5F5C; }
			
		ul#nav li.rss a { padding: 0 18px 0 0; background: url('images/icon_rss.gif') 100% 50% no-repeat; color:#6D5F5C;}

#container { width: 770px; margin: 0 auto 0 auto; }

#content_box { border-top:3px solid #6D5F5C; width: 770px; text-align: left; float: left; clear: both;  }
	
		#content { width: 480px; padding: 10px 40px 0 0; float: left; }
                
                #sidebar { width: 250px; float: left; padding-top:10px; }

/*---:[ headlines ]:---*/

h1, h2, h3 { font-weight: bold; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #D4D4D4; }

h1 { font-size: 3.6em; letter-spacing: -0.03em; }

	#masthead h1 { padding: 0.4em 0 0.2em 0; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; clear: both; }
	
	h1 a, h1 a:visited, h1 a:hover { color: #D4D4D4; text-decoration: none; }
	
h2 { font-size: 2.0em; }

	h2 a { color: #D4D4D4; text-decoration: none; }
	
		h2 a:visited { color: #D4D4D4; text-decoration: none; }
	
		h2 a:hover { color: #6aabc9; text-decoration: none; }
	
	.posts h2 { margin: 0 0 0.1em 0; line-height: 1.2em; }
	
	.pages h2, h2.page_header { margin: 0 0 0.75em 0; padding: 0 0 0.6em 0; background: url('images/hr_title_sep.gif') 0 100% no-repeat; }
	
	.custom h2.archive_head { font-weight: bold !important; font-size: 1.4em !important; text-transform: uppercase !important; letter-spacing: normal !important; margin: 0 0 1.8em 0 !important; padding: 0.4em 2px !important; border-top: 0 !important; background: url('images/hr_dot_black.gif') 0 100% repeat-x !important; }
	
h3 { font-size: 1.0em; text-transform: uppercase; }

	#masthead h3 { margin: 0 0 0.75em 0; font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.8em; text-transform: none; color: #888; text-align: center; }

	.entry h3 { margin: 2.5em 0 0.5em 0; }
	
	.entry h3.top { margin: 1.5em 0 0.5em 0 !important; }
	
	h3.comments_headers { font-size: 1.4em; }

h4 { font: italic 1.2em Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; color: #D4D4D4; }

	h4 a, h4 a:visited { color: #D4D4D4; text-decoration: none; }
	
		h4 a:hover { color: #D4D4D4; text-decoration: underline; }
	
	.custom .posts h4 { margin: 0 0 1.25em 0; padding: 0 0 1.0em 0; background:none; }

/*---:[ sidebar styles ]:---*/

ul.sidebar_list { list-style: none; }

	ul.sidebar_list li.widget, ul.sidebar_list li.linkcat { width: 250px; margin: 0 0 2.5em 0; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.4em; float: left; }

		li.widget h2, li.linkcat h2 { font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.4em; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0 0 0.8em 0; padding: 0.4em 2px; border-top: 0; background: url('images/hr_dot_black.gif') 0 100% repeat-x; }

		li.widget p { margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; padding: 0 10px; }
		
		li.widget ul, li.linkcat ul { list-style: square; margin: 0 0 0.5em 20px; }
		
		li.widget ol, li.linkcat ol { margin: 0 0 0.5em 20px; }
		
			li.widget li, li.linkcat li { margin: 0 0 0.7em 0; }
			
				li.widget li a, li.widget li a:visited, li.linkcat li a, li.linkcat li a:visited { text-decoration: none; }
				
					li.widget li a:hover, li.linkcat li a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
			
				li.widget li .recent_date { padding: 0 0 0 8px; font-weight: bold; color: #888; }
		
		li.widget ul.flickr_stream { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0 10px; }
		
			li.widget ul.flickr_stream li { margin: 0; padding: 0 5px 5px 0; display: inline; }
			
				li.widget ul.flickr_stream li a img { padding: 3px; }
				
				li.widget ul.flickr_stream li a:hover img { background: #ff2a96; }
		
			/*---< FlickrRSS styles for the widget only >---*/
		
			li.widget_flickrrss { }
			
				li.widget_flickrrss a img { margin: 0 5px 5px 0; padding: 3px; }
				
				li.widget_flickrrss a:hover img { background: #ff2a96; }
				
		/*---< Calendar widget styles >---*/
		
		#calendar_wrap { font-size: 1.3em; }
				


/*---:[ footer styles ]:---*/

#footer p { margin: 0 0 0.923em 0; font-size: 1.3em; color: #888; text-align: right; }

	#footer a, #footer a:visited { color: #888; text-decoration: none; }
		
		#footer a:hover { color: #888; text-decoration: underline; }



.custom a { color: #6AABC9; text-decoration: underline; }

	a:visited { color: #666; text-decoration: underline; }

	a:hover { color: #666; text-decoration: underline; }
	
	a img { border: none; }


#header_img{border-bottom:1px solid #000; margin-bottom:1.6em;}



/* our custom ish */

.gammaImg { /* this is how i like to format my blog images! */
	float:left;
	margin-right:10px;
}

div.nameFloat { /* float the names on the About Us page */
	float:left;
	width:250px;
}

.poem {
	font-size:9px;
}