body {
		font-family : "Trebuchet MS", Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif;
		margin-left: 0px;
		margin-top: 0px;
		background: url(http://josephnichols.com/gypsy/leftstrip.jpg);
		/*background-attachment: fixed;*/
		background-repeat : repeat-y;
}

	A 			{ color: #003366; text-decoration: underline; }
	A:link		{ color: #003366; text-decoration: underline; }
	A:visited	{ color: #003366; text-decoration: underline; }
	A:active	{ color: #999999;  }
	A:hover		{ color: #999999;  }
	
	#toppic{
		position:absolute;
                                top: 0px;
		left: 145px;
	}
	
	#banner {
                                font-family:palatino,  georgia, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		color:#333;
		font-size:x-large;
		font-weight:normal;	
		margin-top: 146px;
		margin-left: 150px;
		}

	#banner a,
        #banner a:link,
        #banner a:visited,
        #banner a:active,
        #banner a:hover {
		font-family: palatino,  georgia, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		font-size: xx-large;
		color: #333;
		text-decoration: none;
		}

	.description {
		font-family:palatino,  georgia, times new roman, serif;
		color:#333;
		font-size:small;
  		text-transform:none;	
		padding-left:5px;
		}

#content {
	position:relative;
	z-index: 3;		
	margin-top: 5px;
	margin-right: 210px;
	margin-left: 165px;
	margin-bottom:20px;
}	
		
	.title	{
		font-family: palatino, georgia, times new roman, serif;
		font-size: medium;
		color: #666;
		}			

	.date	{ 
		font-family:palatino, georgia, times new roman, serif; 
		font-size: large; 
		color: #333; 
		border-bottom:1px solid #999;
		margin-bottom:10px;
		font-weight:bold;
		}			
		
.blogbody {
	color: #000;
	font-size:11px;
	background: #FFF;
  	line-height:14px;		  		
	padding: 5px;
	/*  border: 1px solid #cccccc;  */
}

.signed_right {
	border: #aaa 1px dotted; 
	align: right; 
	margin: 5px; 
}	

.signed_left {
	float: left; 
	margin: 5px; 
	border: #aaa 1px dotted;
}		

.comments-body, .trackback-body {
	color: #000;
	font-size:11px;
	background: #FFF;
  	line-height:14px;		
  	border-top: 1px solid #cccccc;
	border-left: 1px solid #cccccc;			
  	border-right: 1px solid #cccccc;
  	border-bottom: 3px double #cccccc;	  		
  	padding-left:10px;
	padding-right:10px;
}

#links {
	z-index:1;
	position:absolute;
	top: 150px; 
	right: 10px;
	width: 180px;
	color: #CCC;
	text-align:center;
}

/*  #llinks {
	z-index:2;
	position:absolute;
	top: 0px;
	left: 0px;
	width: 180px;
	color: #CCC;
	text-align:center;
}	  */		
		
	.blog {
  		padding:15px;
		background:#FFF; 
		}

	.blogbody a,
	.blogbody a:link,
	.blogbody a:visited,
	.blogbody a:active,
	.blogbody a:hover {
		font-weight: normal;
		text-decoration: underline;
	}
	

#menu {
  	margin-bottom:10px;
	color: #ccc;
	font-size:11px;
	font-weight:bold;  							
}

		
	.posted	{ 
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif; 
		font-size: x-small; 
		color: #000000; 
		margin-bottom:25px;
		}
		
		
	.calendar {
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		color:#666;
		font-size:x-small;
		font-weight:normal;
  		background:#FFF;
  		line-height:140%;
  		padding:2px;
                text-align:left;
		}
	
	.calendarhead {	
		font-family:palatino, georgia, times new roman, serif;
		color:#666600;
		font-size:small;
		font-weight:normal;
  		padding:2px;
		letter-spacing: .3em;
  		background:#FFF;
  		text-transform:uppercase;
		text-align:left;			
		}	
	
	.side {
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		color:#333;
		font-size:x-small;
		font-weight:normal;
  		background:#FFF;
  		line-height:140%;
  		padding:2px;
		text-align: center;
		}	
		
	.sidetitle {
		font-family:palatino, georgia, times new roman, serif;
		color:#666600;
		font-size:small;
		font-weight:normal;
  		padding:2px;
  		margin-top:30px;
		letter-spacing: .3em;
  		background:#FFF;
  		text-transform:uppercase;		
		text-align: center;
}		
	
	.syndicate {
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		font-size:xx-small;		
  		line-height:140%;
  		padding:2px;
  		margin-top:15px;
  		background:#FFF;  		
 		}	
		
	.powered {
		font-family:palatino, georgia, times new roman, serif;
		color:#666;
		font-size:x-small;		
		line-height:140%;
		text-transform:uppercase; 
		padding:2px;
		margin-top:50px;
		letter-spacing: .2em;					
  		background:#FFF;		
		}	
		
.posted, .comments-post, .trackback-post	{ 
	font-size: 10px; 
	color: #999;
	display:block; 
	text-align:right; 
}


.calendar {
	color:#999;
	font-size:10px;
	font-weight:normal;			
}
	
.calendarhead {	
	color: #999;
	font-size:10px;
	font-weight:bold;
  	background: #FFF;
  	line-height:14px;				
}	

.powered {
	color: #999;
	font-size:10px;
	font-weight:bold;
	border-top:1px solid #666;
	border-bottom:1px solid #666;		
	line-height:14px;
	padding:2px;
	margin-top:10px;
	text-align:center;
}	

input, select, textarea {
	font-size: 11px; font-family:verdana,sans-serif; border: solid 1px black;
	padding: 1px; margin: 1px;
	background-color: #ffffff; color: #999;
}











	
	.trackback-url {
		font-family:palatino, georgia, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		color:#666;
		font-size:small;
		font-weight:normal;
  		background:#FFF;
  		line-height:140%;
 		padding:5px;		
 		border:1px dotted #999; 					
		}


		
.comments-head	{ 
	font-size: 18px; 
	color: #999; 
	font-weight:normal;
	text-transform:none;
	margin-top:0px;		
}