*
{
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}

body
{
background: #F9F9F7 url('../images/a1.gif') repeat-x;
font-size: 11px;
font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;
color: #484813;
line-height: 18px;
}

a
{
color: #ff5600;
text-decoration: underline;
}

a:hover
{
text-decoration: none;
background: #BBDDBB;
}

sup
{
font-size: 0.5em;
}


p
{
margin-bottom: 14px;
text-align: justify;
}

img.picA
{
position: relative;
top: -2px;
background: url('../images/a47.gif') no-repeat;
width: 76px;
height: 74px;
padding: 8px;
}

img.picB
{
position: relative;
top: -2px;
background: url('../images/a26.gif') no-repeat;
width: 146px;
height: 75px;
padding: 7px;
}

img.floatleft
{
float: left;
margin: 0px 14px 3px 0px;
}

img.floatright
{
float: right;
margin: 0px 0px 3px 14px;
}

ul.linklist
{
list-style: none;
}

ul.linklist li
{
border-top: solid 1px #EEEEEE;
padding: 2px 0px 4px 5px;
margin: 5px 0px 0px 0px;
background: #fff url('../images/a18.gif') repeat-x top;
}

ul.linklist li.first
{
border-top: 0px;
margin-top: 0px;
padding-top: 0px;
}

ul.linklist li:hover
{
}

ul.linklist a
{
color: #4A4A24;
}

ul.linklist a:hover
{
color: #ff5600;
background: transparent;
}

#upbg
{
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
background: #fff url('../images/upbg.gif') no-repeat;
width: 747px;
height: 264px;
z-index: 1;
}

#outer
{
position: relative;
width: 747px;
margin: 0 auto;
background: #fff url('../images/abg.gif') repeat-y;
}

#inner
{
position: relative;
padding: 13px 30px 13px 30px;
z-index: 2;
}

#header
{
position: absolute;
background: #FF7800 url('../images/a8.gif') repeat-x;
width: 330px;
height: 92px;
color: #fff;
padding-left: 20px;
}

#header span
{
font-weight: normal;
}

#header h1
{
position: absolute;
font-size: 23px;
letter-spacing: -1px;
top: 30px;
height: 92px;
}

#header h1 a
{
color:#FFFFFF;
text-decoration:none;
}

#header h1 a:hover
{
color:#FFFFFF;
text-decoration:none;
background:transparent;
}

#header h2
{
position: absolute;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
color: #FCE2CA;
top: 51px;
}

#header sup
{
color: #FCE2CA;
}

#splash
{
position: absolute;
right: 30px;
background: #EAEAE2 url('../images/a10.jpg') no-repeat;
width: 330px;
height: 92px;
}

#menu
{
position: relative;
background: #46461F url('../images/a16.gif') repeat-x;
height: 67px;
padding: 0px 20px 0px 5px;
margin: 98px 0px 20px 0px;
}

#menu ul
{
}

#menu ul li
{
display: inline;
line-height: 52px;
padding-left: 3px;
}

#menu ul li.first
{
border-left: 0px;
}

#menu ul li a
{
background-color: transparent;
background-repeat: repeat-x;
padding: 8px 12px 8px 12px;
font-size: 12px;
color: #fff;
font-weight: bold;
}

#menu ul li a:hover
{
background: #fff url('../images/a18.gif') repeat-x top;
color: #4A4A24;
text-decoration: none;
}

.tb-search
{
background-image: url('../images/search.png');
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:1px 2px;
background-color: #46461F;
border: 1px solid #99AA00;
padding-left:18px;
padding-top: 1px;
height:18px;
color:#fff;
}

#date
{
position: absolute;
top: 16px;
line-height: 52px;
color: #BDBDA2;
right: 30px;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 12px;
letter-spacing: -1px;
}

#secondarycontent
{
position: relative;
width: 180px;
float: right;
}

#secondarycontent h3
{
position: relative;
top: 4px;
font-size: 16px;
line-height: 25px;
color: #656551;
letter-spacing: -1px;
background: url('../images/a22.gif') bottom repeat-x;
padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}

#secondarycontent .content
{
padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}

#secondarycontent .sharebox
{
padding: 20px 10px 20px 10px;
}

#secondarycontent .sharebox ul
{
list-style:none;
}

#secondarycontent .sharebox ul li
{
display:inline;
}

#secondarycontent .sharebox ul li img
{
border:1px solid #a9a9a9;
margin:2px;
padding:1px;
}

#secondarycontent .sharebox ul li a:hover
{
background:transparent;
}

#primarycontent
{
position: relative;
width: 480px;
float: left;
}

#primarycontent h3
{
position: relative;
top: 4px;
font-size: 18px;
line-height: 25px;
color: #656551;
letter-spacing: -1px;
background: url('../images/a22.gif') bottom repeat-x;
padding: 0px 0px 10px 15px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}

#primarycontent .content
{
padding: 0px 15px 0px 15px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}

#primarycontent .post
{
margin-bottom: 30px;
}

#primarycontent .post .header
{
position: relative;
}

#primarycontent .post .date
{
position: absolute;
right: 15px;
top: 0px;
line-height: 35px;
color: #AFAFA4;
font-weight: bold;
}

#primarycontent .post .content
{
margin-bottom: 0px;
}

#primarycontent .post .content ul
{
list-style:square;
position:relative;
margin-bottom:1.2em;
}

#primarycontent .post .content ul li
{
margin-left:3em;
}

#primarycontent .post .content ol
{
position:relative;
margin-bottom:1.2em;
}

#primarycontent .post .content ol li
{
margin-left:3em;
}

#primarycontent .post ul.updates
{
list-style: none;
}

#primarycontent .post ul.updates li
{
position: relative;
margin-left: 25px;
padding-left: 25px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 0px .2em;
padding-top: 0px;
line-height:2em;
background-image: url('../images/Arrow3 Right.png');
}

#primarycontent .post .footer
{
position: relative;
top: -10px;
background: url('../images/a33.gif') repeat-x;
height: 64px;
}

#primarycontent .post .footer ul
{
list-style: none;
position: absolute;
right: 15px;
bottom: 15px;
}

#primarycontent .post .footer ul li
{
display: inline;
line-height: 14px;
padding-left: 18px;
margin-left: 25px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 0px 0px;
padding-top:3px;
}

#primarycontent .post .footer ul li.emailthis
{
background-image: url('../images/mail.png');
}

#primarycontent .post .footer ul li.comments
{
background-image: url('../images/comments.png');
}

#primarycontent .post .footer ul li.readmore
{
background-image: url('../images/post.png');
}

#primarycontent .post .footer ul li.write
{
background-image: url('../images/write.png');
}

#primarycontent .post .footer ul li.delicious
{
background-image: url('../images/delicious_16x16.png');
}

#primarycontent .post .footer ul li.stumble
{
background-image: url('../images/Stumbleupon_16x16.png');
}

#primarycontent .post .footer ul li.digg
{
background-image: url('../images/Digg_16x16.png');
}

#primarycontent .post .footer ul li.technorati
{
background-image: url('../images/Technorati_16x16.png');
}

#primarycontent .post .footer ul li.diigo
{
background-image: url('../images/Diigo_16x16.png');
}

#primarycontent .post .footer ul li.link
{
background-image: url('../images/link.png');
}

#primarycontent .post .footer ul li.print
{
background-image: url('../images/printer.png');
}

#primarycontent .post .footer ul li.burn
{
background-image: url('../images/burn.png');
}
#primarycontent .post .footer ul li.rss
{
background-image: url('../images/rss.png');
}


/*** Modifying some properties for the writings-list ****/

#primarycontent .writings-list h3
{
position: relative;
font-size: 14px;
line-height: 20px;
padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px;
margin-bottom: 15px;
margin-top:5px;
}

#primarycontent .writings-list .footer
{
top: -10px;
background: url('../images/t-grey.png') repeat-x;
height: 20px;
}

#primarycontent .writings-list .footer ul
{
bottom: 5px;
}

/*** End modifying properties for the writings-list ****/

/*** Begin setting display for the various divs ****/

.writings-fiction
{
display:block;
}

.writings-articles
{
display:block;
}

.writings-travel
{
display:block;
}

.writings-poetry
{
display:block;
}

/*** End setting display for the various divs ****/


#footer
{
position: relative;
clear: both;
height: 66px;
text-align: left;
line-height: 2em;
background-image: url('../images/a50.gif');
color: #A8A88D;
font-size: 9px;
padding: 10px;
}

#footer a
{
color: #8C8C73;
}

#footer img
{
float:left;
margin:2px 10px 5px 5px;
}

.img-shadow {
float:left;
background: url(../images/shadowAlpha.png) no-repeat bottom right !important;
background: url(../images/shadow.gif) no-repeat bottom right;
margin: 10px 5px 0 10px !important;
margin: 10px 0 0 5px;
}

.img-shadow img {
display: block;
position: relative;
background-color: #fff;
border: 1px solid #a9a9a9;
margin: -6px 6px 6px -6px;
padding: 4px;
}

.img-shadow-right {
float:right;
background: url(../images/shadowAlpha.png) no-repeat bottom right !important;
background: url(../images/shadow.gif) no-repeat bottom right;
margin: 10px 5px 0 10px !important;
margin: 10px 0 0 5px;
}

.img-shadow-right img {
display: block;
position: relative;
background-color: #fff;
border: 1px solid #a9a9a9;
margin: -6px 6px 6px -6px;
padding: 4px;
}

.img-no-shadow {
float:left;
background: url(../images/no-shadow.png) no-repeat bottom right !important;
background: url(../images/no-shadow.gif) no-repeat bottom right;
margin: 10px 5px 0 10px !important;
margin: 10px 0 0 5px;
}
  
.img-no-shadow img {
display: block;
position: relative;
background-color: #fff;
border: 1px solid #a9a9a9;
margin: -6px 6px 6px -6px;
padding: 4px;
}

.clear
{
clear:both;
}

.center
{
text-align:center;
}

/*** Style classes for articles and related text content ****/
h4
{
position: relative;
margin-top: 5px;
font-size: 14px;
color:#656551;
line-height: 2em;
padding: 0px 0px 10px 15px;
}

h4.center
{
text-align:center;
}

.code
{
border: 1px dashed #aaa8a8;
background: #EEEEEE;
margin-left:15px;
margin-right:15px;
white-space: pre;
overflow: auto;
padding: 5px 1em 5px 1em;
font-size: 8px;
line-height: 10px;
font-family: "courier", monospace;
text-align:left;
}

.inlinecode
{
font-size: 9px;
font-family: "courier", monospace;
text-align:left;
}

.quote
{
margin-left:35px;
margin-right:20px;
font-style: italic;
}

.caution
{
margin-left:35px;
margin-right:20px;
font-style: italic;
}

.sectionheader
{
display:block;
border-bottom: thin dotted #000000;
background: #EEEEEE;
font-weight:bold;
}

.talk
{
margin-left:35px;
margin-right:20px;
}

.story
{
text-indent:35px;
}

.about
{
color: #AFAFA4;
font-weight: bold;
}

.edit
{
font-style: italic;
}

.warning
{
color:#FF0000;
font-weight:bold;
}

/*** Style classes for reusable tables of 75% width and 100% width ****/

.table75
{
	margin-left: 10%;
	margin-top:1em;
	margin-bottom:1em;
	width: 75%;
	text-align: left;
	border-collapse: collapse;
	border: 1px solid #333333;
}

.table75 th
{
	padding: 2px 2px 2px 4px;
	font-weight: bold;
	background:#DDDDDD;
	vertical-align: top;
}
.table75 tbody
{
	background: #EEEEEE;
}
.table75 td
{
	padding: 2px 2px 2px 4px;
	border-top: 1px dashed #fff;
	vertical-align: top;
}

.table100
{
	margin-top:1em;
	margin-bottom:1em;
	width: 100%;
	text-align: left;
	border-collapse: collapse;
	border: 1px solid #333333;
}

.table100 th
{
	padding: 2px 2px 2px 4px;
	font-weight: bold;
	background:#DDDDDD;
	vertical-align: top;
}
.table100 tbody
{
	background: #EEEEEE;
}
.table100 td
{
	padding: 2px 2px 2px 4px;
	border-top: 1px dashed #fff;
	vertical-align: top;
}

/*** Style classes for forms ****/

.basicform
{
padding: 4px;
border: 1px solid #BBBBBB;
}

.basicform  fieldset
{
padding: 4px;
border: 1px solid #BBBBBB;
display: block;
}

.basicform legend
{
padding: 2px 6px;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

.basicform form .prompt
{
display: block;
width: 20%;
float: left;
padding: 4px 2px 2px 4px;
text-align: right;
}

.basicform form .data
{
display: block;
width: 75%;
float: right;
padding: 4px 2px 2px 4px;
}

.basicform form .data input
{
background: #FFFFFF;
border: 1px solid #999999;
}

.basicform form .data textarea
{
background: #FFFFFF;
border: 1px solid #999999;
}

.basicform form .submit
{
display:block;
width: 100%;
clear:both;
padding: 4px;
text-align: center;
}

#blog-email-subscribe #email
{
	background: #EEEEEE;
	border: 1px solid #999999;
}

#blog-email-subscribe #submit
{
	font-size: 11px;
	font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;
}

/*** Style classes for usability and functionality ****/

.contactmesuccess
{
color: #00FF00;
display: none;
}

a.silentlink 
{
text-decoration: none;
border: none;
}

a.silentlink:hover
{
text-decoration: none;
background: none;
}

a.silentlink img
{
border: none;
}

/*** Style for delicious ****/

#secondarycontent div.delicious-posts
{
font-size: 9px;
line-height: 14px;
}

#secondarycontent div.delicious-posts ul li
{
margin-top: 5px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}

/*** Style for blog feed ***/
.feed-image img
{
margin-top: 4px;
}