body {
  background:   #B7B7B7 url( /graphics/backdrop.gif ) 0 0 no-repeat fixed;
  margin      : 1em 1em 1em 1em;
  padding     : 0em;
}

#main {
  background     : transparent;
}

#bodycontent {
  float          : left;
  width : 63%;
  margin-right   : 1em;
  padding-bottom : 2em;
  margin-left    : 2em;
}

#menu {
  position :  absolute;
  left     :  71%;
  top      :  3%;
  margin-left: 1em;
  padding-left: 1em;
}

.ftrmenu {
  position :  fixed;
  left     :  85%;
  top      :  93%;
  clear    :  left;
}


/*
  border: 1px solid black;
  nifty groupings:
  font-family: Verdana, Lucida, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-family : Palatino, Times, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-family: "American Typewriter", "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Lucida, sans-serif;
*/

p, pre, td, tr, tbody, #gallerycaption, #gallerymedcaption {
  font-family: Verdana, Lucida, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size:    12px;
  color:        #000033;
  background:   transparent;
  font-style: normal;
  line-height: 1.3em;
  margin-top: .1em;
  margin-bottom: 0em;
  text-indent: 2em;
}
td, tr, tbody {
  margin-top: 0em;
  margin-bottom: 0em;
  text-indent: 0em;
}
.nav, .keylink, .smallkeylink, a:link, a:visited, a:hover, a:active {
  font-family: Verdana, Lucida, Arial, sans-serif;
}
.navtitle, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, .blog_group, .title {
  font-family: "American Typewriter", "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Lucida, sans-serif;
  font-weight : bold;
  color       : #000055;
}

pre {
  font-size: 12.0px; line-height: .9em%;
}

#galleryimage {
  border: 1px solid black;
  margin-top:20px;
  margin-left: 40%;
  width: 144px;
}
#gallerycaption {
  font-style: italic;
  margin-left: 35%;
  margin-top:  5px;
  width: 100%;
}
#gallerymedimage {
  border: 1px solid black;
  margin-top:20px;
  margin-left: 10%;
  width: 288px;
  margin-bottom:5px;
}
#gallerymedcaption {
  font-style: italic;
  margin-left: 10%;
  width: 100%;
}
h1 {
	font-size: 24.0px;
	text-align: center; vertical-align: top;
	margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: .5em;
        line-height: .9em;
}
h2 {
	font-size: 21px; line-height: 1.0em;
	margin-bottom: .5em;
}
h2.sidebar {
	font-size: 18px;
        line-height: 1.0em;
	margin-bottom: .5em;
}
h3 {
	font-size: 18px;
        line-height: 120%;
	margin-bottom: 0.0px;
        margin-top: 6.0px;
}
h4 {
	font-size: 15px;
        line-height: 1.2em;
	margin-bottom: .3em;
}
p.first {
	text-indent: 0em;
        margin-top : .2em;
}
.navtitle {
        color:  #5555CC;
	font-size: 12px;
	margin-top: 2em;
        margin-left: 3.25em;
        margin-right: 20px;
        padding: 0px 2px 1px 2px;
        font-weight: normal;
        text-align: left;
        border-top: 1.0px solid #9999CC;
        border-right: 1.0px solid #7777CC;
}
.keylink {
        font-weight: bold;
        font-size: 11.0px;
        margin-right:  20px;
        padding-top:   2.0px;
        padding-right: 2.0px;
        text-align :   right;
        border-right: 1.0px solid #7777CC;
}
.smallkeylink {
        font-weight:   bold;
        font-size:     10px;
        text-align :   right;
        margin-right:  20px;
        padding-right: 2.0px;
}
.code {
  font-weight : bold;
  font-family : monospace;
}
.emph {
  font-weight : bold;
}
.tt {
  font-family : monospace;
}
a:link {
  text-decoration : none;
  background      : transparent;
  color           : #0055FF;
}
a:visited {
  text-decoration: none;
  background      : transparent;
  color           : #0055FF;
}
a:hover    {
  text-decoration : none;
  background      : #B7B7B7;
  color           : #0000FF;
}
a:active  {
  text-decoration : none;
  background      : #B7B7FF;
  color           : #0000AA;
}

.blog_group {
  height :         1.0em;
  padding-top :    1.5em;
  padding-bottom : -.5em;
}

.blog_date {
  width :    15%;
  float :    left;
  left-margin: 0em;
  text-indent: 0em;
  font-size :      14px;
}
.blog_title {
  width   :    60%;
  float   :    left;
  text-align : center;
  font-size :      18px;
}
.blog_day {
  width :      15%;
  float :      right;
  text-align : right;
  font-size :      14px;
}

/*
for doing amazon ads:
Background: #B7B7B7;
Text color: #000033
links     : #0055FF
*/
.amazon_frame {
  position:absolute;
  right: 1em;
  width:180px;
  top:300px;
}
.amazon_search table {
  border: 1px solid #777;
}
.amazon_search table tr ,
.amazon_search table tr td,
.amazon_search table tr td table {
  border: 0;
}
.amazon_img {
  border : 1px solid black;
}
.amazon_label {
  font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;
  font-size  : 9px;
}
.amazon_field {
  font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;
  font-size  : 11px;
}