* {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
body {
    background: #fff;
    color: #333;
    font-size: 62.5%;
    font-family: georgia, verdana, sans-serif;
    text-align: center;
}
h1 {
    font-size: 2em;
}
h2 {
    font-size: 1.6em;
}
h3 {
    font-size: 1.4em;
}
h4 {
    font-size: 1.2em;
}
a {
    color: #000;
    outline: none;
    text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
    color: #3c6c92;
}

/* =----------------------------------- oh the convenience */
#wrapper {
    /*
		sets the minimum(s) for the entire site
		off of which everything else is based on
	*/
    font-size: 1.2em;
    line-height: 1.4em;
}
.nav li {
    line-height: 1.2em;
}
.nav li a {
    font-weight: bold;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}
.nav li a span {
    color: #888;
    font-size: 0.9em;
    font-weight: normal;
    text-transform: lowercase;
}
.nav li a.focus span {
    color: #ccc;
}
.nav li a:hover,
.nav li a.active,
.nav li a.focus {
    color: #fff;
}

.nav .searchField input {
    color: #777;
}
.toggleCategories li a {
    color: #fff;
}
.toggleCategories li a:hover {
    color: #ccc;
}

.postMeta {
    font-size: 0.9em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}
.postMeta span.date {
    color: #777;
}
.postMeta span.comments a,
.postMeta span.date a {
    color: #3c6c92;
}
.post h2 {
    line-height: 1.2em;
}
.entry a,
.secondaryColumn a,
.sideColumn a,
#commentsContainer h3 a,
.commentlist .comment-author a {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
    color: #3c6c92;
    font-weight: bold;
}
.entry a:hover,
.secondaryColumn a:hover,
.sideColumn a:hover,
#commentsContainer h3 a:hover,
.commentlist .comment-author a:hover,
.commentlist .comment-meta a:hover {
    color: #3c6c92;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #3c6c92;
}
.secondaryColumn a,
.sideColumn a
{
    font-weight: normal;
}
.entry ul,
.entry ol,
.entry blockquote {
    color: #555;
}
.entry blockquote {
    font-style: italic;
}
.secondaryColumn h3,
.sideColumn h3,
#commentsContainer h3 {
    font-size: 1.2em;
}
#cancel-comment-reply-link {
    color: #3C6C92;
    font-size: 0.8em;
}
.commentlist .comment-meta a {
    color: #777;
}
.commentlist .comment-author cite {
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: bold;
}
.commentlist .comment-meta {
    font-size: 0.8em;
}
#commentform p span input,
#commentform span textarea {
    color: #333;
    font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif;
    font-size: 1em;
}
#paginateIndex {
    font-size: 0.9em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}
#footer {
    clear: both;
}
#footer p a {
    font-weight: bold;
    color:#333;
}

/* =----------------------------------- main structure */
#wrapper {
    /*border-top: 1px solid #3c6c92;*/
    margin: 15px auto;
    text-align: left;
    width: 970px;
    padding: 0 5px;
}
#masthead {
    padding: 7px 0
}
#filler {}
#mainColumn {
    float: left;
    margin: 28px 0 0 0;
    /*width: 420px;*/
    width: 330px;
}
.secondaryColumn {
    float: left;
    margin: 28px 0 0 30px;
    overflow: hidden;
    /*width: 240px;*/
    width: 330px;
}

.sideColumn {
    float: left;
    margin: 28px 0 0 30px;
    overflow: hidden;
    width: 240px;
}

/* =----------------------------------- header elements */
#masthead h1 {
    float: left;
    margin: 0 0 0 7px;
}
#masthead h1 a {
    text-transform: uppercase;
    /*width: 400px;*/
}
#blogLead img {
    background: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #bbb;
    float: right;
    height: 130px;
    margin: 0 7px;
    padding: 2px;
    width: 700px;
}

/* =----------------------------------- top + bottom navigation */
.navStripWrapper {
    position: relative;
    clear: both;
}
.nav {
    background: #eee;
}
.nav li {
    border-right: 1px solid #ccc;
    display: block;
    float: left;
}
.nav li a {
    display: block;
    padding: 10px 18px 11px 17px;
    /*width: 110px;*/
    /*height: 42px;*/
}

.nav li a:hover {
    background: #333;
}

.nav li a.active {
    background: #444;
}

.nav li a.focus {
    background: #3c6c92;
}
.nav li.searchField {
    float: right;
    border: 0;
}
.nav .searchField div {
    margin: 9px 8px 0 0;
}
.nav .searchField span {
    background: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    border-left-color: #bbb;
    border-bottom-color: #bbb;
    display: block;
    padding: 2px;
}
.nav .searchField input {
    border: 1px solid #bbb;
    outline: none;
    padding: 4px;
    width: 220px;
}

/* =----------------------------------- meta lead for each post */
.postMeta {
    border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
    text-align: right;
    margin-bottom: 14px;
    position: relative;
}
.postMeta .container {
    position: absolute;
    top: -9px;
    right: 0;
}
.postMeta span.date {
    background: #fff;
    padding: 0 4px;
    /*font-size: 1.1em;*/
}
.postMeta span.comments {
    background: #fff url(images/chat_grey.gif) no-repeat 2px -1px;
    padding-left: 18px;
}

/* =----------------------------------- general post */
.post
{
    margin: 0 0 21px 0;
}
.post h2
{
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    padding: 0 3px;
}
.post h2 a
{
    display:block;
    font-family: 'Ubuntu';
    font-size: 125%;
}

/* =----------------------------------- entry body */
.entry {
    padding: 0 3px;
    overflow: hidden;
}
.entry p {
    line-height: 1.6em;
    margin: 10px 0;
}
.entry ul,
.entry ol,
.entry blockquote {
    margin: 0 14px;
}
.entry ol {
    list-style: decimal;
}
.entry ul li,
.entry ol li {
    margin: 0 0 7px 18px;
}
.entry ul li {
    list-style: circle;
}
.entry blockquote {
    border-left: 1px solid #ccc;
    font-size: 1.1em;
    line-height: 1.4em;
    margin-left: 21px;
    padding-left: 10px;
}
.entry img,
.entry a img {
    background: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #bbb;
    padding: 2px;
}
.entry a:hover img {
    border-color: #3c6c92;
}

.entry.meta {
    background: #eee;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    border-width: 1px 0;
}
.entry.meta p {
    margin: 5px 7px;
}
.entry.meta .highlight {
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-size: 10px;
}
.entry.meta a {
    color: #333;
    border-color: #bbb;
}
.entry.meta a:hover {
    color: #000;
    border-color: #000;
}

/* =----------------------------------- main index pagination */
#paginateIndex {
    margin-bottom: 25px;
}
#paginateIndex a,
.commentlist li .reply a {
    color: #777;
    font-size: 0.9em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    display: block;
    padding: 4px 7px 3px;
    background: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #ddd;
}
.commentlist li .reply a {
    color: #aaa;
}
#paginateIndex a:hover,
.commentlist li .reply a:hover {
    color: #3c6c92;
    border-color: #3c6c92;
    background: #eee;
}

/* =----------------------------------- widget enabled sidebar */
.secondaryColumn h3 {
    border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
    margin: 0 0 10px 0;
    padding: 7px 4px;
}
.widgetContainer {
    margin: 0 0 20px 0;
}
.widgetContainer ul li {
    margin: 0 3px 7px 21px;
    list-style: circle;
}
.widgetContainer ul li ul {
    margin-top: 5px;
}
.widgetContainer .textwidget {
    margin: 0 3px;
    line-height: 1.5em;
}
.widgetContainer #wp-calendar {
    border-collapse: collapse;
    width: 100%;
}
#wp-calendar caption {
    font-weight: bold;
    margin-bottom: 7px;
}
#wp-calendar thead {}
#wp-calendar thead th {
    padding: 4px 0 4px 3px;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    border-width: 1px 0;
}
#wp-calendar td {
    padding: 3px 0 4px 3px;
    color: #777;
}
#wp-calendar td a {
    font-weight: bold;
}

/* =----------------------------------- style some comments */
#commentsContainer {
    margin-bottom: 30px;
}
#commentsContainer span.hook {
    position: relative;
    display: block;
}
#commentsContainer h3 {
    display: block;
    margin: 10px 0;
    padding: 7px 4px 0;
    border-top: 1px solid #3c6c92;
}
.cancel-comment-reply {
    position: absolute;
    top: -1px;
    right: 4px;
}
.commentlist {
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0 0 20px;
}
.commentlist .comment-author {
    border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
    padding-top: 7px;
    margin-top: 10px;
    overflow: hidden;
}
.commentlist .comment-author img.avatar {
    display: block;
    float: left;
    height: 16px;
    width: 16px;
    margin: 0 4px 0 0;
}
.commentlist .comment-meta {
    margin: 0 0 0 20px;
}
.commentlist li .reply {
    text-align: right;
    padding-bottom: 10px;
}
.commentlist li .reply a {
    display:inline;
}
.commentlist li p {
    margin: 1em 0;
    padding: 0 3px;
}
.commentlist li ul,
.commentlist li ol,
.commentlist li blockquote {
    margin: 0 20px;
}
.commentlist .children {
    margin: 0 0 0 40px;
}
.commentlist .children li {
    list-style: none;
}
#commentform .contain {
    margin: 0 0 10px 0 !important;
}
#commentform #author,
#commentform #email,
#commentform #url,
#commentform textarea {
    padding: 4px 3px;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    border-left-color: #bbb;
    border-bottom-color: #bbb;
    background: #fff;
    margin-right: 4px;
}
#commentform #author,
#commentform #email,
#commentform #url,
#commentform textarea {
    border: 1px solid #bbb;
    outline: none;
    padding: 4px 3px;
    width: 160px;
}
#commentform p label {
    margin: 4px 0 0 0;
}
#commentform textarea {
    float: none;
    width: 98%;
    overflow: auto;
}

/* =----------------------------------- boring footer */
/*#footer {
	border-top: 1px solid #3c6c92;
	margin: 35px 0;
}
#footer p {
	padding: 14px 3px 0;
}*/
#footer {
    margin: 15px 0;
}
#footer p {
    padding: 14px 3px 0;
}

/* =----------------------------------- floats + clearing rule */
.floatleft,
.alignleft {
    float: left;
    margin: 3px 7px 0 0;
}
.floatright,
.alignright {
    float: right;
    margin: 3px 0 0 7px;
}
.right {
    float:right;
}
.left {
    float: left;
}
.clear {
    clear: both;
}
.widgetContainer:after, .fix:after {
    content: ".";
    display: block;
    height: 0;
    clear: both;
    visibility: hidden;
}

.widgetContainer, .fix {
    display: inline-block;
}
* html .fix, * html .widgetContainer {
    height: 1%;
}

.dropcaps {
    font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Serif;
    font-weight:bold;
    float:left;
    line-height:30px;
    font-size:46px;
    padding: 3px 3px 0 0;
}


.fix { display: block; }


/* Additions */

/*#masthead { margin-bottom: 15px !important; }*/
#head-left { margin-left: 7px; width: 570px; float: left; }
#head-right { margin: 0 7px; width: 379px; float: right }

#site-logo a { width: auto !important; }
#site-logo img { border: 0; }
#authorIntro { margin: 0 15px; padding-top: 14px; font-size: 1.4em; height: 78px; line-height: 1.3; width: 250px; float: left; }

#search-box { margin: 15px 10px 0 0; float: right; }
#search-box span { display: block; background: #fff; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-left-color: #bbb; border-bottom-color: #bbb; padding: 2px; }
#search-box input { border: 1px solid #bbb; outline: none; padding: 4px; width: 250px; }
#search-button { padding: 3px 4px !important; width: auto !important; cursor: pointer; }

#socialize, #socialize-footer { margin: 9px 8px 0 0; border: 0; float: right; }
#socialize a, #socialize-footer a { display: inline; margin: 0 5px; padding: 0; width: auto; height: auto; }
#socialize a:hover, #socialize-footer a:hover { background: inherit; }

#headlines { padding: 6px 9px 5px; background: #3C6C92 }
#headlines li { display: block; margin-right: 30px; float: left; color: #FFF }
#headlines a { color: #FFF }
#headlines a:hover { text-decoration: underline }

#mainColumnInner { margin: 28px 0 0 0; width: 700px; float: left; }
#myGallery { width: 330px !important; height: 158px !important; }

a.more-link { display: block; text-align: right; border-bottom: 0; text-decoration: underline; }
a.more-link:hover { text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0; }
.addthis_container { float: left !important; }
a.addthis_button { border-bottom: 0 !important; }
a.addthis_button img { vertical-align: middle; }

a.wp-tag-link { display: block; margin: ; padding: 1px; border-bottom: 0 !important; float: left }
a.wp-tag-link:hover { background: #3C6C92; color: #FFF; }


/* Fresh! */
.addthis_toolbox > a { border-bottom: 0 none }