body {
  font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans;

  background-color: #f0f0f0;
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0px;
  border: 0px;
}

a {
  color: #000;
  text-decoration: none;
  border-bottom: 1px dashed #000;
}

a:hover {
  border-bottom: 1px solid #fa0;
  color: #fa0;
}

#menubar {
  /* background-image: url("menubar.png"); */
  margin-top: 2px;
  float: left;
  clear: both;
  width: 900px;
}

#topmenu {
  float: left;
  margin: 0px;
  padding: 2px;
  height: 30px;
}

#topmenu li {
  display: block;
  float: left;
  list-style-type: none;
  padding: 0px;
  margin: 0px;
  margin-right: 6px;
  padding: 8px;
  background-color: #000;
  color: #fff;
}

#centering {
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
  width: 900px;
  text-align: left;
}

#container {
  float: left;
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  background-color: #fff;
}

#col1, #col2 {
  float: left;
  margin-top: 4px;
  clear: none;
}

#col1 {
  margin-left: 6px;
  margin-right: 3px;
  width: 590px;
}

#col2 {
  float: right;
  margin-left: 3px;
  margin-right: 6px;
  width: 278px;

}

#banner {
  float: left;
  clear: both;
  width: 900px;
  height: 108px;
  background-image: url("banner2.jpg");
}

.menulink {
  color: #fff;
  float: left;
  margin: 2px;
  margin-right: 2px;
}

.menulink {
   background: #f0f0f0;
   background: top left no-repeat url("button.png");
   text-align:center;
   padding-top:   9px;
   padding-bottom:12px;
   width: 120px;
   margin-bottom: 0px;
}

.menulink a {
  margin: 8px;
  color: #ffffff;
  font-weight: bold;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.menulink a:hover {
  color: #fc0;
}

#rantpane {
  background-color: #eef;
  border: 6px solid #000;
  padding: 4px;
}

#rantpane h2 {
  width: 175px;
  font-size: 1.5em;
  padding: 0px;
  margin: 0px;
}

#rantpane h4 {
  width: 175px;
  font-size: 0.9em;
  margin: 0px;
  font-weight: normal;
  font-style: italic;
}

#rantpane h3 {
  display: block;
  width: 240px;
  font-size:1.1em;
  margin-bottom: 0px;
  padding-bottom: 0px;
  margin-top: 40px;
}

#rantpane p {
  text-align: justify;
  font-size: 0.9em;
  margin-top: 2px;
}

.mugshot {
  display: block;
  float: right;
}

#articlelist h3 {
  padding-bottom: 2px;
  border-bottom: 3px solid #000;
  margin-bottom: 2px;
}

#articlelist p {
  margin: 0px;
  margin-bottom: 2px;
}

#articlelist ul {
  margin: 0px;
  padding: 0px;
  padding-left: 18px;
}

#articlelist li{
  margin: 0px;
  padding-bottom: 4px;
}

#latestns img {
  float: left;
  margin-right: 20px;
  margin-top: 10px;
}

#col2 div {
  float: left;
  background: #eef;
  border: 6px solid #000;
  margin-bottom:8px;
  padding: 4px;
  width: 255px;
}

#linkspane h3, #thankspane h3 {
  margin-top: 2px;
  margin-bottom: 4px;
}

#linkspane h4 {
  margin: 0px;
  margin-bottom: 2px;
}

#linkspane ul {
  margin: 0px;
  padding: 0px;
  padding-left: 22px;
  margin-bottom: 16px;
}

#linkspane li {
  margin-bottom: 4px;
}


#col1 h2 {
  margin-top: 4px;
  margin-bottom: 4px;
}

#col1 h3, #col1 h4 {
  margin-bottom: 4px;
}

#col1 p {
  margin-top: 2px;
}

#col2 hr {
  background-color: #000;
  border: none;
}

blockquote.bio {
  background-color: #eef;
  margin-left: 10px;
  border-left: 4px solid #000;
  padding: 3px;
  padding-left: 8px;
}

#strapline {
  background: #000;
  float: left;
  margin-top: 1px;
  padding: 2px;
  color: #fff;
  text-align: center;
  font-style: italic;
  width: 896px;
}

.bookdesc {
  float: left;
  margin-left: 4px;
  width: 430px;
  clear: none;
}

.bookthumb {
  vertical-align: top;
}

.bookthumb img {
  border: 1px solid #000;
  margin-top: 60px;
}

.bookpanel {
  clear: left;  
  float: left;
  margin-bottom: 50px;
}

.bookpanel a {
  border: 0px;
}

.bookpanel a:hover {
  border: 0px;
}

.month {
  margin-top: 5px;
}

#clusty-cloud a {
  border: 0px;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.ldquo, .rdquo {
  margin-top:0.1em;
  margin-right:0.1em;
  font-size: 3em;
  font-family: Georgia;
  float: left;
}

.rdquo {
  margin-top: -0.1em;
  float: right;
}