P { font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; 
	font: 10pt Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; 
	}
P.date {font-size: 7pt;
	text-align: right }
P.posttitle { font-weight: bold; }
P.permalink { font: 8pt bold;
              padding-left: 30px; }

A:link { color: blue;
	  font-weight: bold}
A:visited {color: rgb(102,0,51);
	  font-weight: bold;}
body   { background-image: url("http://www.tallpoppy.org/blogorrhoea/fade.jpg");
	    background-repeat: repeat-y; }

.leftbar {  position     : absolute;
            left         : 15px;
            top          : 170px;
            width        : 240px;

	    z-index	 : 1;
	   }

.middle {   position     : absolute;
	    left	 : 290px; 
	    top		 : 180px;
	    width        : 510px;
	    padding	 : 0px 30px 0px 0px ;	
  	   
	    z-index 	 : 0;

	    
        }
.title {    	position: relative; 
		top:-55px; 
		text-align: right;
		font: italic 30pt Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
		color: #FFFFFF;
		letter-spacing: 0.4em;
	}
.entry {        border-bottom	 : groove;
	}
p.middle_header { padding: 10px 10px 0px 10px;
		 font: 14pt Courier, sans-serif;
		  }
p.middle_rejoinder { 
		  padding: 	0px 10px 10px 40px;
		  font: 14pt Courier, sans-serif;;
		  color: purple; }