/* CSS Document */

body {
background-color:#a6acb9;
color:#000000;
height:100%;
width:100%;
margin:0;
background-image:url(http://www.michaeldavidthomas.com/dailycaveat/blog/grey_background_sides_about.jpg);
background-position:0px 20px;
background-repeat:repeat-y;
}

#div  {
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
}

#background  {
position:absolute;
top:0px;
left:0px;
}

/* layout */


#header  {
border:0px;
position:absolute;
top:50px;
left:52px;
/* margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;
padding:38px 0px 0px 5px; */
}

#about_header  {
border:0px;
margin: -30px 0px 0px 40px;
padding:38px 0px 0px 5px;
width:700px;
}



#about_body {
background-color:#fff;
float:left;
margin:15px 00px 0px 100px;
width:600px;
padding:0px;
}

.diamond {
margin:0px 8px 0px 0px;
}

#left_sidebar .sidebar_title  {
	color:#000;
	background-color:#FFFFFF;
	background-image:url(http://www.michaeldavidthomas.com/dailycaveat/blog/shiny_sidebar_title.jpg);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size:20px;
	line-height:26px;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	text-align:left;
	letter-spacing:1px;
	padding:0px 0px 0px 25px;
	margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;
	width:210px;
	/*border-bottom:#A7A7A7 1px;
	border-bottom-style:solid;*/
}

ul {
list-style:none;
margin:10px 0px 10px -10px;
line-height:18px;
	
}

ul, ul a, #right_sidebar a, #left_sidebar a {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
font-size:12px;
color:#303030;
text-decoration:none;
}

ul a:visited, #right_sidebar a:visited, #left_sidebar a:visited {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
font-size:12px;
color:#606060;
text-decoration:none;
}

ul a:hover, #right_sidebar a:hover, #left_sidebar a:hover {
color:#a52b2b;
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
font-size:12px;
text-decoration:underline;
}

blockquote  {
margin:5px 20px 5px 30px;
}


.commenthidden {display:none} 
.commentshown {display:inline}

#footer_about  {
	background-image:url(http://www.michaeldavidthomas.com/dailycaveat/blog/footer_about.jpg);
	background-position:bottom left;
    background-repeat:no-repeat;
	margin:20px 0px 0px -50px;
	padding:10px;
	color:#fff;
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size:16px;
	text-align: center;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	vertical-align: baseline;
	width:700px;
}

#footer_about a, #footer_about a:visited  {
	color:#fff;
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size:16px;
	text-align: center;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	vertical-align: baseline;
}

#footer_about a:hover  {
	color:#fff;
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size:16px;
	text-align: center;
	text-decoration:underline;
	text-transform: uppercase;
}

.title, .title a  {
color:#000;
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
font-size:24px;
line-height:26px;
text-decoration:none;
text-transform:uppercase;
}

a, a:visited  {
color:#a52b2b;
text-decoration:none;
}

a:hover {
color:#666666;
text-decoration:underline;
}

a.button, a.button:visited {
background-image:url(http://www.michaeldavidthomas.com/dailycaveat/blog/shiny_background_18.jpg);
color:#000;
display:block;
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
font-size:16px;
margin:20px 0px 15px 20px;
padding:2px;
text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;
text-transform:uppercase;
width:120px;
}

a.button:hover  {
	background-image:url(http://www.michaeldavidthomas.com/dailycaveat/blog/shiny_background_18.jpg);
	text-decoration: none;
}


#made_about {
margin: 0px 0px 0px 250px;
padding:5px;
}