#blog_content {float: left; width: 730px; text-align: left;} /* overall width - sidebar width - padding */
#blog_sidebar {float: right; width: 180px; padding: 10px; text-align: left;} 

/* contains each blog posting */
#blog_content .post { margin-bottom: 40px; }
#blog_content .featured { background-color: #FEEEB8; padding: 5px;}

#blog_content a, #blog_content a:hover, #blog_content a:visited { color: #B22222; }

/* date at top of each post */
#blog_content .date { font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; }

/* title of each post */
#blog_content h2 a { text-decoration: none; color: #B22222; font-size: 20px; }

/* body of each post */
#blog_content .entry { } 

#blog_content .entry-footer { border: 1px dashed black; padding: 5px; text-align: right; }
#blog_content .comment-line { float: left; width: 200px; text-align: left; }
#blog_content .entry-cats { text-align: left; }
#blog_content .entry-footer a { color: #B22222; font-weight: normal; }

#blog_sidebar div { margin-bottom: 20px; }
#blog_sidebar div a { color: #B22222; font-weight: normal; }
#blog_sidebar ul { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#blog_sidebar li { margin: 0 0 5px 15px; }

#blog_sidebar #blog_categories li, #blog_sidebar #blog_archives li { list-style-image: url(/blog/images/folder.gif); margin-left: 22px; }
#blog_sidebar #blog_recent li { list-style-image: url(/blog/images/file.gif); margin-left: 22px; }

#blog_commentPost { margin-top: 20px; }
#blog_commentPost .com-left { float: left; width: 190px; }
#blog_comments .blog_comment { padding: 15px; border: 1px solid gray; margin-bottom: 10px;  }
#blog_comments .blog_comment span { font-style: italic; }
#blog_comments .blog_comment_alt { background-color: #ececec; }