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Blogger Template
Designer: Freyja Silver
URL: www.silversdesigns.blogspot.com
Date: 2010
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/* Variable definitions

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type="color" default="#fff" value="#ffffff">
type="color" default="#333" value="#000000">
type="color" default="#58a" value="#000000">
type="color" default="#666" value="#000000">
type="color" default="#999" value="#000000">
type="color" default="#c60" value="#000000">
type="color" default="#ccc" value="#FFF4DC">
type="color" default="#999" value="#000000">
type="color" default="#666" value="#000000">
type="color" default="#999" value="#000000">
type="font" default="normal normal 100% Georgia, Serif" value="normal normal 109% Times, serif">
type="font"
default="normal normal 78% 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Arial,Verdana,Sans-serif" value="normal bold 108% Times, serif">
type="font"
default="normal normal 200% Georgia, Serif" value="normal bold 187% Times, serif">
type="font"
default="normal normal 78% 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Arial, Verdana, Sans-serif" value="normal normal 84% Times, serif">
type="font"
default="normal normal 78% 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Arial, Verdana, Sans-serif" value="normal normal 78% Times, serif">
type="automatic" default="left" value="left">
type="automatic" default="right" value="right">

/* Use this with templates/template-twocol.html */

body {
background:$bgcolor;
background-image:url(http://hotlayouts2u.com/blogger-layouts/pre_img/1286475939wtchbackgroundcopy.jpg);background-position:left center ;background-attachment:fixed;
margin:0;
color:$textcolor;
font:x-small Georgia Serif;
font-size/* */:/**/small;
font-size: /**/small;
text-align: left;
}
a:link {
color:$linkcolor;
text-decoration:none;
}
a:visited {
color:$visitedlinkcolor;
text-decoration:none;
}
a:hover {
color:$titlecolor;
text-decoration:underline;
}
a img {
border-width:0;
}

/* Header
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#header-wrapper {
background-image:url(http://hotlayouts2u.com/blogger-layouts/pre_img/1286475939wtchheadercopy3.png);background-position: top center; background-repeat:no-repeat;
width: 1000x;
height:450px;
margin-right:0px;
border-bottom: 0px solid #443424;
}
#header-inner {
background-position: center;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
#header {
margin: 0px;
border: 0px ridge $bordercolor;
text-align: center;
color:$pagetitlecolor;
}
#header h1 {
margin-left:10px;
margin-right:0px;
margin-top:0px;
margin-bottom:0px;
padding-top:150px;
padding-right:100px;
padding-left:0px;
line-height:0.5em;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:-1px;
font: $pagetitlefont;
text-align:center:
}
#header a {
color:$pagetitlecolor;
text-decoration:none;
}
#header a:hover {
color:$pagetitlecolor;
}
#header .description {
margin-left:10px;
margin-right:0px;
margin-top:0px;
margin-bottom:0px;
padding-top:5px;
padding-right:100px;
padding-left:0px;
text-transform:none;
letter-spacing:.2em;
line-height: 1.4em;
font: $descriptionfont;
color: $descriptioncolor;
text-align:center;
}
#header img {
margin-$startSide: auto;
margin-$endSide: auto;
}

/* Outer-Wrapper
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#outer-wrapper {
background:transparent;
background-image:url(http://hotlayouts2u.com/blogger-layouts/pre_img/1286475939wtchcentercopy2.jpg);background-repeat:repeat; background-position:top center; background-attachment:fixed;
width: 1000px;
border-top: 0px solid #ffffff;
border-bottom: 3px solid #000000;
border-left: 3px solid #000000;
border-right: 3px solid #000000;
margin:0 auto;
padding:0px;
text-align:$startSide;
font: $bodyfont;
}

#main-wrapper {
background:none;
background-image:url();background-position: top center; background-repeat:repeat;
width: 500px;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-left:5px;
padding:5px;
float: $startSide;
border:0px solid #816244;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
}

#sidebar-wrapper {
background:none;
background-image:url();background-position: top right; background-repeat:no-repeat;
margin:0;
width: 215px;
margin-top:0px;
margin-right:10px;
padding:5px;
float: right;
border:0px solid #421f0c;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
}

#left-sidebar-wrapper{
background:none;
background-image:url();background-position: top right; background-repeat:no-repeat;
margin:0;
width: 215px;
margin-top:-5px;
margin-left:5px;
padding:10px;
float: left;
border:0px solid #421f0c;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
}


/* Headings
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h2 {
background:transparent;
background-image:url(http://hotlayouts2u.com/blogger-layouts/pre_img/1286475939wtchpostheadcopy.png);background-repeat:no-repeat;
color:#000000;
border:0px solid #20110c;
margin:0px 0 .5em;
padding-left:45px;
padding-top:40px;
height:28px;
font:$headerfont;
line-height:15px;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:-1px;
}

/* Posts
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h2.date-header {
color:#000000;
border:none;
background:none;
font-weight:normal;
text-align: left;
padding-left:10px;
margin-top:0px;
line-height:16px;
text-transform:none;
text-align:center;
}

.post {
margin:0px;
text-align: left;
border-bottom:0px dotted $bordercolor;
padding-bottom:0px;
padding-top:0px;
}

.post h3 {
background-image:url();background-repeat:no-repeat;
color:#000000;
margin:5px 5px 0;
padding-right:10px;
padding-left:50px;
padding-top:12px;
height:30px;
text-align: left;
font-size:125%;
text-transform:uppercase;
font-weight:normal;
line-height:16px;
letter-spacing:0px;
border-bottom:0px solid #c3c323;
}

.post h3 a, .post h3 a:visited, .post h3 strong {
display:block;
text-decoration:none;
color:#000000;
font-weight:normal;

}

.post h3 strong, .post h3 a:hover {
color:$textcolor;

}

.post-body {
padding:15px;
margin:0 0 .75em;
line-height:18px;
padding-top:10px;
}

.post-body blockquote {
line-height:1.3em;
}

.post-footer {
background-image:url(http://hotlayouts2u.com/blogger-layouts/pre_img/1286475939wtchpostfootercopy.png);background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:center;
height:200px;
color:$sidebarcolor;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:0px;
font: $postfooterfont;
line-height: 16px;
padding:10px;
border-bottom:0px solid #95d4e3;
}

.comment-link {
margin-$startSide:.6em;
}
.post img {
padding:0px;
border:0px solid #000000;
}
.post blockquote {
margin:1em 20px;
}
.post blockquote p {
margin:.75em 0;
}

/* Comments
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#comments h4 {
margin:1em 0;
font-weight: bold;
line-height: 1.4em;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:.2em;
color: $sidebarcolor;
}

#comments-block {
margin:1em 0 1.5em;
line-height:1.6em;
}
#comments-block .comment-author {
margin:.5em 0;
}
#comments-block .comment-body {
margin:.25em 0 0;
}
#comments-block .comment-footer {
margin:-.25em 0 2em;
line-height: 1.4em;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:.1em;
}
#comments-block .comment-body p {
margin:0 0 .75em;
}
.deleted-comment {
font-style:italic;
color:gray;
}

.feed-links {
clear: both;
line-height: 2.5em;
}

#blog-pager-newer-link {
float: $startSide;
}

#blog-pager-older-link {
float: $endSide;
}

#blog-pager {
text-align: center;
}

/* Sidebar Content
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.sidebar {
color: $sidebartextcolor;
line-height:20px;
padding:10px;
margin-bottom:8.5px;
}

.sidebar ul {
list-style:none;
margin:0 0 0;
padding:0 0 0;
}
.sidebar li {
margin:0;
padding-top:0;
padding-$endSide:0;
padding-bottom:.1em;
padding-$startSide:15px;
text-indent:-15px;
line-height:1.0em;
}

.sidebar .widget, .main .widget {
border-bottom:0px dotted $bordercolor;
margin:0 0 .5em;
padding:0 0 .5em;
}

.main .Blog {
border-bottom-width: 0;
}
/* Profile
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.profile-img {
float: $startSide;
margin-top: 0;
margin-$endSide: 5px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
margin-$startSide: 0;
padding: 0px;
border: 0px solid $bordercolor;
}

.profile-data {
margin:0;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:0px;
font: $postfooterfont;
color: #000000;
font-weight: bold;
line-height: 1.6em;
}

.profile-datablock {
margin:.5em 0 .5em;
}

.profile-textblock {
margin: 0.5em 0;
line-height:18px;
}

.profile-link {
font: $postfooterfont;2
text-transform: uppercase;
letter-spacing:0px;
}

/* Footer
----------------------------------------------- */
#footer {
width:950px;
height:0px;
background-image:url();background-position: bottom center;
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
padding-top:0px;
line-height: 1.6em;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:-1px;
text-align: center;
}

/* Design Credit
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#credit-link {
color:#ffffff;
text-align: center;
}

/* Rounded Corners
----------------------------------------------- */
.spiffy{display:block}
.spiffy *{
display:block;
height:1px;
overflow:hidden;
font-size:.01em;
background:#E3B856}
.spiffy1{
margin-left:3px;
margin-right:3px;
padding-left:1px;
padding-right:1px;
border-left:1px solid #E3B856;
border-right:1px solid #E3B856;
background:#E3B856}
.spiffy2{
margin-left:1px;
margin-right:1px;
padding-right:1px;
padding-left:1px;
border-left:1px solid #E3B856;
border-right:1px solid #E3B856;
background:#E3B856}
.spiffy3{
margin-left:1px;
margin-right:1px;
border-left:1px solid #E3B856;
border-right:1px solid #E3B856;}
.spiffy4{
border-left:1px solid #E3B856;
border-right:1px solid #E3B856}
.spiffy5{
border-left:1px solid #E3B856;
border-right:1px solid #E3B856}
.spiffyfg{
background:#E3B856;
margin: 0px 0 -10px 0;}

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

The Mad Arab: The Book of the Dead

The following poem was one which I had written a few years ago after I had read H.P. Lovecraft's, "The Necronomicon." It is merely a fictional story and nothing more! This is the first time I have ever published it. I hope you enjoy!

 The Mad Arab

In days of old, the story is said
of the testimony of Abl-Al Hazzred;
 The Three Seals of MASSHU
he claimed he possessed,
belonged to the prophets
or elder gods of rest

The seals were the symbols
he found brought him fear,
While sleeping one night;
unaware death was near
He saw priests in black robes
raise the seals from the ground;
While chanting, "Zi Azag!"
there was blood all around

These priests fed on death,
such as the souls slain in war
Now these were the likes
of nothing he'd ever seen before;
While running up a mountain
to escape these dark lords,
he fell to the ground;
Priests  still holding their swords

As he turned around
 to face what he'd feared,
Like ghosts in the night, 
the priests disappeared!
All that remained 
in the woods he could find,
were the robes which they wore
and a slim of some kind

He returned to the seals
which he'd found on the stone;
He realized at last
he was finally alone;
For the seals were the keys
which opened doors to the outside,
And once in these realms,
no one could hide

So on his death bed
he confessed what he knew,
of the rituals and summonings
of the dead he did view;
It's called the Necronomicon,
or Book of the Dead;
For it contains the testimony
of the mad man, Hazzred

~ by Lady Caer Morganna
 


Blessed Midsummer!