diff --git a/styles/blogthon.css b/styles/blogthon.css
index 049e5ba..46d4007 100644
--- a/styles/blogthon.css
+++ b/styles/blogthon.css
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ body		{
 		font-size: 12px;
 		margin: 0px;
 		min-width: 800px;
+		background-image: url("blogthon_img/background.jpg");
 	}
 
 img		{
@@ -17,6 +18,16 @@ a	{
 	color: #AA4444;
 	}
 
+blockquote	{
+	margin-top: 10px;
+	margin-bottom: 10px;
+	font-style: italic;
+	color: #AAAAAA;
+	}
+
+
+
+
 /* --- header --- */
 
 div.header	{
@@ -28,6 +39,7 @@ div.header	{
 	border: 3px double #000000;
 	background-image: url("blogthon_img/header_background.jpg");
 	background-repeat: no-repeat;
+	background-color: #FFFFFF;
 	}
 
 	div.header_title	{
@@ -282,6 +294,16 @@ div.entries	{
 			border-left: 4px solid #DFDFDF;
 			}
 
+			ol.entry	{
+				margin-top: 0px;
+				margin-bottom: 0px;
+				}
+
+			li.entry	{
+				margin-top: -5px;
+				margin-bottom: -8px;
+				}
+
 		div.entry_comments	{
 			margin-top: 5px;
 			}
@@ -293,3 +315,9 @@ div.entries	{
 
 		div.entry_border_bottom	{
 			}
+
+/* --- comments --- */
+
+div.comments	{
+	margin-left: 50px;
+	}