Even the narrator breaks character…twice. So hokey.

Numbers.  Georgie James.  Sensual Armed Forces.  The Mighty Narwhale.  Katie the Pest.  Just a list of obscure bands I credit for bringing me some of the most joyous, redemptive moments of my short life.  I believe that music saves lives, and at the risk of hyperbole, each of these bands has at one time in some way saved my life.  Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love newer acts like Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Thao with the Get Down Stay Down.  While lovely, dancing with girlfriend in front of her iMac is nowhere near same thrill as getting thrown into the drum kit and liking it,

At the risk of tipping you off to my Catholicism, I strongly believe in Guardian Angels.  Especially ones that reach out in odd ways.  Recent case in point:  I pulled up my Last.fm recommended channel to drown out a fellow BoltBus passenger on a never ending cell phone conversation,  After some Washed Out and a few other pleasantly unremarkable tracks…there it was.  Like an ex you barely recognize but would never forget, wondering whether or not you’re hallucinating.  4-5 bars in I knew it was a Katie the Pest track I hadn’t heard.  And I was thrilled.

While this website is pretty much functional, you’ll notice it’s also pretty bare.  As I write this, I haven’t funded my Flattr account, the widgets on the side there look out of place and I’ve torn out what I didn’t like from the default TwentyTen theme without putting anything back.

This past weekend, I implemented the Unallocated Space webpage design favored by (those that cared in) the group, so I figured it was just time to get cracking on my own domain.  I’m just waiting for some design inspiration to hit me before I venture further.  Of course, any feedback is welcome, and your patience while I try to clean things up around here.

See that Flattr button on the right hand side?  As of this writing, there wasn’t a float:right option in the Flattr WordPress Plugin settings.  However, the authors of the plugin were nice enough to wrap the button in its own CSS class.

To get the button to float right, all you need to do is add the following code I picked off the Flattr Forums to your style.css file, better known as the style sheet:

/* Flattr Button */

p.wp-flattr-button {
  display: block;
  float: right;
  width: 55px; //110 for compact, 55px for normal (big) version
  margin-right: 20px; //change according to needs
}

I recommend putting it in the “Global Elements” section, or right around line 330 in the TwentyTen style.css.  The proper way to do this is probably using a child theme, something I may explore after I finish customizing this theme to suit my purposes completely.