body {
 width:1020px;
 height:620px;
 background: black;
 color: #ddd;
 font-size:100%;
 font-weight: normal;
 text-align:left;
  font-family: Verdana;
}
 h1{
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 150%;
  color: #CCFFFF
}
 h2{
   text-align: center;
}

#main {
   width:1020px;
  height: 600px;
 padding:  10px;
}

a{
  color: #fff;
}


#leftcolumn {
   position: relative;
  height: 590px;
   width: 280px;
 padding:  0px;
   float:left;
  background-color:black;
  background-image: url(css_images/paisley.jpg);
  background-repeat: repeat-y;
  background-position: center;
  margin: 5px;
 border: thin solid #0088DD;
  text-align: center;
 }

 #logo {
   position: relative;
  height: 77px;
   width: 183px;
  padding:  0px;
  margin :48px;
  margin-bottom: 300px;
 }


#midcolumn {
   position: relative;
   height: 590px;
   width: 500px;
   float:left;
  background-color: black;
  margin: 5px;
  border: thin solid #aaa;
}


#writing {
   position: relative;
  padding:  5px;
  margin :30px;
  float:left ;
}


#footer {
  font-size: 80%;
  color: #999;
  font-weight: normal;
}


#mailbox {
width:170px;
 height:200px;
 padding: 10px;
 position: relative;
 float:left;
  background-color: #4E9BED;
  font-size: 80%;
  margin: 22px;
}
#mailbox p {
  text-align: left;
}