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I finally managed to take the time to come up with a new theme and came up with this one courtesy of Florida Rentals on the www.wpthemesfree.com WordPress Theme site.

After a bit of customizing some of the color choices, this theme now fits the kind of thing that I really like in a blog. It’s easy on the eyes, color combinations are easy to read without having to highlight text. It’s also a fluid-width design that automatically rescales when the browser window is resized.

Another good feature that I consider important for SEO purposes is that the content loads first and then the sidebars, so that the main post content will be higher up in the source code when Search engines spider the site. It also means visitors don’t have to sit looking at sidebars while the main content waits for them to finish loading. This way, if the sidebars DO take longer than I’d like to load, at least the main content is loaded first.

With the new theme in place, I’ll be getting about the business of writing here more often.

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If you spend any time dropping entrecards, sooner or later you’re going to run across Monkey Fables And Tales. The entrecard for it is easy to spot: A red background with an irate looking blue cartoon monkey asking “How about if I spank you?”

This blog describes it self thusly: “Nonsense served almost daily. Some of which may be true, some not so much. Plus some other crap.” and regardless of how true any of it is, there’s a lot of funny to be found here. One Prime example that’s had our house laughing heartily is this recent gem: I Could’ve Used Dear Abby’s Advice

Any time a blog post can manage to work in the phrase “Holy mother of methane, what the hell was that?!”, you know it’s got to be worth a read.

Readability 9.5

Text colors have just enough contrast from the background to make it easy to forget about reading and just enjoy the humor.

Layout 8.5

Slightly customized looking version of a standard “Blogger” theme

Load time 8.5

Not bad. firebug reports 10.8 seconds to load 74 requests

Scrollability 7.5

I found it to be a tad sluggish to scroll although I couldn’t identify the reason.

Writing 9.5

This stuff is Funny!

Total Score 43.5

Monkey Fables And Tales BuzzRank: 87%

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