So...

Does the newer look work for you? Or not? I can't decide if I like it. Let me know what you think. I want to do some customized tweaking, but my last attempts are what led me to a complete template change...I couldn't figure out how to fix a pretty big error I'd made. I'm thinking HTML for dummies may not be such a bad idea after all...

Anyway, just one word of advice to anyone thinking about changing their template. When Blogger tells you that chacnging your template will remove all of your customizations- it means everything except the guts of your blog. Sidebars, Headers, and Footers all go away. So if you want to keep the miles and miles of text that you've already put in, I suggest copying your code to another source first.