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Technical difficulties

This is what it should look like.I’ve recently learned that this site doesn’t look right in Internet Explorer. You should see a main post area on the left and a two-column sidebar on the right. IE seems to be misreading the coding, though, and making the main post font too large, which pushes one of the sidebars to the bottom of the page.

I don’t know how to fix it. Any ideas?

Friday links! Entertainers, friends and food

  • I’m not a big fan of the Rolling Stones. I like “Honky Tonk Woman” and that song from “The Departed,” but much of their music strikes me as pretty cheese ball. The way Chris writes about them in Z’s Music Monday, though, makes me think I ought to give them another listen.
  • Mary at Owlhaven is launching a new series called Love Stories for October. I’ve shared our story with you before, but I’d love to hear yours. Let me know if you decide to participate!
  • The Smitten Kitchen’s apple cake looks delectable.
  • Jen at Breed ‘Em and Weep has had enough of the economy’s shenanigans, and she lets it know in Dear Economy, from the Girl Next Door.
  • I knew my friend Liz had lost her mother early in her life, but she’d never told me the whole story. She’s shared it in a column titled Cooked with love, Mom.
  • Sarah Hepola takes a shot at Diagnosing Chuck Klosterman in a piece that confirms that Rockford is weird. “If I’m on the subway, or in a crowded line,” Klosterman says in the interview, “I always say to myself, ‘What if there were a terrorist attack right now? Who would be the leader?’ ” More than a year ago, when Rockford was riding the bus to work every day, he told me he did this very thing every morning.
  • A few disconnected thoughts

  • Pete’s sick. He spent a good part of the morning throwing up, then he had a terrible diaper and went to sleep. He’s napping now. Poor little guy.
  • I’ve let Poppy watch far too much TV today.
  • I ordered Pete’s 1st birthday cake this morning. I thought about making it myself, but I found someone locally who had just the cake I wanted in her Gallery O’ Cakes. So that’s the way we’ll be rolling.