diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ef9e603..072fda0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ thoughts:
 		-t "Mike Gerwitz's Thoughts and Ramblings" \
 		-d 'The miscellaneous thoughts and ramblings of a free software hacker' \
 		-c 'Mike Gerwitz' \
-		-l 'Verbatim redistribution of this document in its entirety is permitted so long as this copyright notice is preserved.' \
+		-l 'Verbatim redistribution of this document in its entirety is permitted provided that this copyright notice is preserved.' \
 		-C '/style.css' \
 		-T "$(PWD)/tpl" \
 		-E \
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ thoughts:
 # mgify script
 %.html: %.txt
 	asciidoc -fasciidoc.conf -v \
-		-a stylesdir=$(PWD)/asciidoc-themes/ \
-		-a themedir=$(PWD)/asciidoc-themes/ \
+		-a stylesdir= \
+		-a themedir=$(PWD)/ \
 		$<
 	./tools/mgify "$@"
 
diff --git a/asciidoc-themes/mg.css b/asciidoc-themes/mg.css
deleted file mode 100644
index b67ead9..0000000
--- a/asciidoc-themes/mg.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-
-body {
-  margin: 0px 5em;
-  text-align: justify;
-}
-
-#header, #footer, #footnotes {
-  position: relative;
-  left: -3em;
-  margin-right: -3em;
-}
-
-body p {
-  line-height: 1.5em;
-}
-
-h2 {
-  position: relative;
-
-  border-bottom: 2px solid #babdb6;
-  left: -2em;
-
-  margin-right: -2em;
-}
-
-h3 {
-  border-bottom: 1px solid #babdb6;
-}
-
-h2, h3, h4 {
-  margin-bottom: 0.5em;
-}
-
-dt {
-  font-weight: bold;
-}
-dd > p:first-child {
-  margin-top: 0;
-}
-
-tt {
-  background-color: #eeeeec;
-  color: #000055;
-}
-
-#author {
-  font-size: 1.1em;
-}
-
-.listingblock {
-  background-color: #eeeeec;
-  padding: 0.5em;
-}
-
-#gnuinside {
-  position: absolute;
-  display:  block;
-
-  top:    0px;
-  right:  0px;
-  width:  50px;
-  height: 50px;
-}
-
-#copyright {
-  text-align: center;
-  margin-top: -1.4em;
-  font-size:  small;
-}
-
-.footnote {
-  font-size: small;
-}
-
-.exampleblock {
-  margin-left: 2em;
-  padding-left: 1em;
-  border-left: 5px solid #eeeeec;
-}
-
-#footer {
-  border-top: 2px solid #babdb6;
-  padding-top: 0.5em;
-
-  font-size: small;
-}
diff --git a/asciidoc.conf b/asciidoc.conf
index c055811..fa5576b 100644
--- a/asciidoc.conf
+++ b/asciidoc.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ textwidth=80
 newline=\n
 
 [attributes]
-theme=mg
+theme=style
 stylesdir=./stylesheets
 linkcss=1
 disable-javascript=1
diff --git a/images/cross_scratches.png b/images/cross_scratches.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb63f12
Binary files /dev/null and b/images/cross_scratches.png differ
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index 2e42508..2041174 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ body {
 a { color: #0066cc; }
 a:visited { color: #6666cc; }
 
-/* hanging */
-header, footer {
+/* hanging; ids for asciidoc styling */
+header, footer,
+#header, #footer, .article #copyright {
   margin: 0em -3em;
+  text-align: left;
 }
 
 h1, h2, h3 {
@@ -28,10 +30,13 @@ h2.date {
   margin-bottom: 1.5em;
 }
 
-h1.title {
+/* latter for asciidoc-generated output */
+h1.title,
+#header h1 {
   font-size: 2em;
   margin-bottom: 0.1em;
 }
+
 h2.desc {
   font-size: 0.8em;
   text-transform: uppercase;
@@ -50,6 +55,29 @@ p.ref {
   font-size: 0.9em;
 }
 
+dt {
+  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
+}
+
+tt {
+  background-color: #eeeeec;
+  color: #000055;
+}
+
+.listingblock {
+  background-color: #eeeeec;
+  background-image: url('images/cross_scratches.png');
+  padding: 0.5em;
+  border: 1px solid #babdb6;
+  border-radius: 0.25em
+}
+
+.exampleblock {
+  margin-left: 2em;
+  padding-left: 1em;
+  border-left: 5px solid #eeeeec;
+}
+
 #gnuinside {
   position: absolute;
   display:  block;
@@ -60,7 +88,7 @@ p.ref {
   height: 50px;
 }
 
-footer {
+footer, #footer, .article #copyright {
   font-size: 0.9em;
   margin-top: 2em;
 }
@@ -88,3 +116,32 @@ footer .commit-id {
 .bimgs img:first-child {
   margin-left: 0em;
 }
+
+
+/** exclusively asciidoc-generated content styling **/
+body.article h2 {
+  position: relative;
+
+  border-bottom: 2px solid #babdb6;
+  left: -2em;
+
+  margin-right: -2em;
+}
+
+body.article h3 {
+  border-bottom: 1px solid #babdb6;
+}
+
+#author {
+  font-size: 1.1em;
+  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
+}
+
+#footer {
+  border-top: 2px solid #babdb6;
+  padding-top: 0.5em;
+}
+
+.article #copyright {
+  margin-top: 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/footer.tpl b/tools/footer.tpl
index 0130e2c..0bdf172 100644
--- a/tools/footer.tpl
+++ b/tools/footer.tpl
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 </a>
 
 <div id="copyright">
-  Copyright &copy; 2012 <a href="http://mikegerwitz.com">Mike Gerwitz</a>
-  <br />
-  Verbatim distribution of this document in its entirety is permitted, provided
+  Copyright &copy; 2012 <a href="/">Mike Gerwitz</a>.
+  Verbatim distribution of this document in its entirety is permitted provided
   that this copyright notice is preserved.
 </div>