Midday Open Thread

Charles JohnsonFollow @Green_Footballs

Open • 1/28/10 12:52:43 pm • Views: 1,700

Here’s an open thread for Thursday afternoon, as I make some changes to the LGF Blog’s main template.

Changelog: the banner ad that was between the top bar and the main content has been moved up into the top masthead area, to the right of the bouncing football. The search forms that were previously in that top right corner of the page have been moved to the left sidebar, immediately beneath the login section.

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Children are naive -- they trust everyone. School is bad enough, but, if you put a child anywhere in the vicinity of a church, you're asking for trouble.