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The dots weren't me.

Don't get me wrong, I think Douglas Bowman is a brilliant guy. But I was going to customize the appearance of this page and the dots were just going to require too many changes. So I'm now using this Jeffrey Zeldman (also brilliant) design, mostly because I'm a slut for soft shadows. The band has to go, and the lines as well. I probably ought to just do it all myself, but I'm way to lazy—and I'm trying to finish another site.

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