New site design!

ByJohn Brown

Thanks to Rick Hellewell at CellarWeb, a web developer of many years with great skills and excellent rates, I have a new responsive website, which means it adjusts between desktop and mobile displays so the page looks great no matter how you visit. He fixed a number of other things, like my lack of indenting comments, as well as adding features on the back end. I’m so excited. I hope you enjoy the new look!

If you have any issues or suggestions, please let me know. And if you’re looking for help with a website, I recommend Mr. Rick without reservation. He’s been a pleasure to work with.

And now, back to Awful Intent.

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