recent blog post entry-content is the excerpt
header was being called after a bunch of crap - this should be the very first thing
cleaning up and commenting page-schedule.php
page header and block styles

still need to style nav menus in page headers.

show headers are an entirely different beast.
sticky footer fix

http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/sticky-footer/
get the 960 gs working right. remember not to use alpha and omega on root-level grid elements. move container and its associated below/above thematic hooks. correct vertical spacing. disable thematic sidebar area.
move .block styles from _general partial to post & content styles in style.scss
enable excerpt field for episodes to control excerpt output

esp. for temple update episode descriptions which have few to no periods. advanced excerpt looks for periods but can't find any.