body {
margin : 0px;
background: #393939;
}

#menu {
width: 130; 			/* set width of menu */
background: #feee;	/* #feee; it didn't seem to change anything  */

} 

#menu { /* remove bullets and list indents */
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

/* style, color and size links and headings to suit */
#menu a {
font: bold 11px/16px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
display: block;
border-width: 3px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #ccc #888 #555 #bbb;
margin: 0;
padding: 2px 3px;
}

#menu a {
color: #000;				/* idle text color (black) */
background: #B1BACB;		/* idle background color was #efefef; red f00, aqua 0ff, green 00ff000  */
text-decoration: none;	/* deep blue 0000ff lite blue 0066ff*/
}

#menu a:hover {
color: #0000ff;			/* hover text color */
background: #E0E0E0;		/* hover background color was #fff */
}