$(document).ready(function(){
   
   //"contact" in navigation needs to have the descritpion span AFTER EE encodes the URL
   $("li#nav-contact a").html("contact <span>get a hold of me</span>");
   
   //Sets the archives column in the footer to be the longest column.
   var cat = $("#cat").height();
   var archives = $("#archives").height();
   var bio = $("#bio").height();
   var maxHeight;
   
   if (cat > bio) {
   	maxHeight = cat;
   } else if (bio > cat) {
   	maxHeight = bio;
   };
   
   if (archives < maxHeight) {$("#archives").height(maxHeight);};
   
   //stripe archive links
   $("#archives a:odd").addClass("alt");
   
   //stripe category list
   $("#cat ul li:odd").addClass("right");
   $("#cat ul li.right:odd").addClass("alt");
   $("#cat ul li").not(".right").not(":even").addClass("alt");
   
 });