I would approach this by undoing the larger font size for the top entry and then using "#content" as a selector to increase the font size for the base content area font:

.top .entry {
    font-size: 1em;
}

#content {
	font-size: 1.3em
}

I have noticed using the ChaoticSoul theme that once you scroll down past the current blog entry, the font size changes and may appear to be a little small for some viewers. Can the Font Size on older posts being viewed by scrolling, be changed?

I'm not seeing that happen at http://scottvonholzen.org/ currently. Try working with the size settings in the Appearance → Custom Design → Fonts panel first if you want to change the font size for body text.

my question is how do I go about uploading the altered gif back into the html code?

You have it correct in your latest comment above this one: to upload an altered GIF image file, you would just use the image library in your blog: http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/#upload-images-from-your-computer Then you would copy the image link and use that in your CSS.

My final question, and then you can close this discussion. I have noticed using the ChaoticSoul theme that once you scroll down past the current blog entry, the font size changes and may appear to be a little small for some viewers. Can the Font Size on older posts being viewed by scrolling, be changed?

thank you again for all of your help

This question, I am certain I want to make a change, concerns the header image. I did crete a different image that was wider to fit the changes I made the theme, but now it looks a little long and thin. The theme width for the header image was set at 151 pixels. I would like to widen that header image size to 200 pixels. I looked around in the html by right clicking the blog and selecting 'inspect elements', but I missed seeing it. Where is it? And how do I go about widening the header image from 151 to 200 pixels?
Thank you again, you have been a great help.
Scott

Now, another of the basics, in order for me to make the above width changes, I'm I understanding this right, I need to go into my Dashboard - appearance - customize - and click on the CSS link on the sidebar, and add my change code after the code that I added to change the header, a long time ago?

I have another question, but am running out of time for, tonight. I will follow up tomorrow, once I look more extensively, at your advice.
Thank you
Scott

I think the design looks fine without them, so the alternate option is to remove them like this:

#wrapper,
#header-overlay {
	background: none;
}

To change the width of the theme's content area, there are several elements that need to be adjusted. Here is an example showing how to update them. This example expands the design by 200px overall, 100px for the main column as well as the sidebar.

#page,
#header,
#header-overlay,
#wrapper,
#headerimg {
	width: 960px;
}
#access,
.hr {
	width: 958px;
}
#content {
	width: 617px;
}
#sidebar {
	width: 300px;
}

You can adjust the numbers differently if you'd like.

Once you change the size, you'll notice the header image doesn't change along with it. To update that, you can override the image set via the theme settings and use CSS to replace it. Here is the technique:

#header-image img {
	display: none;
}
#header-image {
	display: block;
	width: 960px;
	height: 151px;
	background: url(http://scottvonholzen.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/cropped-canonind_2.jpg) center repeat-x;
}

You can use a different image if you'd like. In the example above, I just copied out your current header image link, centered it, and made it repeat along the x-axis (the "repeat-x" part).

What I want to do is simply change the column width of the links. Is this possible?

Do you mean that you want to change the width of the sidebar or change the width of the entire container including both the main content area and sidebar?

h1:before, h1:after {
	content: "";
}

I love the background image you picked and the photos on the blog are great! I live in upstate NY :)

You should add some video clips of some of the dance music sets at weddings—usually some of the most fun moments where a lot of people have a ton of fun together.

Thanks for asking. No the Site Title is clean. No periods there.

Thanks,
Bri

Chaotic Soul is a dark two column theme based off of a certain designer’s old website. It offers one widget sidebar area you can customize. It also bears a neat diptych custom header, and supports custom backgrounds.

As this page notes:

you can build something off of a starting point, but you can’t base anything off of anything. Something is always based on something else.

Sure, usage of "based off" is increasingly common, it is nonetheless nonstandard.

I'm sorry that it took us so long to respond to your question.

Looking through the change logs of ChaoticSoul, I could not find a change to the Theme between June 30th and September 4th.

Feel free to open a new thread if you have any other question.

But also, I don't think the link placement is necessarily the issue because the comment form itself is always at the bottom of the post when someone is viewing the post directly, such as at http://thejudge13.com/2012/09/27/schumacher-legend-or-just-a-cheat-like-armstrong/

I would recommend trying out some of the advice here as a first step:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-more-views-and-traffic/