/* Return well formed string containing today's date */
function getTodayDate() {
	var asDayName = new Array ("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");
	var asMonName = new Array ("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December");
	var asFullDay = new Array ("?", "1st", "2nd", "3rd", "4th", "5th", "6th", "7th", "8th", "9th", "10th", "11th", "12th", "13th", "14th", "15th", "16th", "17th", "18th", "19th", "20th", "21st", "22nd", "23rd", "24th", "25th", "26th", "27th", "28th", "29th", "30th", "31st", "?");
	var dateNow = new Date;
	var dateToday = dateNow.getDate();
	var sFullDay = asFullDay[dateToday];
	var sDate = asDayName[dateNow.getDay()] + ", " + asMonName[dateNow.getMonth()] + " " + sFullDay + " " + dateNow.getFullYear();
	return sDate;
}

/* Each time this is called, a new random landscape picture is inserted into the home page */
function updateHomePicture() {
	var sImages = new Array("images/covers/painting--005.jpg", "images/covers/painting--006.jpg", "images/covers/painting--012.jpg", "images/covers/painting--016.jpg");
	var l = sImages.length;
	var r = Math.round((l-1)*Math.random());
	document.home_picture.src = sImages[r];
}