diff --git a/404.html b/404.html
index 58e4a88..f5c59ec 100644
--- a/404.html
+++ b/404.html
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-layout: default
 title: 404 Error - Page Not Found
 imageUrl: ../img/404.jpg
 blurImageUrl: ../img/404_blur.jpg
diff --git a/AI.html b/AI.html
index 81fb969..13e7965 100644
--- a/AI.html
+++ b/AI.html
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-layout: default
 title: Artificial Insemination Services
 imageUrl: ../img/Ai-calf.jpg
 blurImageUrl: ../img/Ai-calf_blur.jpg
diff --git a/Academia.html b/Academia.html
index aead576..ce0c095 100644
--- a/Academia.html
+++ b/Academia.html
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-layout: default
 title: Academic Achievements
 imageUrl: ../img/library.jpg
 blurImageUrl: ../img/library_blur.jpg
diff --git a/Contact.html b/Contact.html
index 3d0bb20..3166a91 100644
--- a/Contact.html
+++ b/Contact.html
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-layout: default
 title: Contact Me
 imageUrl: ../img/venice-mailbox.jpg
 blurImageUrl: ../img/venice-mailbox_blur.jpg
diff --git a/KeepEPDsReal.html b/KeepEPDsReal.html
index 9a74712..a329bfb 100644
--- a/KeepEPDsReal.html
+++ b/KeepEPDsReal.html
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-layout: default
 title: Keep EPDs Real
 imageUrl: ../img/cannulated-cows.jpg
 blurImageUrl: ../img/cannulated-cows_blur.jpg
diff --git a/Videos.html b/Videos.html
index f512b7f..cc9b9a0 100644
--- a/Videos.html
+++ b/Videos.html
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-layout: default
 title: Videos
 imageUrl: ../img/camera.jpg
 blurImageUrl: ../img/camera_blur.jpg
diff --git a/Websites.html b/Websites.html
index 29d40c2..b9b93b2 100644
--- a/Websites.html
+++ b/Websites.html
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-layout: default
 title: My Websites
 imageUrl: ../img/eclipse.jpg
 blurImageUrl: ../img/eclipse_blur.jpg
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index f91333e..48de7f5 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@
 # you will see them accessed via {{ site.title }}, {{ site.email }}, and so on.
 # You can create any custom variable you would like, and they will be accessible
 # in the templates via {{ site.myvariable }}.
-title: Your awesome title
-email: your-email@example.com
+title: Milliron X
+email: ""
 description: >- # this means to ignore newlines until "baseurl:"
-  Write an awesome description for your new site here. You can edit this
-  line in _config.yml. It will appear in your document head meta (for
-  Google search results) and in your feed.xml site description.
+  Thomas A. Christensen II's personal website and portfolio. It details
+  my work in academia as a Chemical Engineer, as a ranch kid in Wyoming,
+  and as filmmaker.
 baseurl: "" # the subpath of your site, e.g. /blog
-url: "" # the base hostname & protocol for your site, e.g. http://example.com
-twitter_username: jekyllrb
-github_username:  jekyll
+url: "https://millironx.github.io" # the base hostname & protocol for your site, e.g. http://example.com
+twitter_username: ""
+github_username:  millironx
 
 # Build settings
 markdown: kramdown
@@ -41,3 +41,16 @@ plugins:
 #   - vendor/cache/
 #   - vendor/gems/
 #   - vendor/ruby/
+
+defaults:
+  -
+    scope:
+      path: ""
+      type: "pages"
+    values:
+      layout: "default"
+      title: Milliron X
+      imageUrl: ../img/saddles.jpg
+      blurImageUrl: ../img/saddles_blur.jpg
+      motto: Milliron X
+  -
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/about.md b/about.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b4e0b2..0000000
--- a/about.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
----
-layout: page
-title: About
-permalink: /about/
----
-
-This is the base Jekyll theme. You can find out more info about customizing your Jekyll theme, as well as basic Jekyll usage documentation at [jekyllrb.com](https://jekyllrb.com/)
-
-You can find the source code for Minima at GitHub:
-[jekyll][jekyll-organization] /
-[minima](https://github.com/jekyll/minima)
-
-You can find the source code for Jekyll at GitHub:
-[jekyll][jekyll-organization] /
-[jekyll](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll)
-
-
-[jekyll-organization]: https://github.com/jekyll
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 7a05b8a..f172f04 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-layout: default
 title: Home
 imageUrl: ../img/saddles.jpg
 blurImageUrl: ../img/saddles_blur.jpg