As I pointed out on twitter http://twitter.com/#!/jhummel/status/169561232045649921 http://twitter.com/#!/jhummel/status/169561232045649921 it seems that the *

As I pointed out on twitter http://twitter.com/#!/jhummel/status/169561232045649921 http://twitter.com/#!/jhummel/status/169561232045649921 it seems that the * selector doesn't apply to pseudo elements. If you're going to take this route it might be a good idea to include *, ::after, ::before { box-sizing: border-box } to make sure everything is being sized the same.