Thanks for the comments and kudos guys. Art did a great job with the review.
About the background - it's been changed, but I have to say that I checked the page on 3 computers including a Mac, a Dell and an IBM. If you are using Microsoft's Internet Explorer, that could be the problem. It doesn't recognize several things like transparent backgrounds on graphics. It puts an ugly gray background on pictures that should be transparent, uses limited fonts and just is a mess.
Try Firefox. It looks and acts much better and it's open source. It has tabbed browsing which is much better than IE. It also is MUCH more secure. Of course, if you are on a Mac, you should be using Safari.