not gonna lie id scrap the overdone yellow also, way to much for a site dedicated to browsing. whoever told you they knew how to do tube sites was obviously lying to you. unless you spent like $300.
o and your menu should be txt not images, shooting yourself in the foot their also.
http://www.*************************/...andle_wide.gif
and what are these useless toilet rack looking bars? scrap those. waste of load time.
your footer is also massive and in the long run will take clicks away from your ads.
the background is pipes also when i think pipes i think plumbing, when i think plumbing i think urine and shit, and unless thats what your promoting i dont see how it would do anything but cause a negative turn on for horney surfers.