Thanks for allowing me to look at it with fresh eyes. It seems that a lot of sites are white or light colors, to buck the trend I have gone dark. I have considered re-doing the site with a light them and perhaps will, but finding the time to redo the forums and my site is problematical. When I have the time and perhaps the expertise I will look into a fresh new look, but will probably get some mileage out of this design. Enjoying others prespective, thanks again!
On the fresh eyes item, I rarely see the site, not logged in so the extra login box you are talking about is actually a mini CP panel with avatar, new post, messages, etc. links, it is only a login box when you are not logged in. I got to remember to view the site logged out more often