Help critique my website Options

[mipadi]

After about 4 years of telling myself I would redesign my website, I finally got around to doing it. But before I go live, I'd like some feedback:

Here's the front page of my site. (Note that the logo in the top left will eventually have the words "Monkey Robot" in the space next to the monkey's tail, but I haven't gotten around to doing that yet.)

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Here's the pagination stuff at the bottom:

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Here's the comments on blog entries:

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Here's the listing on the archives page:

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Here's an example of what hyperlinks look like when you hover over them:

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Any suggestions?

[Mickey]

I quite like its practicality. Have you thought about incorporating a background?