The ads are well blended! But for the site, I think there's so much text everywhere.. it needs to be a bit more organized (maybe seperate the tables by adding different background colors)
A few comments from me I think you should change the header so it's more defined and seperate from your main content. I would personally remove the search unit as it usually doesn't perform very well (in my experience) and it makes the site look messier. Give the site a little more structure instead of having text everywhere with nothing but whitespace (and the occasional lines). This could be done by placing the text within image boxes or something... Hodge
the background behind the categories section in the sidebar is very confusing. The color of the article heads are not chosens well. They are not eye- friendly and make the whole thing look messy.