That's because the placement of AdSense is limited in blogger isn't it? Can't really place the link on the left hand side of the page without editing the template...
Try a third alternative: get rid of the sky and use a 336 at the bottom (or at the top) of your articles instead.
Darkhodge: It's pretty easy to edit the blogger template. Jackburton2006: Have you had success with rectangles, I've never used them before. They look a little cumbersome to me...???
I agree. They really don't look, shall we say, "purty" at all, but yeah, they are the most effective ad block out there right now (not counting the Adlink units). And it actually doesn't look that bad once you get rid of the borders and background. Then it just looks like four ads sitting in a white space after your article. Very clickable.