It's not bad overall. A couple things that caught my attention: The left side, all the red header sections say the same thing. A more descriptive title in each of the sub-sections could be helpful. The same headers have a bottom, rounded-off corner look. If the forum headers in blue looked the same way, it would add a lot to the aesthetics of the page. Also, perhaps you could reduce the width of the left side column? At a 1024 resolution, the forum section is very small. The only real content on the left is the menu and the tag cloud, which don't need that much space. Don't let ads determine how your site is laid out.