If this site looks awful, then you're probably using an older browser or have CSS turned off. I designed the site to look good on Chrome (my preferred browser), Firefox, and IE9. It should still look decent on IE7 and IE8 (the rounded corners on the menu buttons go away). Older versions of IE may lose more of the styling. If it looks bad, at least the content still shows up, and I'm much more about content than appearance (meaning trumps style in my head). Also, it's just my personal site, not work for a client, so I'm not willing to chase after fixes for older browsers. Sorry about that.
I have to give a BIG thanks to Mike Jones over at theweblife.com for his help with this design. Mike's a genuine master of all things web.