  Dan - This is as close to right as I can make the blog template with the image slices being placed where they are.
I can make it work the way it's supposed to if you re-cut the image in photoshop - slice one being the entire vertical portion of the bar, and slice two being the entire horizontal portion of the bar. Is there some particular reason you've been chopping it the way that it is currently? Also, I hate the HTML program you're using. To use an anatomical analogy, it makes the source code look like you've taken two human beings, gutted them, then shoved all the bits and pieces back into one human being.
Finally, for the love of all that is good and decent, PLEASE save a copy of the current template before you start your next operation, Dr. Frankenstein. update: getting closer, as you see. still working on that little drop-down vertical section, but we're moving in the right direction. too many table cells. trying to k.i.s.s. update update: fuck! Fuck! FUCK! I hate HTML. I hate Blogger. Thank you, good night. 
