I have no problem with the ads. Google ads are not bad. Certainly not an eyesore like in the past. I agree about being on the right, tough.
As for the all-Flash site, I much prefer it the way it is now. Not that you can't make a good Flash-based site, they are out there, but you can't link to them properly, they don't properly respect user's preferences for fonts, sizes, and layouts, and it's usually difficult to highlight or copy text. You might think that the designer's preferences should be paramount but you couldn't be more wrong.
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