[Karen]

I use the "minty" forum skin, rather than the default "Avalon Electric".
Much cooler on the eyes!
New Posts are just fine but when I switch to Electric I see what everyone is complaining about.

The switch button is on the bottom left.
When in Minty - the button is on the bottom right.

In Minty
"Today's posts" is the first option under the "quick Links" button at the top right.
And all appears fine and normal.

If you can't read some of the lighter type colors, just select the area, or Ctrl A for "select all". Click on the page to make the select go away.

Try Minty Skin and see if the same happens for you.
And then pretty soon Gareth will come around and can fix it.

Karen