slobhyb, thanks so much — that fixed the circles!
I haven’t even really started playing with this theme yet, but the only other thing that I notice currently is the “[DATE] BY [AUTHOR NAME] / EDIT” footer on individual posts. When you hover over the text, it becomes completely opaque and the little speech bubble icon becomes partially so, while hovering over the speech bubble renders everything 100%. I’d love to have the text be solid all the time, and the speech bubble stay at the partial opacity (as it is currently when you hover over the text) until you hover over the bubble, at which point it becomes fully opaque. (No change in the bubble when you hover over the text.)
Here’s an example (dummy) page: http://www.smallplates.org/?p=12
Please let me know if this makes no sense. I just had a beer. o_O
Thanks again!