I like it! The home page is really cool! Dramatic yet not over produced.
I feel like a kid with a new toy. I haven't read the entire flag story yet. I know it will be excellent! (BTW I agree with how you handled that tricky punctuation, Kel.)
I think the font color I'm using right now--whatever you've got set as the default--could be a little darker. On my monitor at work and at home on the laptop, it feels like it's not quite dark enough.
Not that it should be
bold but just a darker black. This seems more gray than black.
I agree with the suggestions to put avatars on the left side.
I like that the avatars are all the same size. I know sometimes it can't be helped but it is hard to read when all of a sudden the avatars are THIS WIDE and the text is squished into the side.
The smileys are not all working right now
some of them are showing up as the characters you type rather than the actual smiley faces.