i have coolwallpaper so my paper changes every day...this one is of some fall leaves 2008 seattle
as you can see i am one of the very(maybe it's very very very) few people who utilize multiple bars with my windows...most people just use the one that comes with the start menu but i have one at the top as well. my desktop basically has copies of shortcuts all over the place to make getting to where i need to go on the computer extremely easy, no matter what.
RiotGuard, i agree with the guy who posted below you, your start menu bar should like be brown/orange rust metal dirt color like the rest of your desktop...shiny car blue color for the bar looks lame.