IE explorer problems with tables

i’ve done a preview version of a blog that i’m working on and it’s viewing perfectly in FF but when i put it in IE it makes the cells spread. (ps none of the links are up - i’ve only done this one page so far)

click here to see what i mean.

i know the problem lies in this properties of the archive section:



<tr height="*">


i want the actual blog area to go for as long as it needs therefore i need a variable height of the “archive” area.

can anyone help?

thanks,

-dale

once again - apologies about geocities.