Dear Ian,
Thanks for the great Thematic, I tested it and I fell in love at once!
However, the plugin:[Wordpress Thread Comment] cannot fully work when activated AJAX comment. And also does not work with the default Thematic since I've tested it.
Problem number two, I use my own child theme for my site, but since I copy the functions.php from another child theme of your:Junction, then, my tags and categories link seems stuck with the first filter result, sidebar and footer did not render out!
Please try test with the two problem I mentioned above, the tag/categories and AJAX comment plugin, you will see what I am talking about.(sorry for my half decent English :P )
http://rockbunch.com
I am so eager to learn from you, please help!!!