Page too long causing excessive scrolling

Hello!
The page is too long regardless of how little content I add. Visitors have to loads of scrolling just to get to the footer.
Here is the stylesheet if anyone can help:

/* general */
body{
margin:0px auto;
font-size: 12px;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
color:#000000;
background: #fff url(images/1bg_bottom_repeat.jpg) repeat-x bottom;
border:0px yellow solid;
}

img {
border:0px;
padding:5px;
max-width: 100%; /* not working in IE6*/
}
a {color:#397aca;text-decoration: underline;}
a:hover {color: #42a514;text-decoration: none;}

h1 {font-size:30px;}
h2 {font-size:26px;}
h3 {font-size:21px;}
h4 {font-size:17px;}
h5 {font-size:14px;}
h6 {font-size:12px;}

p {margin: 0px 0px 12px 0px;}
hr {height:1px;border:none;border-top:1px dashed #397aca; width:90%;}

blockquote {
clear: left;
text-align: justify;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 22px;
margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
background: url(images/quote.gif) no-repeat top left;
}
input {
margin-bottom:5px;
vertical-align: middle;
}
select{
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
}
code{
font: 1.1em ‘Courier New’, Courier, Fixed;
}
.alignleft {float: left;}
.alignright {float: right;}
.aligncenter,div.aligncenter{
display: block;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
img.alignleft {
padding: 5px;
margin: 0 7px 2px 0;
display: inline;
}

img.alignright {
padding: 5px;
margin: 0 0 2px 7px;
display: inline;
}
img.centered {
display: block;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
.clear {clear:both;}
.spacer {height:20px;}
/***** layout *****/
#page_top{
margin:0px auto;
padding:0;
width:100%;
background: url(images/bg_top.jpg) no-repeat top center;
border:0px blue solid;
}

#base{
margin:0 auto;
padding:0;
width:894px;
background: url(images/bg_repeat.png) repeat-y center;
padding:0 28px 0 28px;
border:0px red solid;
}

#header {
position:relative;
width: 100%;
height: 69px;
background:#fff url(‘images/header_bg2.png’) no-repeat bottom;
padding: 15px 00px 65px 0px;
}
#menu{
position:relative;
width: 100%;
height: 42px;
background:url(‘images/menu_bg.jpg’) no-repeat left;
}
#container{
position:relative;
overflow:hidden;
width:894px;
background:url(‘images/container_repeat.jpg’) repeat-y top center;
}
#sidebar{
float:left;
width:220px;
overflow:hidden;
color:#397aca;
padding:20px 0 700px 0px;
border:0px red solid;
}
#content{
float:right;
display:inline;
width:605px;
overflow:hidden;
padding: 0 15px 0 10px;
border:0px red solid;
}
#footer{
clear:both;
position:relative;
background:#666;
height:47px;
color:#397aca;
font-size:11px;
font-family:Verdana, Arial;
padding: 30px 20px 10px 50px;
background:url(‘images/footer_bg.jpg’) repeat-x;
}
#footer a,#footer a:hover{
color:#666;
text-decoration:underline;
}
/*######### header ############*/
#blogtitle {
position:absolute;
top:8px;
padding-left:3px;
width:894px;
font-family: Arial,Verdana;
font-size:30px;
font-weight:bold;
text-align:left;
color:#397aca;
border:0px red solid;
overflow:hidden;

}

#blogtitle a, #blogtitle a:hover {
font-family: Arial, Verdana;
font-weight:bold;
color:#397aca;
text-decoration:none;
}

#subtitle {
position:absolute;
overflow:hidden;
font-family: Tahoma,Arial, Verdana;
width:894px;
height:45px;
top:40px;
text-align:left;
font-size:13px;
letter-spacing: 2px;
color: #42a514;
font-style:italic;
border:0px red solid;
line-height:1.1em;
padding-left:3px;
}
#menu ul {
position:absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 30px;
height: 34px;
width: 550px;
overflow:hidden;
margin:0px;
padding:0px;

}
#menu ul li {
display: inline;
font-size: 13px;
font-family:Verdana,Arial;
font-weight: bold;
color:#000000;
}
#menu ul li.separator {
display: block;
float: left;
width:3px;
height: 34px;
background:url(images/menu_separate.jpg) no-repeat center;
}

#menu ul li a {
display: block;
float: left;
line-height: 34px;
color: #42a514;
padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px;
margin:0px 0 0 0 ;
text-decoration:none;
}

#menu ul li a:hover, #menu ul li.current_page_item a {
color:#397aca;
}
.searchbox {
position:absolute;
top:1px;
right: 45px;
width:250px;
height:30px;
border:0px;
}
.search-field input {
position:absolute;
top:5px;
left:7px;
width:172px;
height:15px;
font-family:Verdana;
font-size:11px;
font-weight:bold;
color:#999999;
padding:5px 3px 3px 3px;
border:0px;
background:#ffffff;
}
.search-but input {
position:absolute;
top:7px;
right:5px;
width:50px;
height:20px;
background:transparent;
border:0px;
}
#footer img.rss{
position: absolute;
right: 52px;
top: 2px;
height:75px;
width:70px;
}

/***** sidebar *****/
#sidebar a{color:#397aca;text-decoration:underline;}
#sidebar a:hover {color:#42a514;text-decoration:none;}
#sidebar ul {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
font-family:Verdana,Arial;
}
#sidebar li {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
font-family:Verdana,Arial;

}
#sidebar ul ul li{
position: relative;
line-height: 1.7em;
list-style-type: none;
font-size:12px;
border:0px red solid;
font-family:Verdana,Arial;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px;
padding:0 5px 0 16px;
background: url(‘images/sidebar_arrow.jpg’) no-repeat 0px 4px;
}

#sidebar ul ul ul li {
position: relative;
list-style-type: none;
font-size:12px;
border:0px;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
line-height: 1.7em;
font-family:Verdana,Arial;
background: url(‘images/sidebar_arrow.jpg’) no-repeat 0px 4px;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px;
}

#sidebar h1 {
color: #fff;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: bold;
letter-spacing: 1px;
margin: 10px 0px 0px 0px;
padding: 12px 0px 0px 22px;
height: 30px;
font-family:Verdana,Arial;
background:url(‘images/sidebar_title.jpg’) no-repeat center;
border:0px red solid;
}
#sidebar select{
margin:5px 0px 2px 5px;
font-size:12px;
width:200px;
overflow:hidden;
}

/***** content *****/

.archivetitle {
height:20px;
color: #666;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight:normal;
padding: 10px 0px 10px 5px;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}
.post{
width:605px;
margin:0 0 20px 0;
border:0px red solid;
}

.post_top{
position: relative;
border-right: 3px #42a514 solid;
border-bottom: 1px #42a514 dotted;
height:40px;
/*background: #f6f6f6;*/
}
.post_bottom{
margin: 0 50px 0 50px;
height:3px;
background:url(images/line.jpg) repeat-x bottom;
}
.posttitle{
position:absolute;
top:0px;
left:5px;
font-size:18px;
font-family:arial;
color:#397aca;
border:0px red solid;

}
.posttitle a{
font-family:arial;
color:#397aca;
text-decoration:none;
}
.posttitle a:hover{
font-family:arial;
text-decoration:underline;
color:#42a514;
}
.date {
position:absolute;
font-family:arial;
top:24px;
right: 20px;
font-size: 10px;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}
.author{
position:absolute;
font-family:arial;
font-size:11px;
top:24px;
left:5px;
}
.author a{
text-decoration:none;
}
.author a:hover{
text-decoration:underline;
}
.info {
line-height: 2em;
font-size: 9px;
padding:10px 10px 5px 10px;
color:#000000;
border:0px red solid;
}
.category{
padding:2px 0 2px 20px;
background:url(images/category.jpg) no-repeat top left;
}
.bubble{
padding:2px 0 2px 20px;
background:url(images/bubble.jpg) no-repeat left top;
}
.tags{
padding:2px 0 2px 20px;
background:url(images/tags.jpg) no-repeat left top;
}

.entry {
color: #000000;
line-height: 1.6em;
text-align: justify;
padding: 5px 15px 0px 15px;
}

.navigation {
font-size: 12px;
padding: 30px 0px 30px 0px;
}

.sorry {
font-size: 11px;
font-style: italic;
margin: 8px 0px 0px 0px;
padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
border: 1px dashed #ccc;
background:#ffffff;
}

/*** comment ***/
#postmetadata {
font-size: 11px;
margin: 10px 0px 20px 0px;
padding: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
}
#comments{
padding:0 20px 0 20px;
}
.nocomments {background: none; color: #000000;}

.commenttitle {
color: #000000;
font-size: 13px;
text-align: left;
font-weight: bold;
margin: 0px 0 20px 0;
padding: 2px 0px 2px 0px;
font-variant: normal;
border-bottom: 1px dashed #397aca;
}
.commentlist {list-style: none;margin:0px;padding:0px;}

.commentbody {
height:100%;
color: #000000;
font-size: 12px;
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;
padding: 0px 5px 1px 5px;
border: 0px solid #397aca;
background:#E1E1E1;
}

.commenthead {
height:34px;
color: #000000;
padding: 5px 0px 10px 0px;
margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;
border-bottom: 1px dashed #666;
background:#E1E1E1;
}
.adminbody {
height:100%;
color: #000000;
font-size: 12px;
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px;
padding: 0px 5px 1px 5px;
border: 0px solid #666;
background:#E1E1E1;
}
.adminhead {
height:32px;
color: #000000;
margin: 0px 0px 5px 0px;
padding: 5px 0px 5px 0px;
border-bottom: 1px dashed #666;
background:#E1E1E1;
}
.trackhead {
height:34px;
color: #000000;
margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;
padding: 5px 0px 10px 40px;
border-bottom: 1px dashed #666;
background: #E1E1E1 url(images/track.gif) no-repeat center left;
}
.trackbody {
height:100%;
color: #000000;
font-size:12px;
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;
padding: 0px 5px 1px 5px;
border: 0px dashed #666;
background:#E1E1E1;
}

.avatar {
float: left;
margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px;
padding: 0px;
background: #ffffff;
}
.commentcount {
float: right;
color: #aaaaaa;
font-size: 20px;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
padding: 5px 0px 0px 0px;
font-family: Georgia, Times, ‘Times New Roman’, serif;
}
.authorlink {color: #000000; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;line-height:1.5em;}
.authorlink a {color: #000000; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;line-height:1.5em;}
.commentlink {font-size: 10px; color: #000000;}

.trackbody p a {color: #000000;}

#commentform {
margin:0;
padding:20px 0 0 0;
}
#email, #author, #url {
color: #000000;
background: #ffffff;
font-size: 12px;
padding-left: 2px;
vertical-align: middle;
border: 1px solid #397aca;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
}
#comment {
width: 500px;
color: #000000;
font-size: 12px;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
border: 1px solid #397aca;
padding: 2px 2px 2px 2px;
}
#submit {
width: 80px;
height: 20px;
color: #000000;
font-size: 12px;
background: #ffffff;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
padding: 0px 10px 2px 10px;
border: 1px solid #397aca;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
}

/***** widget *****/
#wp-calendar td {font-size:11px;color:#999999;}
#wp-calendar td a {font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;}
#wp-calendar {
width: 210px;
text-align: center;
font-size:11px;
color:#397aca;
}
.wp-caption { /*images caption*/
text-align: center;
color:#666666;
}

.textwidget { /*text box*/
margin:5px 0px 5px 5px;
}

#akismetwrap{
margin:2px 0 2px 45px;
}
.rsswidget img {
margin-top:2px;
margin-left:-15px;
padding:0px;
background:#ff0 fixed;
}

#sidebar h1 a.rsswidget{
margin-left:-3px;
color: #42a514;
text-decoration:none;
}