Post Disappears in Permalink & Another Question

I'm going cross-eyed from searching this forum, but I just can't find the answer to my questions.

If you take a look at the homepage: http://www.rundpinne.com all of the posts show up just fine. But, then, when you click on a link to go to a specific post, you get the title, but no content. (Example: http://www.rundpinne.com/2010/06/boo...nn-malott.html)

I have my permalinks set up like this: /%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%.html to help with the transition from blogger to wordpress.

Is that the problem? What should I have my permalinks set at?

Question #2: Is there any way to remove the dead space around the post content and between the content/sidebars and the page line? I'd like it all to connect if possible.

I'd really appreciate any help with both of these issues.