i went through and updated most of the pages on my site. i moved the pages from static files on my server to part of the MySQL database accessed through WordPress.
it should make it easier for me to update stuff, plus all menus should auto-update with any layout i go with. in fact, one of the most noticable changes is the new menu system on the left of the main page. it only shows 1 level deep in the virtual directory structure, but clicking any page link that has more pages linked under it should show a secondary menu.
the only side effect from this is the fact all the pages will have a current post date on them, instead of when they were really written. so the date may be off by 10 years on some articles!