Podz, I hadn’t upgraded, but I did find the solution: http://wordpress.org/support/3/14367 was my exact problem and the exact solution I needed.
Mufflonen thank you! That is exactly the type of thing I was trying to do.
And since it didn’t use the <?php echo $PHP_SELF; ?> code it is working great.
Thank you again! 🙂
For the record I have set up a blog for a friend whos index hasn’t been modified at all and she is having the same problem.
The build I Have set up for her is 1.2.1 mingus.
Does anyone have any clues?