[Ahni]

ah! I went to trackdown what I added, and realized I was calling the author ID, which is evidently wrong… but this allowed me to get the profile of the logged in user:

<a href="<?php global $userdata;

get_currentuserinfo();

echo('http://intercontinentalcry.mahost.org/discussions/profile.php?id=' . $userdata->ID . '');

?>">Your Profile</a></li>

Thanks trent! You may have only said five words, but they led me to the solution I was looking for – Ahni