java script only seems to run when reloading page while firebug console is open...?!

Thanks for your suggestion. Yet the issue still persists...

See anything suspect with this?

// msg = "loaded 40";
// console.log( msg );

// an after-the-DOM is loaded wrapper,
// this makes the menus slide up and disappear as soon as the page is visible,
// as well as holds conditional slide up/down logic for correctly configured content (see comments below):
// $(function() {  <- this is the jquery after-the-DOM style, while below is the Drupal method:
Drupal.behaviors.initBlakeLogic = function() {

  // console.log( "inside initBlakeLogic!" );
  
  // upon page render, slide the menus up to show the user that there is stuff hidden:
  $('.menu').fadeOut();
    
  // This logic makes the menus slide down upon mouseover of their sidebar:
  $( '#sidebar-last' ).bind( "mouseenter", function() {
                             $('.menu').fadeIn();
                            });
  
           
  // links with a class of "content-hideable" have a "rel" attribute equal to the id of content
  // that should be 'hidden' or 'revealed' upon a mouse click, accomplished via an animated toggle: 
  $('.content-hideable').each( function() {
                              
                              // the content is originally visible, and this will make it
                              // disappear in front of the user upon 1st page render:
                              var rel = $(this).attr('rel');
                              if (rel) {
                                 $('#'+rel).animate( { opacity: "hide", height: "hide" }, 3000 );
                              }
                                
                              // and attaches a callback to toggle the elements visibility:
                              $(this).click( function() {
                                               var rel = $(this).attr('rel');
                                               if ( rel ) {
                                                  $('#' + rel).animate( { opacity: "toggle", height: "toggle" }, 1000 );
                                               }  
                                               return false;
                                           });
                          });

// this is the ending of the jquery wrapper insuring the DOM is loaded:
// }); <- old jquery logic, new Drupal below:
};