http://www.livejournal.com/support/see_request.bml?id=20199
http://www.livejournal.com/support/see_request.bml?id=20356
http://www.livejournal.com/support/see_request.bml?id=20357
It appears something has happened to the alignment of talkread.bml and has been reported in support (above links). The queries have all the required details.
If someone can suss this, that would be awesome.