Okay… back after a couple of hours of reading on the forum… and visiting other sites… here's what I've learned: there are different "incarnations" of the theme… and each of these has gotten more and more robust as time has gone by… I've also learned that the theme in the middle of the header banner is probably one of the older versions… I also had a chance to visit his site (did a google search on "joseph rose")… and I love the way it looks… gave me lots of ideas…
So… my questions has been answered… I'm even more of a clever little bastid now… ;-)
Thank you for making this theme… gonna have a chat with my coder… download the theme… make some mods… pay well-deserved tribute to your obvious genius…
Cheers!