Bugs like this are making me consider going back to FONT tags. Wait-a-minute, I could get the blink tag in there too…Long live Web 0.1!

Internet Explorer Bug: Vanishing Content

If the specified width is not a percentage, then the absolutely positioned element will disappear when the window is horizontally resized. If the specified width is a percentage, it will disappear as the window is rezized, but reappear when it is resized.