Display issues - lines around icons, pointer, etc

As you can see in the link, there are some odd lines that cropped up recently and I for the life of me can't figure out why. Any ideas? The ones along the top dance around and when I open up pictures in iPhoto, the pictures get all jumbled too.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/belayme/screen.jpg
Please help!

*A few suggestions:*
Does this oddness still appear if you change your desktop pic?
Have you repaired permissions & restarted your computer?
Mac OS X 10.4 Help-My Dispay Doesn’t Look Right
If the above is of no help then you will need to do the following:
System Preferences>Display>Display
Check the Colors & Brightness settings.
My Color setting is set to Millions which I believe is the default setting.
Now click on the Color button.
Check Display Profile
Is Show profiles for this display only enabled or disabled?
If necessary click on the Calibrate button & do the necessary.
Now in the bottom right corner, click on the purple button w/the black ? mark in the middle. This will bring up the help window.
Midway down, click on the Colorsync Utility link.
The next window should be Profile First Aid.
Read & follow the instructions/details of About Profile First Aid: & do the necessary to Verify & Repair.
*Last but not least*, check to see if your model imac qualifies for one of the G5 iMac Repair Programs
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