@Hitch. On looking at your post again I think this is probably more what you were looking for in your third question, though it doesn't seem to be much help as it looks like the "#" characters in the file are only used in the color tags.
Code:
grep -i "#" part0000.xhtml
<p style="margin:0.00% 0.00%; line-height:200%; "><span style=" font-size:1.0rem">Website: </span><a href="http://www.christensenwriting.com/"><span style=" font-size:1.0rem; text-decoration:underline; color:#0000ff">http://www.christensenwriting.com</span></a></p>
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