First, I would seriously like to to thank all judges and reviewers for the great reviews, criticisms, critiques, etc... When I submitted this piece to DJ Pretzel a while back, I never imagined that I'd create something that most people really would enjoy from the get go.  
Second, those "wrong notes" -- Wrong Notes is really a very bad way to describe what is there.  Creative Liberty on the Original Theme is what is meant when they say 'wrong notes'. They're not wrong, I deviate a little from the main theme (one note inserted between the space of two notes).  So to quickly answer that one : yes, it was deliberate, mostly becuase the end is supposed to be a piano improv, or at least that's the way I intended it to sound.  Like it or hate it.. there you have it. 
Thanks for everything folks.