What does this mean regarding CSS validation?

When I attempt to validate my CSS file at W3C, I get this:

Errors
URI : file://localhost/Y:\jonathan\jonathan.css
Line: 0
Parse error - Unrecognized : <style type="text/css"> <!-- a:link { font-family: garamond; font-weight: bold; color: #00FA9A; text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14px; text-transform: none; }

What does that mean? How do I fix it? I attached my CSS file for you to look at. Thanks!

Chris

simply remove the <style> tag from the css file.
and the html commentary tags <!--

Thank you much, friend! I figured it was something simple and non-catastrophic. So you don't need those thngs in the CSS file itself, eh? Ok. I appreciate the quick response.

Chris