The overall impression for you was too noisy. Sorry about that. I'm in the process of slowly refining the design. I wanted to try serif fonts to evoke a sense of old newspapers. And, I went with the black and gray to be a little more "serious". But, now that you mention it, the article titles being a big headline, the excerpt being italicized and the meta information being plain text probably is a bit busy and heavy. I'll have to work on that. Thanks for the feedback. If you have any other feedback, I'd be all ears.