For the record I actually like it. A lot of designers here at TFL get a little too "carried away" (to save the least) in design and completely miss the point.
The point of a website is to display content — in which you have succeeded. Another thing to add: a perfect design is something that isn't noticeable at all, which to most novice designers seems to be quite ironic. It's not too distracting, text shows up well, fast-loading.
A few things I would consider:
- Make the border on the posts lighter — go for #C0C0C0 or something.
- Put a border on the page numbers on the bottom
- The sidebar is too "tight", loosen it up a bit with padding and line-height.
- The footer is too empty, try to balance information out by adding BlogLinks and other brief content.
- Try changing the background-color in the posts area (not the posts themselves), it seems a little too strange having the same background color as the header if the separator between the header and content-area is as wide as the page itself.
Other than that, nice job! Best of luck with your blog (or blog design)
Linear Mode
Forum Contains New Posts 
Forum Contains No New Posts 
Forum is Closed