<i>Nobody likes the unfamiliar.</i><p>Then why is your blog dim white letters on a black background?<p>The first thing my reptilian brain thought was that this was some kind of left-brained new-age artistic fluff.  But it's not.  You have important points to make.<p>So do your readers (and back button pushers) a favor and practice what you preach.  Combine your artistic tendencies with a more familiar, more functional white background and reach more of us.  You <i>can</i> do both.