So, after trying a lot of themes to see which I really like and what actually works the way I want it to, I have found these themes, which are decent:

• foundation-default-colors +++
• storm ++++
• blue-penguin ++++
• pelican-sober +++++
  • I really like the look of this one, but I can't get the menu items I want
  • I really like the "last posts" (or something like that) at the bottom of the page
• bootstrap2 ++++
• elegent ++++++
  • something to look at as it's supposed to have a lot built in with it, so ...
  • search
  • comments
  • etc
• fresh +++++
• dev-random2 +++++++++
  • by far, this does the best for what I want
  • it's in French, so will need to change it
  • there are a few things that, stylisticly, I would like to change
  • it's simple and clean though

So, now that I have around 80 articles (mostly tips right now, but I'm going to get a lot more coming soon), it's nice to be able to see them better.