clear out the old, but keep the pages with custom layouts unchanged.
Half finished the new design

I decided to keep the old layout around for any posts with a custom
layout. I'm tired of porting the old pages forward. It's a pretty great
argument against custom layout, really.

The basic idea for the new design is there now. I just need to clean up
the footer, and take care of all the responsive breakpoints. Then do
some testing. Should be able to launch right away.
Text formatting

I really spent a bunch of time playing with the text trying to find
something I'm happy with. I think this might be close, but I'm going to
give it a day or two, then see what I think.
Footer update

I change the content and layout of the footer slightly, but it's the
same basic idea as before.
Article tweaks for new layout

I quickly ripped through my old posts, and made a few changes so that
they looked better with the new layout.