Yes, the right side is a big culprit indeed, especially the links. They may use something to be less bland, maybe, but they shouldn't be so vivid as to throw the visual balance.
Also maybe something can be done about the gradient bar next to posts:

Maybe extend and curve them a little to fit the post blocks, so that they would look more complementary?
The comment field you demonstrated is fine by me - if only the text field should be more consistent. It should either be all black, without that gradient frame, or the gradient color should fill the whole field.


