I agree with the lack of vertical alignment. It's not just you, many people have the same view, and there's a reason it's been used in newspapers. And there's a reason it's not used when the content and layout is generated automatically, but I'm going to work on a solution.
I've added an option to change images to color or remove them. You can view the comments by clicking 'SEE COMMENTS' at the end of the blurb. I'll look into making it into a PWA.