I think that what you posted made a bunch of sense. But, think about this, suppose you added a little content? I am not saying your content is not good, but suppose you added a headline to maybe get folk's attention? I mean %BLOG_TITLE% is a little plain. You should look at Yahoo's front page and see how they create article titles to grab viewers to click. You might add a related video or a related pic or two to get readers interested about what you've got to say. Just my opinion, it might bring your blog a little bit more interesting.