What you wrote was actually very reasonable.
However, consider this, suppose you added a little content?
I am not suggesting your content isn't good., but suppose you
added a headline to maybe grab people's attention?
I mean FlipSide is kinda boring. You could peek at
Yahoo's front page and note how they create article headlines to grab people
interested. You might add a related video or a pic or two to grab readers excited
about everything've got to say. Just my opinion, it could make your blog a little livelier.