I would say the spruce of the sidebar a little bit. I think you could use it to help navigate through your website a bit more. Aside from the search bar I don't think it does a very good job of that now. I think the text is too small and doesn't stand out.
I have added thumbnails on Top, sidebar and also make a separate page for HOTLINKS where visitors can submit links to their sites and share with wittymag.com readers. I hope the new changes make the site more cool