Well I observed your site and I found following things: 1.Your header does not match with the content of your site. 2.In your header there are only two links which are "Home" and "About" Nothing else. 3.Other things are pretty ok. So work on your header and give new look to it!
Sure, I'll be removing the calendar sooner or later. I'm just thinking on what to put in replacement for the calendar.
looks decent enough. I always think blogs should have bigger fonts for easy readability, so probably you may want to try that.