Testing a new possible blog template.

I've been thinking I need a change-what do you all think of using this template for Frugal Upstate.

So what do you think? Is this more professional? Too cold? Please let me know.

I threw that picture in just to show you guys, but I'd get a better picture of myself done, maybe a 3/4 length or something. I probably would also get rid of the photo stream on the bottom, and turn the recent visitor part into something else-maybe recent comments? I like the links across the top with "home, about" etc, but again I'd probably change some of those to other titles/sections.