Just a heads-up for folks–I'm working on a new custom theme for the blog. I've been using the same theme for years now and I've gotten a little tired of it. I'm aiming for something more simple, minimalist, that emphasizes the text–pretty much the opposite of what many sites these days are doing, but it makes me happy.
One side-effect of this change: if you run a search on the blog right now, you'll see it is using JetPack's search capabilities, which are vastly better than the default WordPress search.
Wanted to put the notice here in case you come to the site and it looks different and you think you are in the wrong place. You are not. And I'll post more about the new theme once it is in production.