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Hey Nate,
I really like what you've done here. The layout is clean and fresh, Iove the colors.
What's problematic for me:
Menu (as Long noticed). I suggest that you put the menu topmost below the logo. It's a bit into the site right now and may confuse users.
What's with the content on the sidebar? Are those categories? If yes, I would name them that way.
The sitemap and vertical categories make no sense to me. Why are they there? I would go for most recent comment, featured post ... repeat the menu or something ... (back to top is cool).
Otherwise it's a like from me ;) Z.

Thanks for your post here Zeno. All good point, I'll look into them and see what I can do. Stay tuned!