Consider this an official welcome to the new and very much improved DDSS. The old Blogger template was not only getting a bit cramped and outdated, but there was also a question of readability to be answered, especially when dealing with sorta-white text on a sorta-blackish background. The new template should provide a brighter and more comfortable reading experience for blog-goers.
All of the potential bugs have been ironed out save for one. For some reason, the front-page post pagination script doesn't like blog stories with quotation marks in the title. No clue why. I've already spent the good part of the day trying to get that sorted out. Fortunately, there's a simple workaround, but that involves going back through years of blog posts.
Nevertheless, everything's up and running, so enjoy.