Maybe what you want to do is write a blog post introducing the blog, providing context as to why the blog authors are notable and what some upcoming stories are, and then link to that, instead of just the blog front page.

That already exists, and maybe I should have linked it instead, you're right. But I imagine one post is enough for today :)

Here it is for those interested, though: http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/posts/gregory/welcome.html