Hehe. Look like they finally merged it, huh? :)
I really like the thinking here, but man, I'm just not sure it's worth it for me over something like wordpress. The fact of the matter is, I'm not going to be the only only one blogging on the site i'm currently putting together. I would LOVE to use octopress, but I just don't think the rest of the team is going to go for it, especially without the publish on future date feature readily available.
Thanks for the writeup!