thanks. I put in a lot of effort on this one ;)

I'd love to alpha test!

Thanks!

Similar to your own failings @human3rror, my wife and I have a cat who's poo I have to change because she's pregnant, but its not daily as it should be. On a good day, I'll change it regularly, only to leave the poop in a bag right outside the door. Smell's awesome.

it goes back and forth. I normally win, but it's always a good game.

Well, there are definite free options. The first step is knowing whether or not you care if you have your own unique domain name. For example, if you go to http://wordpress.com, you can sign up for a free wordpress account, which would come with a "http://yourname.wordpress.com" domain.
However, if you want to go the paid route, Dreamhost is decent, and GoDaddy has pretty good prices.
The thing you need to be careful with (in regards to GoDaddy), is that owning a domain is not the same thing as having hosting. You need both in order to run a website/blog.

Hope that helps you some more. Feel free to ask all you want, I was a nerd in training once (still am).

I own the domain. It's currently hosted through mediatemple, but there are cheaper hosts out there. As far as what's under the hood, I'm using wordpress to manage all the content, I use the thesis framework (specifically built for wordpress), and then I code my own design off of the framework.
Hope that helps.

I've seen that clip. However, it won't sway me from my commitment to Chuck Norris or the Total Gym that he endorses ;)

no sir I have not.

great design John!