[Arial]

Hey Beachbum. I too have recently started a weblog (few months now, but have been out of town with family issues and unable to update) and so far I'm enjoying it alot.

I've been scripting community driven websites for many years now, and as a result have always relied on my own scripts to perform for me. Of course, premade scrips (wordpress, blogger.com, etc) have their pros (easy to use RSS feeds, constant updates and support, etc) but in my oppinion, if you have a small amount of cash to spend, get your own domain and find someone with experience to design a custom blogging script for you. If you don't want to spend money just yet, wordpress seems to be very popular.

Good luck, and let us know when your all set up, there's plenty of quality blog traffic to trade with around here.

Arial xx