WOW! You certainly make some un-arguable (is that a word?? lol) points there -- if they do all that, then I guess it IS past time I get my feet wet! I did play around with Google's free blog a while back -- just nonsense, really, to see how they work and such. However, I don't want a "freebie" one -- will set up my own.
(Anyone know if Word Press is good? Seems I read a lot of positive comments on that one).
Thanks Linda, sincerely appreciate your feedback!