But it wasn't my fault.  Our host, Blogdrive, was tinkering with the server and I wasn't able to post for about 20 hours.

Everyone who blogs has had server problems of one type or another.  For a site that only requires one ad at the top to remain a free server, I haven't seen anything out there in over two years that is superior.

Mind you, there are a lot of superior sites that don't charge much, but you get what you pay for in this life. I'll always be open to switching servers, and someday might be interested in paying for this hobby.  In the meantime, let me know if there is a free blog server out there with all the features I enjoy here -- reliable servers, simple url, wysiwyg post editors, trackback capable, permalinks, comments, completely configurable css layout, recent post quick links like I have at the top of the right hand sidebar, plus maybe a feature or two I don't have which will make the move worth while.

Yeah, being down for a day got my attention, so I'm shopping.

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UPDATE: Did I say one ad? The pricks seem to have slipped a google ad banner in on me.  Very clever, and unremovable too.  Yep, I'm shopping.

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OK, Okay, the mistery ad was crosslinking nonsence with the "dubya dashboard."  I'm still shopping, but not as pissed.