[Morrigoon]

I've seriously considered the custom domain thing, and not quite ruled it out yet, to be honest. Especially since some options come with the blogging software. I don't know if it'll be quite as easy an interface as the public blog sites though, has anyone used "other" blog software? Is it all web interface? I won't want to do it if it requires an ftp connection just to update.

If I do the custom site thing, then that means the "name" has to tie it with an overall branding of the site. To which I would eventually splash for the idx connection to the MLS (my current site has it, but it's a "template" offered by and hosted through my company, and the search function sucks, to be hones). I am in the process of teaching myself flash animation, so truly, I could eventually have some flashy professional looking stuff up there. But a lot of this is blue-sky "down the road" kind of stuff, so I'm trying not to let it have more than a reasonable influence on the decision of where to blog.