Check out Mark Rose's new Blogger blog. He registered his domain name and posts to an FTP. In other words, it looks like his site but it's really on Blogger.
I'm working to set up the same thing with joenapalm.com
I, too, want the Old Joe back. He was acerbic, witty, and approachable in his off-plumb, yet honest, manner. The look of the new blog page is too antiseptic.
I hope so . . . I didn't get the other blog and it didn't seem as artistic to me.
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