To blog or not to blog

I've begun a standalone consumer/style blog using iWeb '09. I intend to grow it and have it become a possible "part time job". I publish it to FTP rather than MobileMe, so I know I lose some functionality right off the bat (search, comments). As I'm just starting off, I have a choice of doing it "on my own" with iWeb/web hosting, OR I could go with one of the more seemingly robust, albeit more cookie-cutter blog hosting sites like Blogspot. I just don't want to be 6 months into this and realize iWeb somehow isn't robust enough, and then have to start over.
Can anyone speak to the advantages of one over the other? I want the most control and versatility, and I like the idea of having my own url, as opposed to appending to some blog hosting site name... however I get the feeling when this gets bigger, it'll outgrow iWeb's capability.
Thanks for any insight!
Dave

Dave ~ It looks very good. And, with the tabs, you'll be able to expand as needed. It's also possible to make a tab link directly to an external URL — see HERE.
A tip for giving "flat" images in your blog some depth, is to use Picturesque — they have what they call +"Awesome 3D perspective"+. Along with a reflection, it creates quite a nice effect:
By the way, rather than posting your URL like this:
www.bamboofetish.com
...include the prefix to make it clickable — like this:
http://bamboofetish.com
And, just to feed your "fetish", bamboo is used to good effect in the banner image of this blog:
http://presentationzen.blogs.com

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