While struggling to find a decent option for commenting on the Blogger site, I was also looking at alternative hosts to see what they offered.  I came across 
BlogSome, which is a 
free WordPress host.  Perfect!  I've used WP a little bit before and I knew it was a very robust system.  So I've ported 
dietgrrl.blogspot.com over into 
dietgrrl.blogsome.com and it's looking pretty good so far.  My first attempt at setting up 
Kristine's template didn't go too well, so I will need to play around a bit; meanwhile I've put in a nice template that will work in the interim.  Who knows, I may even end up making this a fully-featured blog, with a blogroll and everything!  I still have to tell Google AdSense where my new site is, but I'll do that after lunch.