Five seconds later, I have my first answer - the place I'd like to start blogging is called "Blogger.com" and you don't need to be logged in to read the blogs, but you do have to have an account to post a response. It's free, and you can set up really fast, and it's really easy to start your own blog there. The site is at
http://www.blogger.com/start I have a few blogs set up for experimental purposes, but I'm not entirely ready to reveal their names, yet. Feel free to try and locate them, if you'd like.
sam