In order: 1) your blog will have to use their URL structure, /post/:id/:slug . But who is really bugged by that? Seems a sane structure to me. 2) fact. If dis

In order: 1) your blog will have to use their URL structure, /post/:id/:slug . But who is really bugged by that? Seems a sane structure to me. 2) fact. If disqus comments are a showstopper for you, you've got to find a different service. 3) fact, but I see that as a positive, not a negative. Why in the world do you want your themes running native code? 4) Tumblr has static pages with arbitrary URLs. Here's a screenshot of the interface: http://img.skitch.com/20100507-edeg31uwc25t9hkumww2j9hk4b.jpg http://img.skitch.com/20100507-edeg31uwc25t9hkumww2j9hk4b.jp... Tumblr has a great bookmarklet, a good iphone app, a good community, reasonable uptime, and a good admin and customization interface. I don't recommend their group blogs, though I have several, but I highly recommend their service for one person.