I have sort of waited... :)

I prefer standalone wordpress installs, myself. That's what I use and have set up a fair number of folks on, including tenkara-fisher... I usually also use my real identity.
I am also bad at blogging. Don't really have the time I would like to do it, but do enjoy it.

My own sites:

www.gusstrand.com/blog
www.servicemattersblog.com

and other installs I've done for folks that populate them on their own:
www.tenkara-fisher.com
www.brianwittenbrook.com
www.oregonflyguide.com (Dave has not updated in a long time...)