don said:

Close, but I don't think close enough.

ok, cool. thank you. just thought i'd ask. i'd be interested in playing with it, though, if you've got it up and available somewhere, or if i can install it on my own site, just to see exactly how "close" it comes...

I appreciate what Steve Jobs said recently

i've hated adobe for a long, long, long time... but yeah, at one time, i did respect their work. now it just seems shoddy. bloated and shoddy.

What I'd recommend you consider is building on the WordPress blog engine.

sounds like too much overhead cruft to me... i like to be close to the metal.

Another reasonable alternative might te Google Docs/Google Apps.

sounds like more cruft. i'll stick with perl... thanks again. -bowerbird