Go to draft.blogger.com, go to your blog, choose Layout and then click on "Template Designer." You have much more control over the layout, and you can test your changes instantly.
It doesn't quite do what I want to do with this blog, but it is a nice feature that can make the CSS-challenged amongst us create beautiful (and probably very ugly) blogs.
Consider this an open thread....and check out my tweets, as I add interesting articles from others a few times a day.
