Learning the ropes

Well, still learning my way around Blogspot here.
So with my main goal being the experimentation with podcasting here I've done a little research.
Here I can dial an area code 415 phone # and leave up to a 5 minute message, or a string of them.
Long distance call but no other charges.
LiveJournal (can I write that here?) has local access hone numbers for the same purpose but you need to have a paid account. I'll have to mull that one over.