Taming Blogger

I'm just getting started on this blog thing, so I haven't gotten to complain much yet about the engine I'm using. Some current frustrations:

• No standard way to put code snipets. I'm almost missing MoinMoin syntax here. The "pre" tag is going to have to do for a while until I find a better solution.
• HTML littering if you try to spell-check. I got:

  span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"

  all over the place. Even around the ones that I fixed. Arrrg.

Very, very frustrating.