TypePad Anyone???

Alright, I'm going to put this question out to the Universe (uh...the online universe anyway)....

I've been really admiring some Typepad blogs and I'm considering maybe switching (from blogger.com).... except that blogger is F-R-E-E and type pad is like three bucks a month....three schmee, that's like nothing....unless I wouldn't really be getting anything better for my money...

So here is ZEE QUESTION-ONY.... DOES ANYONE HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH TYPEPAD? What do you think of it???

My biggest complaint with blogger is that lack of ability to really change my layout (besides altering the width of some of the columns and the colors). I'd love to have just a simplistic drag and drop sort of thing... Also, a feature that I love about some blogs is that you can click a button when visiting them to be alerted when there are new posts....does typepad have that feature?

ANYONE?? Throw me a bone!