[Tortoise]

So many people seem to dislike Wordpress but what alternatives are their if you want to host your own blog?

[JayNeely]

There are tons. Ghost, Moveable Type, Textpattern, Octopress, Statamic, Craft, PencilBlue, Dropplets, Anchor, Kirby, Expression Engine, Drupal, Lifetype, PivotX, Nibbleblog, Joomla, b2evolution, Publify, Jekyll, BlogEngine.net, Mezzanine... plenty more.

[A010]

Just for blogging? I'll stick with Ghost