Why does blogging have to be so hard, confusing, costly and time=consuming to set up?

Do others feel intimidated by domain costs, host costs and how to start?

I only want to give this a go to see if its for me, gain experience, have a laugh and get legal exposure.

I don’t want to initially get tied into a monthly domain subscription, a yearly host fee and a whole lot of other hidden payments.

If anyone reads this who have honest, free and helpful suggestions of how to get some confidence and experience then please come  forward and give me some tips.

I wouldn’t buy a car without asking to take it for a test drive free of charge so why a BLOG?

Please help me before I go even more mad than I am already.

Lord Frog awaits your comments so please leave me one..or two..

Thanks.