[Skunkworks] Blog design - how?

Hi happy people, i need some serious help here. To blog designers, i once created a blogsite like 2yrs ago using the standard Google blogger templates - kennedy-nyarotho.blogspot.com (voted the most idle blog! :) . Thing is i need to create another but more professional and dynamic for some 'serious' cause asap. My Q is, is there some new other hard coded way of doing this or some much better templates available for this? Please if u knw, drop in a suggestion. And if you are a pro blog designer do drop me your contacts offlist and some of your works. Note that am in transit and googling using a phone isnt that interesting. Thanks n God bless y'all! -- People should know when they are conquered.