I'm trying to construct a good, self-hosted landing page.  It's about time I learned how to do that in Wordpress.  As I suspected, there is a good tutorial out there on stripping the Thesis theme down to the bare bones to make a perfect canvas for a sales letter.

Once I get that time, it's all about the copy.  I'll be asking for critiques....

http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/thesis/how-to-create-a-sales-letter-landing-page-with-wordpress-thesis-theme/