"Real HTML" in blogger

Ok, first things first... If you're a control freak like I am and want to actually use "real" HTML (tables, div, etc.) in your posts to blogger, the first thing you should do is disable the automatic conversion of line breaks to the <br /> tag.

Of course, then you'll have to explicitly add <br /> tags to format your posts, but at least then you won't waste an hour trying to figure out why your tables look atrocious. (Not that I did that or anything ;)

To do this, log in, hit the "Settings" tab, then the "Formatting" tab, then set "Convert Line Breaks" to "No".

In other words "Settings"->"Formatting"->"Convert Line Breaks" = "No".