Re: very simple one-thread customization?
> using wordpress would work and that’s a good thought,
> but I would have to customize it quite a bit I think…?
No, not at all. Find a theme you like, create a static page, make that your home page, strip out the stuff you don’t want in the sidebar (for archives, pages, categories, search, blogroll, meta, etc) and that’s it. One topic with comments.
Or, a guestbook 
