People on this forum seem to forget that blogging is just one way to make money online, and it's not even a very good way. In order to make any really good money at blogging, you have to be big time like Steve.
There are lots of other great ways to make money online that will yield much better results. Check out some of the more popular forums like
digitalpoint,
sitepoint, and
wickedfire to get a taste for whats out there.
Making money online isn't really hard or time consuming if you're creative. Most of it is learning and then putting your ideas into action. If you really like writing about a topic, then go for it, but if you're just pumping out articles on a subject you're not really interested in, think of something else to put your time into.