Columns : Online Community

• Let's Get Graphic on the Web (Added: 11-May-2000 Hits: 119) ^popular
  A guidebook to graphics, photos, and clipart for your all Web and Themestream needs.

• Urban Legends: The Misnomers of American Society (Added: 7-May-2000 Hits: 136) ^popular
  This article debunks several Internet urban legends and gives tips of finding out what's true and what isn't.

• A Brief Primer on the Irc (Added: 17-May-2000 Hits: 97) ^popular
  A quick guide to using the IRC.

• I Was Scammed on the Internet (Added: 23-May-2000 Hits: 114) ^popular
  Stories of being scammed on the Internet, and how to avoid it.

• Texas Sports on the Web (Added: 1-Jun-2000 Hits: 55) ^popular
  A look at Texas sports teams' websites and the company behind them.

• Yesterday Is Here Again (Added: 10-Jun-2000 Hits: 145) ^popular
  A look at nostalgic websites.

• Getting Your Hard Drive Into Recovery (Added: 17-Jul-2000 Hits: 172) ^popular
  Tips and trick on keeping your hard drive working and what to do when it finally gives up the ghost.

Columns : Web In Review

• Web in Review: Anaconda (Added: 12-May-2000 Hits: 109) ^popular
  A review of the Amazon Books script that maximizes your earnings with the amazon affiliate program.

• Web in Review: Overstock.com (Added: 12-May-2000 Hits: 146) ^popular
  A review of the power buying site Overstock.com.

• Postcards from the Edge of the Web (Added: 8-May-2000 Hits: 116) ^popular
  A review of one of the many websites from which you can send electronic postcards.

• Web in Review: ArtToday (Added: 26-Apr-2000 Hits: 120) ^popular
  A review of the clipart and webart website ArtToday.

• Smartship.com (Added: 15-May-2000 Hits: 84) ^popular
  A review of Smartship.com

• Appcity.com (Added: 22-May-2000 Hits: 123) ^popular
  A review of the online PIM appcity.com.

• Sameday.com (Added: 3-Jun-2000 Hits: 82) ^popular
  When you need same day shipping, where else can you go but Sameday.com?

• Half.com - Buy Low, Sell Even Lower! (Added: 17-Jul-2000 Hits: 129) ^popular
  A review of Half.com, a service where you can buy and sell used books, music, games, and much, much more!

Columns : Weird Websites

• Don't Take Any Wooden Nickels (Added: 8-Jun-2000 Hits: 121) ^popular
  A look at some of the weirdest sites on the Web.

• Recipes for Weirdness on the Web (Added: 17-Jul-2000 Hits: 252) ^popular
  If you've been around the Internet for any length of time at all, you've probably already had a taste of the unique brand of weirdness that the medium has to offer. But have you really tasted that weirdness? Herein, find five different recipes for Weirdness on the Web, gourmet style. Put away your cook books and enjoy the ride!

Computers

• Sticky Business: How to Uninstall Nasty Applications (Added: 14-Apr-2000 Hits: 170) ^popular
  An articles about avoiding the pitfalls of uninstalling Windows software.

Essays

• Freewill vs. Predestiny: An Essay (Added: 11-May-2000 Hits: 209) ^popular
  An honest look at freewill vs. predestination philosophies.

• Summertime (Added: 4-May-2000 Hits: 110) ^popular
  A short essay by Andee DeRouen, reprinted here with her permission.

• State of the Are for a While (Added: 15-Apr-2000 Hits: 108) ^popular
  With technology improving by leaps and bounds, anything we buy today is bound to be obsolete tomorrow.

• What Summer Means to Me (Added: 17-Jul-2000 Hits: 203) ^popular
  What summer used to mean to me and what it means to me now are two entirely different things. An essay about love and loss.

Essays : Health

• Cancer: Surviving the Fear (Added: 4-May-2000 Hits: 147) ^popular
  A story about my first wife's battle against cancer, circa 1994.

Essays : Writing

• Writing Right (Added: 18-Apr-2000 Hits: 106) ^popular
  Tips and advice on common spelling and grammar mistakes.

• Musings (Added: 14-Apr-2000 Hits: 111) ^popular
  A humorous look at where Joe gets his inspiration.

Fiction

• Round Robin Fiction Write-off Announcement (Added: 18-May-2000 Hits: 106) ^popular
  This is an announcement of and introduction for the Round Robin Fiction Write-off sponsored by Joe DeRouen and themestream1@egroups.com.

Fiction : Fantasy

• A Ghost Story part I (Added: 1-May-2000 Hits: 173) ^popular
  A love story gone astray.

• A Ghost Story part II (Added: 1-May-2000 Hits: 147) ^popular
  A love story gone astray.

• A Chance Meeting In The Park (Added: 29-Apr-2000 Hits: 141) ^popular
  A Chance not taken may never come around again.

• Djiin! I Win! (Added: 12-Apr-2000 Hits: 93) ^popular
  A clever story about an erstwhile young genie that never seems to do anything right.

• Far Beyond These Castle Walls (Added: 13-Apr-2000 Hits: 96) ^popular
  A fiction piece using Chris de Burgh song titles.

• A Curious Little Treasure (Added: 21-May-2000 Hits: 110) ^popular
  A grieving young woman finds a curious little treasure in her dead grandmother's attic... part one of the Themestream1 round-robin writeoff!

• Sex, Love, and D&D (Added: 6-Jun-2000 Hits: 97) ^popular
  Playing Dungeons and Dragons and hanging out in AOL chat rooms was always easy for Roger. Real life, though, well, that was something else entirely.

• A Curious Little Treasure chapter eight (Added: 17-Jul-2000 Hits: 119) ^popular
  Chapter eight in the Themestream1 Mailing List round-robin write-off.

• A Curious Little Treasure chapter nine (Added: 17-Jul-2000 Hits: 120) ^popular
  Chapter nine in the Themestream1 Mailing List round-robin write-off.

• A Curious Little Treasure chapter ten (Added: 17-Jul-2000 Hits: 115) ^popular
  Chapter ten in the Themestream1 Mailing List round-robin write-off.

Fiction : Humor

• It's All Greek to Uncle Thaddeus (Added: 10-May-2000 Hits: 120) ^popular
  A shaggy dog story, full of bad puns.

• Dork Shadows (Added: 15-May-2000 Hits: 95) ^popular
  Your computer repairman may not be all that he seems.

Humor

• Haikus Inspired By Themestream Downtime (Added: 9-Jun-2000 Hits: 132) ^popular
  Strange haikus from a strange man

• Joe Takes on the Dallas Stars (Added: 10-Jun-2000 Hits: 137) ^popular
  A humourous story based on a real-life incident

Humor : Fiction

• It's All Greek to Uncle Thaddeus (Added: 10-May-2000 Hits: 120) ^popular
  A shaggy dog story, full of bad puns.

Humor : Top Ten Lists

• Top Ten Reasons 8088's are Better than Pentiums (Added: 9-May-2000 Hits: 125) ^popular
  Ten ten humor comparing old computers to their newer cousins.

• Top Ten Most Used E-Mail Pickup Lines (Added: 8-May-2000 Hits: 58) ^popular
  A David Letterman-style list of the top ten most used pickup lines in e-mail.

• Top Ten Uses for Old Floppies (Added: 3-May-2000 Hits: 157) ^popular
  David Letterman-style Top Ten list - top ten Uses for Old 5 1/4 inch Floppy disks.

• Top Ten April Fools Day Computer Pranks (Added: 3-May-2000 Hits: 286) ^popular
  Ten different pranks to play on that PC user in your life. Please, folks, don't try this at home.

• Top Ten things the Easter Bunny Does the Rest of the Year (Added: 13-May-2000 Hits: 217) ^popular
  Top ten things the Easter bunny does when he's not delivering eggs.

Poetry

• A Collection of Poetry (Added: 24-May-2000 Hits: 143) ^popular
  Links to all of my poetry on Themestream.

Poetry : Dark

• Twirl (Added: 14-Apr-2000 Hits: 151) ^popular
  A dark poem that will leave you breathless.

• Love Scythes (Added: 14-Apr-2000 Hits: 123) ^popular
  My first published poem, and that's the best I can say about it.

Poetry : Fantasy

• Rain (Added: 24-May-2000 Hits: 116) ^popular
  A poem about regaining strength once lost.

Poetry : Love

• A Flower Falls Way (Added: 9-May-2000 Hits: 184) ^popular
  A poem written for Heather DeRouen on her birthday and, sadly, later read at her funeral.

• Enough For Me Again (Added: 20-Apr-2000 Hits: 117) ^popular
  The second part in a trilogy of poems.

• Enough For Me (Added: 17-Apr-2000 Hits: 152) ^popular
  The first poem of a trilogy.

• The Moment Now (Added: 14-Apr-2000 Hits: 91) ^popular
  A poem of loss and acceptance.

• Elizabeth (Added: 14-Apr-2000 Hits: 116) ^popular
  Maybe a crack will let some sunshine in?

• Still Enough For Me (Added: 14-Apr-2000 Hits: 108) ^popular
  The last in a trilogy of poems.

• These Are My Dreams (Added: 18-May-2000 Hits: 186) ^popular
  A poem written for my new bride Andrea SoRelle DeRouen.

• The Day You Married Me (Added: 26-May-2000 Hits: 73) ^popular
  A poem about wedding bliss.

Reviews

• Technology Review - eTrex GPS (Added: 17-Jul-2000 Hits: 208) ^popular
  A review of Garmin's new GPS eTrex - great for hiking, hunting, camping, and in general just trying to find your way around!

Reviews : Books

• Replay by Ken Grimwood (Added: 11-May-2000 Hits: 101) ^popular
  A review of the fantasy novel Replay.

• From the Teeth of Angels by Jonathan Carroll (Added: 28-Apr-2000 Hits: 95) ^popular
  Review of From the Teeth of Angels by Jonathan Carroll.

• Review of Winter Moon by Dean Koontz (Added: 27-Apr-2000 Hits: 112) ^popular
  A review of Dean Koontz's horror novel Winter Moon.

• Jumper by Steven Gould (Added: 20-Apr-2000 Hits: 105) ^popular
  Review of fantasy novel Jumper by Steven Gould.

• After Silence by Jonathan Carroll (Added: 19-Apr-2000 Hits: 97) ^popular
  Review of After Silence by Jonathan Carroll.

• The Thread that Binds the Bones by Nina Kiriki-Hoffman (Added: 19-Apr-2000 Hits: 67) ^popular
  Review of fantasy novel The Thread that Binds the Bones by Nina Kiriki-Hoffman.

• Zeus and Co. by David Lee Jones (Added: 19-Apr-2000 Hits: 81) ^popular
  Review of fantasy novel Zeus and Co. by David Lee Jones .

• Moby Dick: Saint or Sinner? (Added: 16-May-2000 Hits: 101) ^popular
  A research paper on and a review of Herman Melville's Moby Dick.

Reviews : Music

• Legacy II CD Review (Added: 12-May-2000 Hits: 77) ^popular
  A review of the singer/songwriter folk collection Legacy II.

• Natick by Rick Lee CD (Added: 8-May-2000 Hits: 101) ^popular
  A review of folk singer Rick Lee's first album.

• Here We Are: An Asheville Sampler CD review (Added: 4-May-2000 Hits: 103) ^popular
  Here We Are: As Asheville Area Acoustic Songwriter CD Sampler review.

• This is Boston, Not Austin (Added: 3-May-2000 Hits: 88) ^popular
  Review of This is Boston, Not Austin CD.

• Fumbling Towards Ecstasty by Sarah McLachlan (Added: 28-Apr-2000 Hits: 88) ^popular
  A review of Sarah McLachlan's Fumbling Towards Ecstasy CD.

• Other Voices, Other Rooms by Nanci Griffith (Added: 27-Apr-2000 Hits: 87) ^popular
  A review of Nanci Griffith's Other Voices, Other Rooms CD.

• Now You Are My Home by Cliff Eberhardt (Added: 26-Apr-2000 Hits: 103) ^popular
  A review of folk singer Cliff Eberhardt's Now You Are My Home.

• Big Times in a Small Town (Added: 20-Apr-2000 Hits: 98) ^popular
  Big Times in a Small Town CD Review.

• Yes I Am by Melissa Etheridge (Added: 19-Apr-2000 Hits: 84) ^popular
  Review of Yes I Am by Melissa Etheridge.

• Coming Up for Air by David Massengill (Added: 19-Apr-2000 Hits: 102) ^popular
  Review of folk singer David Massengill's debut album Coming Up For Air.

• Chris de Burgh's Lady in Red: The Very Best (Added: 14-Apr-2000 Hits: 165) ^popular
  A review of Chris de Burgh's Lady in Red greatest hits CD.

• Chris de Burgh's Power of Ten (Added: 14-Apr-2000 Hits: 128) ^popular
  A review of Chris de Burgh's Power of Ten CD.

Reviews : Software

• Masterpieces of Infocom (Added: 24-Apr-2000 Hits: 120) ^popular
  Review of Activision's text adventure collection Masterpieces of Infocom.

• Shadow Company: Left For Dead (Added: 16-May-2000 Hits: 87) ^popular
  A review of Ubisoft's Shadow Company: Left For Dead.

• mIRC Chat Software (Added: 17-May-2000 Hits: 99) ^popular
  A review of the mIRC chat software.

• Aliens Versus Predator Gold Edition (Added: 24-May-2000 Hits: 82) ^popular
  A review of Fox Interactive's Aliens Versus Predator Gold Edition for the PC.

• Money 2000 Deluxe Vs. Quicken 2000 Deluxe (Added: 26-May-2000 Hits: 105) ^popular
  A head-to-head review of the two top financial programs available today.

Themestream Forum

• Talk Back: Tell It Like It Is (Added: 9-May-2000 Hits: 129) ^popular
  Joe's opinion on Themestream's Talk Back system.

• Examining Themestream's Terms of Service (Added: 5-May-2000 Hits: 151) ^popular
  Is posting your articles and stories to mailing lists and newsgroups against Themestream's Terms of Service? This article explains why it isn't.

• New Mailing List for Themestream Authors (Added: 13-May-2000 Hits: 167) ^popular
  An announcement for the new egroups Themestream mailing list.

• New E-Mail Discussion Group for Themestream Authors (Added: 28-Apr-2000 Hits: 147) ^popular
  More about the new egroups mailing list for Themestream authors.

• Themestream1 Mailing List Grows by Leaps and Bounds (Added: 5-Jun-2000 Hits: 140) ^popular
  The story of an Internet Mailing List gone right.

• An Unbiased Look at Themestream (Added: 12-Jun-2000 Hits: 84) ^popular
  A review of Themestream originally written for Dallas, Texas-based print magazine The Link.