Welcome to the Homepage of (drumroll, please) Michael A. Rouse of Jacksonville, Oregon. I realize this page is gaudy and more than a little bizarre (grin), but it's meant to be a reflection of my personality. A pretty poor reflection, really, because in the "real" world where data is transmitted by analog sounds emitted by one human and received by another, and where some people -- those that can't handle science fiction and fantasy -- spend almost their entire lives (*gasp*), I generally do not come acrossed as loud, gaudy, boisterous, or similar words found in the nearest available thesaurus.    Anyway, to be honest this is a rough draft of a website -- I'm making a new front page, tacking on some old stuff I had on a three year old home page, and then will slowly add stuff I think is interesting, important, arguable, or at least bizarre.    Be warned that a lot of the links on the left are not working -- yet -- so if something catches your eye and it isn't working, wait a few days and it probably will pop up. Or you can e-mail me and ask me to hurry things up! (grin)