Well, I decided to change it so that my most recent posts — instead of a static page — shows up as the front page. So that SORT OF takes care of the problem. (The problem being that the recent posts weren’t visible enough the way I had it before.)
But I’d still rather have the posts themselves instead of lists of them show up when I click on “categories” or “archives”…
Anybody?
You can choose to make a static page your front page if you want from the options menu. (So I assume it works with any theme you choose.)
Just go to Options/Reading and it will let you pick a static page to use instead of your recent posts on the front page.
Hope that helps!