Help! I am having site troubles tonight

Hello everyone.

I hope you don't mind a bit of a break from the all the primary excitement; or disappointment depending on who you support, but I need some computer help.  Or maybe I need some site help, I'm not quite sure.

Come below and I'll explain.

I have been a regular on this site since the winter of 2005.  I was so happy to of found a place where I could go to feel less alone after Kerry was cheated out of the Presidency in 2004.
Anyway, I'm not a big name around here or anything, but I do have some good friends on this site and I am always floored by the caliber of writing I find here.  My TU comes and goes depending on how ofter I am commenting etc...

Well, since yesterday not only did I lose my TU again, but all my settings for this site seem to be messed up and I don't have the slightest clue why?  I have my site preferences set to show the comments of every diary I click on, but for some reason it doesn't seem to be working tonight.
Can anyone tell me what I can do to fix it, or is it just a glitch that will go away on it's own?
My neighbor's yellow lab has more computer skills than I do, so I would appreciate any computer/internet advice.

Thanks for any help.

Peace to everyone.

•  And to thank anyone who tries to help me...

  I thought I'd post a photo of myself so you can see who you're helping :-)
  

  by angrybird on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 09:43:48 PM PDT

  •  Ha! Makes me want to come right over!

    But it's pretty much what begone says above. If it's still gummed up tomorrow, you might see if the neighbor's lab has any good ideas. ;>)

    by perro amarillo on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 09:51:33 PM PDT

    •  LOL!

      And you're welcome to drop in anytime! ;-)

      by angrybird on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 09:56:33 PM PDT

•  ct shuts down aspects of the site

  when traffic gets heavy, like it did tonight.

  It'll be fine tomorrow.

  by MTmofo on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 09:44:06 PM PDT

  •  Thank you....

    and here I thought it was something I did, I feel better now :-)

    by angrybird on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 09:46:28 PM PDT

  •  That's why I lost my TU status even though

    I got plenty of mojo two days ago.

    Not that it's anything to get worked up over...no obvious trolls tonight.

    by Ice Blue on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 09:57:53 PM PDT

    •  I don't know about that. My TU

      didn't flicker today.  It's all about the commenting and hoped for mojo that keeps TU alive, AFAIK.

      by MTmofo on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 10:01:48 PM PDT

    •  well, My mojo

      Mine seemed to go away today, too.
      But I do know the commenting is the most important, and dolling out mojo.

      So Let's Go!

      by CalNM on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 10:04:26 PM PDT

•  Oh, angrybird, don't worry. It's primary night

  and comments are disabled unless you click on them, and
  the site is slower than molasses due to New Hampshire
  mania.

  But here's a rec.

  by begone on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 09:46:29 PM PDT

  •  Thank you so much begone....

    and the tips will help bring my TU back :-)

    by angrybird on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 09:47:37 PM PDT

    •  I love how you make it personal, angrybird.

      so here's a little personal love back atcha:

      

      by begone on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 09:54:33 PM PDT

      •  Who's the little one begone? n/t

        by angrybird on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 09:57:05 PM PDT

        •  He's the downhill skier extraordinaire

          grandson.

          I'm the snowman.

          by begone on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 09:59:30 PM PDT

          •  LOL! You don't look old enough....

            to even have grandchildren!  What's your secret?

            by angrybird on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 10:01:52 PM PDT

            •  Photography w/the right lighting.

              LOL is right!

              by begone on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 10:07:48 PM PDT

•  Possibly just a high traffic glitch.

  ct's had to do a little tinkering tonight to keep things running.  Things will probably be ironed out for you by tomorrow.

  I'm impressed that they haven't had to strip out the blogroll or other functionality yet just to keep things moving.  The site's holding together pretty well.

  by martianchronic on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 09:47:59 PM PDT

•  You should have been here election

  Night 2004. It was Nuts. Kept crashing every few minutes. Wild Ride.

  by Chamonix on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 09:50:39 PM PDT

  •  I think it was shortly after the 2004 elections..

    that I found this site.  It was through a link from Michael Moore's site of all things :-)

    by angrybird on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 09:54:50 PM PDT

    •  based on your uid it looks like that is true

      I got here from Dean and Trippy talking about Dkos on The Tweety Show.

      by Chamonix on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 10:19:54 PM PDT

•  I was freaking out on Iowa night...

  with the same problems. Great picture, too, btw.

  by blueteam on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 09:52:17 PM PDT

  •  Thank you for the compliment...

    I'm just trying to make the net a little more personal :-)

    by angrybird on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 09:58:07 PM PDT

    •  Well, not to be too personal...

      I love that top. And with those shoes? Fabulous.

      by blueteam on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 10:02:32 PM PDT

      •  Thank you ;-)

        by angrybird on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 10:13:28 PM PDT

•  peace!

  Dang, I lost my TU tonight as well, after just getting it back. I don't have that much time to comment during the weekdays and don't go to many mojo-fest diaries, so I lose my TU most of the time...

  That's a groovy pic. thanks for posting and good luck with the site glitches.

  by CalNM on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 09:54:11 PM PDT

  •  Thank you for the groovy compliment ;-)

    by angrybird on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 09:59:09 PM PDT

    •  right on!

      by CalNM on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 10:01:59 PM PDT