Maybe this has been covered, but Gamco is correct in using the favorites page to make navigation of this site easier. If you are only interested in the message boards, make the boards you visit "favorites" by clicking on the "Add Boardmarks" tab on the lower left of a message page. If your browser supports cookies, you can bookmark the favorites page, stay logged in, and thus go directly to the favorites page when you click on the bookmark. The favorites page lists your favorite boards and the number of unread messages. You can either go to the board list of recent messages, or click on the unread to go directly to the last unread message. You can also click on "Add Person Mark" if you want to read messages from a particular poster, and it will also be listed on your favoites page.
BTW, it appears Jimlur continues to pad his lead in the new members contest. Those other contestants don't know what hit 'em! LOL!