User blog comment:WildViper009/Why I have rather been inactive./@comment-7706473-20140603112309

Aha! Though I may not exactly be a noble knight or a wise sage but merely an old goat, I have arrived to help with problem number 2! If it's not too much trouble, I'd suggest trying Pale Moon. It's built off Firefox's code (as Firefox is open source) and will run all the same settings/bookmarks/etc you have, but is far better optimized, at least for my purposes. Plus, if it doesn't pan out for you, you can switch to firefox again or... Or anything but Chrome. Uncontrollable shuddering.

Anyway, once the week has settled in a bit, you know I'll be around. Until then, welcome back - I hope things improve!