I've looked at Flock a couple of times but can't work out how to get it to give me feeds I want rather than what it wants

With feeds panel open, click Feed Options>Add a feed. Or U can import whole load of feeds. U do need to spend time playing with it

maybe the T word is the problem

LOL - isn't it always However when Flock represents "displacement" somehow I always find the T word

I've gone back to Firefox - Flock was "too busy" for my simple head

Must relate to personal preferences. I love to be able to swap from blog reader to status updates to mail to news. Faster the better