yeah, I have a short attention span too.
I use the archive view. Near the bottom of this page, are a strip of links. Click on "Archive". The Archive views are lists of all the threads, arranged in reverse order of the date they were created, so the newest are at the top. The 'normal' views are sorted by the latest posts, so the order keeps changing as people comment. If you know which forum it was in, (e.g. pictures), you usually can quickly locate a recent post, however, this is also where you want to shout 'use descriptive titles, people'.
Glad I was able to help.