Now you tell me!

That's ok, because this time the note I needed to move lined up nicely with the next 16th note. I will have to be mindful of this for next time, though. Another thing I noticed is that even when clips were no longer linked, you still couldn't see the individual notes in PRV or track view. They show up as clips, but not individual notes.
That kind of kills the whole point of unlinking clips, doesn't it? Or maybe that's another thing tied to the step sequencer, I don't know. Still, despite it's limitations with editing, the step sequencer is hard to beat, for someone like me ,who worked with drum machines extensively.
My favorite line from the movie is "how does brundlefly eat?"