I apologize that the site is running slow lately. My hosting provider is working on the issue. The site seems to load somewhat ok, but the CGI is very slow, so posting and commenting is a bear. If you write a comment, I suggest you copy it to your clipboard prior to submitting it, in case it is swallowed by the cyber-gods.

UPDATE: No sooner than I posted this, my host solved the problem. Hopefully everything is back up to speed now.