If you've tried to visit the site during the past couple of weeks you've likely experienced some problems with it being offline or just plain acting weird.  This was due to some software upgrades that I've been trying to get installed on my old server.  The upgrades just didn't want to play well.
Fortunately though, this prompted me to relocate the site to a better server.  The new server has a better OS that's more optimized for doing web server type stuff and made an immediate improvement in the speed and responsiveness of the site.  While analyzing the performance, I've found several other ways to improve the speed of the site.  By enabling gzip compression, I've improved the download speed by over 300% in some cases.  I hope you guys are able to notice the improvements.

Enough about the website; let's talk about me for a moment...
As some of you may know, I began training to run a 5 mile race at the beginning of the month.  The race starts tomorrow morning (Thanksgiving day).  I ran the course last week in 25 degree weather in just under 45 minutes (9mins / mile).  I hope to complete it tomorrow in under 42.5 minutes (8:30mins / mile).  The blisters on my feet are all starting to heal and I feel ready to run.  I plan on getting some good rest tonight and giving it my best shot tomorrow.  Hopefully the weather will be similar to how it was today and be in the mid to upper 30's at the time of the race.
Wish me luck.  Or better yet, come on out and cheer for me.  I should be making my way through community park around 9:20.