Just reloaded the front page a couple of times. The slowest thing to load is Wendy's Newsfeed (which I definitely wouldn't want removed - would actually like to see it expanded.)
Another thought, the Blogs, Forum Posts, Videos et al could be shown as stars like "Go Straight to Chat". The page could be quite attractive with the stars scattered about. Be nice if each on had something like "Go to Blogs [3 new Blogs today] or 2 days, week or whatever is appropriate for the category. This would require much less time to load but would alert those who are interested there is new material to check out.
Just a suggestion,
Melody
<p><span style="color: #800080;">Girls will be boys and boys will be girls It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola Lo-lo-lo-lo Lola</span> - Ray Davies, The Kinks</p>
<p><span style="color: #3366ff;">(S)he's a walking contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction</span> - Kris Kristofferson</p>