haha thanks dude. That sounds about right. I wish it could be faster for those of us who use the site the most, but on the upside you get to see the most up to date content (the not logged in can be up to a day behind!)

I was wondering one other thing – right now the forum is caching too, but I feel like I should set it not to so people can see the most up to date conversation even before they log in. 

If you're logged in, it will always show the most up to date information. If you're not logged in, the sidebar may be cached a little slow on each page depending on when it was generated. The sidebar on the home page never caches, though. 

haha, well, of course.