The file size for the "Today's Posts" page was approaching 300k (just for the HTML!) on busy days. This is because it pulls all posts in the past
24 hours.
I've reduced the timeframe to 18 hours, and as of this posting, the file size for the page is 180k... still big, but better. In the near future,
I'll be looking at ways to better optimize the site HTML to improve performance.