I'd say it looks relatively quick, with few hops... I'm beginning to think it's a problem is server-side... perhaps the speed of mod_perl or the database. 
# traceroute perlmonks.org
traceroute to perlmonks.org (206.170.14.76), 30 hops max, 38 byte pack
+ets
 1  10.1.104.1 (10.1.104.1)  1.685 ms  1.406 ms  1.427 ms
 2  sl1 (208.23.213.1)  6.966 ms  1.493 ms  6.799 ms
 3  sl-gw13-sea-5-0-0-TS14.sprintlink.net (160.81.44.49)  9.257 ms  3.
+381 ms  3.222 ms
 4  sl-bb10-sea-1-2.sprintlink.net (144.232.6.1)  3.509 ms  3.303 ms  
+2.854 ms
 5  sl-bb20-tac-9-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.18.41)  4.002 ms  4.191 ms
+  4.047 ms 6  sl-bb20-sj-5-2.sprintlink.net (144.232.9.213)  27.155 m
+s  22.249 ms  22.188 ms
 7  sl-bb20-sj-8-2.sprintlink.net (144.232.3.146)  21.957 ms  22.663 m
+s  21.801 ms
 8  sl-sbcnetsrvc-4-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.217.30)  23.427 ms  22.2
+93 ms  22.335 ms
 9  edge2-p6-0.snfc21.pbi.net (63.203.35.1)  23.397 ms  23.167 ms  23.
+299 ms
10  ded1-fa12-0-0.snfc21.pbi.net (209.232.130.69)  24.067 ms  24.319 m
+s  24.006 ms
11  vip-Union-Partners-Network.cust-rtr.pacbell.net (209.232.138.214) 
+ 24.619 ms  27.099 ms  24.236 ms
12  union-3.upn.net (208.44.192.1)  24.478 ms  24.926 ms  24.572 ms
13  yoda.blockstackers.com (206.170.14.76)  23.753 ms  24.694 ms  24.2
+72 ms

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