I was waiting for a Windows server to reboot so I took the time to tune my DNS servers at home (ssh + bind + Linux = FTW). I then tested my setup with the DNS benchmark utility from grc.com. To summarize the output, it turns out (not surprisingly given that there are only two people who use them) that my DNS servers are faster than all of the publicly available ones, including those provided by my ISP. Maybe I have a problem and should find some less geeky hobbies. 

Here is the relevant output from that DNS benchmark utility: