why am I getting a page load delay?

why am I getting a page load delay?

 I'm using this code to successively reveal list items, but for some reason there is a huge delay before the code starts. Also, the "page load" doesn't takes forever to finish even after the script has run. At the bottom of the browser it will still say "Read coyotedynamicswelding.com" and just sit there for a long time. Here's the page. Also, I thought you could see the script with View Source, but I can't seem to see it in the article. Any ideas for the start and end delay? Yes, it's Joomla and yes, I'm running in noconflict mode.

Here's the page: http://coyotedynamicswelding.com

And the source:

   
  1.  <script type="text/javascript">
  2.  jQuery(function(){
  3.  jQuery('li').hide();
  4.  jQuery('li').each(function(i){
  5.    jQuery(this).delay(i*1500).fadeIn('slow');
  6.    });
  7.  });
  8. </script>