The Return of the Who are You Thread

…The return of the bride of the who are you thread? The return of the son of the who are you thread? The bride of the son of the twice removed cousin of the thread…
Anyway, I saw this meme over at Drugmonkey, and again at Not Exactly Rocket Science, and decided it would be cool to see…who is watching me. Last year’s results helped me a little bit in terms of how I write (they don’t change what I write about, really, but knowing I had a lot of lay people in the audience gives me a little extra incentive to be as clear as possible), and so I thought it’d be cool to see what’s changed and what has stayed the same. And also, I like the see who’s staring at me. 🙂
SO NOW, ANSWER ME THESE QUESTIONS THREE:

1) Tell me about you. Who are you? Do you have a background in science? If so, what draws you here as opposed to meatier, more academic fare? And if not, what brought you here and why have you stayed? Let loose with those comments.
2) Tell someone else about this blog and in particular, try and choose someone who’s not a scientist but who you think might be interested in the type of stuff found in this blog. Ever had family members or groups of friends who’ve been giving you strange, pitying looks when you try to wax scientific on them? Send ’em here and let’s see what they say.

And 3) WHAT is YOUR QUEST!!!!?!?! Either right now or in life. Right now, Sci’s quest involves a pursuit of her favorite candy. That’s these:

(OM NOM NOM. These are the best mints evar. They are also ridiculously hard to find.)
What about you?