Welcome Dante'! I'm a fairly new member too, and totally missed this thread, so here's mine! No idea why it won't let me un-bold or de-colour below, but oh well What's your name? My name is Bruce, though I often use the handle DrLlama on fora. I shamelessly stole the handle from an old friend of mine who created it originally for the Apple Newton Developer Technical Support Group. How old are you? On the down slope, 51 this year. They say you're only as old as you feel... which means some days I'm in my 70s, others, I'm about 3 and a half Where do you live? My wife and I live in Sunny (and way too dry) California, just outside San Francisco. How long have you been making candles? Uh, about 5 minutes? Well, no, actually about two weeks at this point. I'm waiting (im)patiently for my first scented candles to be ready to test, this needing to let Soy cure is gonna make me crazy, I swear! How did you get started making candles? I've thought about it from time to time over many years and finally decided to give it a whirl, and I'm having a ball so far! Except for the waiting (I hate waiting, can you tell?) Are you married? Any kids? Happily married for 17 years, in fact three days from now is the 18th anniversary of our first date! If candle/Soap making isn't your primary job, what do you do? I'm a geek. I work for Cisco doing software development. Anything else we should know? In a staggering coincidence, I'm the exact same height as Dante! 6'4", but not nearly coordinated enough to play basketball. My other main hobby is Crochet, when I was a kid I played pipe organ and over one summer while my teacher was on vacation I wanted something to keep my fingers in shape, so my mom taught me and we made a blanket for my then baby cousin. Mostly I make afghans, my wife does minis and she keeps wanting me to make a mini afghan, but those super small hooks scare the heck out of me! I'm also my wife's primary caregiver (thank goodness Cisco is supportive about me working from home almost full time). She suffered a major stroke in late 2008 and though she's come a long way in her recovery, she's still quite disabled so taking care of her keeps me busy.