Bios

Malone came up with a pretty good idea about everyone writing a short bio to sort of re-introduce ourselves to each other. The part about the short bio is a good idea, the part about everyone writing one would be pretty much impossible to get everyone to do, so instead of everyone writing a short bio, I will write a short bio on everyone, and if you don't like it you can correct it or add to it in the comments.
I'll post each one separately, but not all at once, starting with the person I've known longest and working down from there.