Hullo!
Caliban is not my real name (probably a good decision on my parent's part..) but it works well enough.
I've played all 3 iterations of the Sims, I think I enjoy building the houses most, but with Sims3 having fun just playing the game. I really like the new promotion system over the old "maintain 14 billion friendships" model.
I think I found the site looking for info on gardening or collecting, and stayed because of all the other information.
Grad student, 2 cats, full time job... not sure how active a poster I'll be, but enjoying lurking for the moment ^_^