Stoph is amazing. He is both a noun and a verb. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you have obviously never been stophing around. (Go do it. Do it now.) He is the dearest of the dear ones. Brilliant and weird and tender and adventurous, generous, creative, questing and more (okay, occasionally a bit maddening, but aren't we all?). For many years, but especially these last few tricky ones, he has shown me my good side beautifully and my bad side gently. I know there is not a single thing I could do that would make him stop being my friend, and that is the best feeling ever.