If you are a friend of mine, you are absolutely required to go and read this:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/273461/Blackbird-The-Chronicles-of-Edison-North-Part-1-Chapter-1-Draft-2 Go ahead. I'll wait here until you come back.
You'll thank me. No, really, you will.
It's the first chapter of a book, written by Michael Fiegel (creator of Vox), that's been a long time (years and years) in the making. I swear I am waiting in line to get my hands on a copy as soon as it comes out. You should too.
I am genuinely blessed to have creative, lovely, talented, warm, affectionate people in my life. I still wonder how I got so lucky, sometimes.