Quick sidebar: Bodge—pronounced Boj (think “Bo Jackson,” just drop the “ackson”)—was one of a handful of nicknames we’d adopted for each other over the years. It arrived after our initial “Poopiedoops” and “Dooplumdoops” phase, although we never could recall its exact origin. It was as if the word had been implanted in our brains one night while we slept, and then when we woke up we were simply each other’s Bodge. And there were variations. Like Bodge-lums. And Bodge-lum-doops. But mostly it was just Bodge.