"Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours."-Yogi Berra
All kidding aside, Chad...I say go and be there for your friend.
(...and besides, over the course of these last few months around here, I think we've knocked off enough of those rough edges and polished up that act of yours enough that you should be able to handle yourself with aplomb in almost any given situation nowadays, right?!)
