Sometimes friendship rolls merrily along, sometimes it hits a bump, sometimes it needs a tune-up.

We've got wonderfully fresh ways to gather your good friends, sort things out with your bad friends, reconnect with your old friends (a grown woman discovers Facebook!), and learn the one skill that's the essence of true friendship. Hop on...

• Good friend? Bad friend? Find out with the friendship quiz! 
• Martha Beck explains how to get your friendships in balance (and when not to bother).
• Liesl Schillinger discovers the glories of Facebook.
• Amanda Robb tells us how she learned what real empathy looks like.