--Climbed rooftops above Cambridge University with Paulius Olševskas. --Slept a night aboard a gangster's raft on a lake in southern Bulgaria. --Excavation and survey in the US, UK, England, and Turkey

Bar Trick taught to me by a good friend: Materials: 4 straws, a lighter, and an audience. Set-Up: Take two straws and put them together in a V shape. Briefly light the connected ends so they melt together. Now, place them together like an upside-down V, and lean the tip of the V against a third straw. You should now have a kind of three-sided pyramid. Challenge: How do you lift up all three straws with the fourth straw. No twisting, sticking, or bending allowed. Good luck.

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