Happy birthday, Carlos!

Always a pleasure, Carlos. By far the most exciting news from your visit is the launching of the Berkeley Global Antiquity Project: people, stay tuned!

I also think, if (probably when) I flee academia.edu, I am going to make my own website. So another limitation right now is choosing a website title that is (a) available and discoverable and (b) not obnoxious (e.g. ProfessorBernardRules29BCE.com)

I mean to do this, but can't bring myself fully to do it because non-anglophone communities (by which I specifically mean Italian archaeology) make heavy use of it to circulate some otherwise very obscure scholarship, and I don't see that changing.

All for misanthropy. It seems the interaction you're describing is not the one I am!

You certainly see more of these than me (makes sense), or maybe I'm a naive pushover susceptible to flattery (also makes sense), but I don't really mind chatting for 10-20 minutes with some 25 year old who bothered to slog through an article or two of mine

Thanks, Michael, means a lot to hear!

An institute with "top-tier chefs", huh? Tell me you've spent time on the Gianicolo recently without telling me you've spent time on the Gianicolo recently!

Here’s the study, free to download

This is horrible. The postdoc might contact us about a possible Toronto FAS postdoc to complete the work? Christer and I could co-sponsor? Dec 1 deadline, doesn’t start until summer 2026, so no instant cure but just thinking aloud.

Which is to say I would eat that with a spoon if need be!

What needs explaining?

Maybe with mutton?

Update, HRM is not at ai marmi this evening

Depends on when