the hijinks issue story index:

1. burners: Yian Huang, Sandra Larriva and Michelle Stockman get the befores and afters of Burning Man.

2. caffeinated: Jay Corcoran and Molly Messick brave bottomless baristas for an April Fools' party.

3. eco-clowns: Sydney Beveridge, Dave Burdick, Tom Davis and Matt Moll talk trash with clowns.

4. gandhi: Kyle Murphy and Elizabeth R. Stark watch a wanna-Gandhi walk miles and get nowhere.

5. nerdy-bars: Lisa Biagiotti and Lauren Feeney learn to spell s-p-e-a-k-e-a-s-y.

6. tickle: Tristan Ahtone and Philip Caulfield peek into the world of professional tickling.

7. trapeze: Elsa Butler and Laura Isensee face fears and fly.