Comments on: That’s one fierce embrace you got there… http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/thats-one-fierce-embrace-you-got-there The chief of the Inner Station Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:46:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Virtual Memories » Building Perspective http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/thats-one-fierce-embrace-you-got-there/comment-page-1#comment-70739 Virtual Memories » Building Perspective Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:59:18 +0000 http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/?p=2133#comment-70739 [...] a pleasant change from his past rambles (here’s a good one), so maybe the New Austerity is having an impact on his [...] [...] a pleasant change from his past rambles (here’s a good one), so maybe the New Austerity is having an impact on his [...]

]]> By: Tom Spurgeon http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/thats-one-fierce-embrace-you-got-there/comment-page-1#comment-47736 Tom Spurgeon Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:57:35 +0000 http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/?p=2133#comment-47736 That's so rimjob. That’s so rimjob.

]]> By: Gil http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/thats-one-fierce-embrace-you-got-there/comment-page-1#comment-47490 Gil Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:42:56 +0000 http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/?p=2133#comment-47490 Nor as a compliment! Nor as a compliment!

]]> By: Tom Spurgeon http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/thats-one-fierce-embrace-you-got-there/comment-page-1#comment-47427 Tom Spurgeon Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:01:00 +0000 http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/?p=2133#comment-47427 "Rimjob" doesn't get nearly enough work as an insult-word. “Rimjob” doesn’t get nearly enough work as an insult-word.

]]> By: Cecily http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/thats-one-fierce-embrace-you-got-there/comment-page-1#comment-47407 Cecily Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:05:16 +0000 http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/?p=2133#comment-47407 That last paragraph in your quote wins my prize for the most bombastic assessment of the building and global society possible - it's the one that stuck out at me as I read the article yesterday. It makes me feel now the way you felt back in the mid-90's about the term "tropes." When I was in Shanghai a few years ago, the best-looking buildings were old shikumen houses restored by an American firm One of the newer gems of which the city is so proud is the Disney-esque Oriental Pearl Tower - a glorified TV tower. Classy. That last paragraph in your quote wins my prize for the most bombastic assessment of the building and global society possible – it’s the one that stuck out at me as I read the article yesterday. It makes me feel now the way you felt back in the mid-90′s about the term “tropes.”

When I was in Shanghai a few years ago, the best-looking buildings were old shikumen houses restored by an American firm One of the newer gems of which the city is so proud is the Disney-esque Oriental Pearl Tower – a glorified TV tower. Classy.

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