See, Skyscraper Heavens, Kappa Edition, below.
Cold and Chilly Law School
Jumping into a chilly spring Fallen Leaf Lake run-off from a height.
See, Skyscraper Heavens, Kappa Edition, below.
If you’ve heard it said “Those who live by the sword, die by the sword,” remember also Jesus said, “Judge not, lest ye be judged.” Am I proud of you for cashing in your Bible chips? YES! Why not jail some judges who judge?
#HectorNeris could have brought it home, but no…the f’ing @Phillies changed pitchers. @MLB
#Neris Strikes out his second batter.
Phillies: The seat of the United States of old.
If cities cause ambient temperature to increase, why are urban planners still authorizing skyscrapers?
I’m still here Jimmy, and Las Vegas is still there!
JOHN RUBENS is no Mother Teresa.
SKYSCRAPER HEAVENS
Introduction:
The title of the book is Skyscraper Heavens. Those two words came to mind before dawn the morning of December 31, 2014.
The skyscraper is a male-dominant image, a phallus, a challenging conception of engineers, developers and heads of law firms, banks and insurance companies. The skyscraper, or hi-rise, as it is more commonly known today, is prevalent in history [See, “Tower of Babel” Genesis 11:4 et seq.; the necessity of shared resources of a precinct, unit, fort or firm {e.g. a library or intelligence unit}; the World Trade Center attack, Manhattan, New York City, New York, September 11, 2001]to objectify in steel, concrete, mirrors, and other building materials the concept of professional success in the industrial era; see also Marcuse, Herbert One Dimensional Man (1964). The history of the modern hi-rise, perhaps beginning with the Eiffel Tower’s erection upon its pedestal in 1889, portends prestige as…
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We will speak for the @Dodgers. “You Shook Me All Night Long.” #ACDC @AngusYoung_ACDC #AngusYoung @AngusYoung #BrianJohnson #YoungJohnson
@SportsNetLA Best Aerial Shot of the part of Los Angeles where I live I’ve ever seen. #remarkable! @VinScullyTweet @Dodgers #SanFernando #LA
Times change and with twitter, so does language.
Reference: Gutenberg’s printing press and the Bible. 15th Century, Strasbourg, France.
The printing press tended to stabilize language, will twitter destabilize our babel?
I am the Alpha and The Omega! The Son of God and the Son of Man. Thanks for #Rossini‘s #WilliamTellOverture @ClassicalKUSC @AlanChapman
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