[UA] A Cliomancer's Wet Dream?

[Timothy Toner]

Last week I was helping a student do a little research about the Tribune
Building here in Chicago, and came across some fascinating tidbits.  First,
it was the result of an international design contest to create the ultimate
office building, and the idea is so tantalizing that one German design
school calls its annual competition by that name.

More interesting, however, is that the building has a rock from each of the
50 states embedded in its walls, as well as chunks of the Taj Mahal,
Parthenon, Great Pyramid of Cheops, and many, many more significant
buildings.  Now the best thing I can figure is that a cliomancer wannabe
thought that by doing this, he could steal the charge from these sites by
remote.  We all know this idea is crap, but given that the motto of the
paper is "We bring the world to Chicago," could there be some unforeseen
side-effects?  And what does it have to do with the fact that Strange Greek
Men have set up shop in the roots of the building (down one story, on the
original level of Chicago, and "across the street"), and scream
"Cheezbooger, cheezbooger!" at one another?



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