John Malkovich told me the secret to surviving Nazi-occupied Paris — and, well, modern life — is compromise, creation, and accepting that nobody’s as morally flawless as they pretend to be.
We got into The New Look, Dior, Chanel, wartime fashion politics, and even his old turn as Ripley. “Life is corruption and life is compromise,” he said… which, like most things that come from Malkovich, offer enough of a puzzle to keep us hanging on every word.
Dorking Cockerel, public sculpture in Dorking, Surrey, England.
Visiting the Swingate Chain Home radar site. World War II defense for Britain, built in the late 1930s just outside Dover, England. Original Chain Home stations used 20-46 MHz, later systems operated at mid VHF frequencies and up to 3 GHz.
Mausoleum of Emperor Suinin. Kofun, megalithic tombs with distinctive keyhole shapes, were built in Japan from the early 3rd to the early 7th century CE. Today they are believed to be the tombs of Emperors.
Hype for the Future 39D: The State of Delaware, Explained
The Three Lower Counties on the Delaware, down to the mouth at the Delaware Bay, were historically identified as belonging to the colonial Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In spite of the Pennsylvanian history of the territory that would become the modern State of Delaware, of course, or perhaps because of the territorial differences and disputes, the southern extremity of Pennsylvania would ultimately be resolved into the formation of a new state known as Delaware, which would become the First […]December 10
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`By the tenth of December they were ready for the butcher, and on being killed, were found to average two hundred and twenty-four pounds, or nine hundred and forty-four in all.`
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“Ten Acres Enough” by Edmund Morris
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48753
Events for the 10th of December from Wikipedia:
• 1932: Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand
• Birth (1965) of Greg Giraldo, American lawyer, comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2010) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Giraldo
• Death (2017) of Curtis W. Harris, American minister (b. 1924) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_W._Harris
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