Science!
A whale of a tale: Leviathan melvillei.

Science!

The Queue
As astounding a find as the Leviathan melvillei is, I'm not quite ready to resume Moby-Dick: or, The Whale by the fossil's namesake, Herman Melville.

Recently
Ian Fleming, Octopussy & The Living Daylights
Sebastian Faulks, Devil May Care
W. Somerset Maugham, Ashenden: or, The British Agent

Currently
Len Deighton, Horse Under Water

Presently
Christopher Andrew, Defend the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5
Karen E. Olson, Pretty in Ink
Len Deighton, ?

After Pretty in Ink, I'll probably read more Deighton, either the other novels starring the nameless protagonist (and first-person narrator) of Horse Under Water—The IPCRESS File, Funeral in Berlin, & Billion-Dollar Brain—or the first of the Bernard Samson trilogy of trilogies, but I'm thinking it will take me quite a while to get through Defend the Realm, leaving me with plenty of time to decide which way to jump.

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, "You Left Right?" from Pin Points and Gin Joints (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: I'm so happy that The Bosstones are back.

"Are you regretful?
(Are ya?)
Are you remorseful?
(Are ya?)
Are you successful?
(Well, are ya—)
Just trying to make it through?
Did your whole world just shatter?
Are you happy or sadder?
Does it really matter?
Did I matter to you?
…
And did I ever matter to you?"