Science!
Leaping from a literally stratospheric height is lethally perilous under even ideal conditions, but when the winds are such that they would shred the ascending balloon in the first few hundred feet of the flight there is no choice but to postpone the attempt, & try again under more salubrious conditions in the future. This is not the end: Stratos-link. Mayhap the third try will be the charm, but getting the skydive right, & returning Herr Baumgartner to the good earth alive, is the paramount concern, no matter how many attempts are required.

"No, GIR! Those piggies are for science. Science!"

The Queue
Back on track, though my mind is yet enamored of comic-book superheroes. (In that vein, I watched the pilot of the new television series Arrow last night. The best part? The "continuity porn": Black Canary, Merlyn, [Constantine] Drakon, what looked an awful lot like Deathstroke's mask, & a sidelong reference to Speedy's drug problem.)

Recently
Robert Kanigher & Ross Andru, Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman, Vol. 1
Mike W. Barr & Jim Aparo, Showcase Presents: Batman and the Outsiders, Vol. 1
Bob Haney, Ramona Fradon, & Sal Trapani, et al., Showcase Presents: Metamorpho, Vol. 1

Currently
Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Chessmen of Mars ***resumed***

Presently
Rich Thomaselli, I Love Michigan: Personal Stories about the World's Greatest Team, Fans, and Traditions/I Hate Ohio State: Personal Stories about the Absolute Worst Team, Fans, and Traditions
Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Master Mind of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Fighting Man of Mars
Sir Ernest Shackleton, South: A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Swords of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Synthetic Men of Mars
Sir Richard Francis Burton, translator, The Arabian Nights (specifically, "Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves")

The Rebel Black Dot 007 Song of the Day
Paul McCartney & Wings, "Live and Let Die" via iTunes (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: A rare triple success: Live and Let Die is a pretty good novel, the unfortunate 1950s racism aside; Live and Let Die is a pretty good film, though differing from the novel; & "Live and Let Die" is a pretty good song.