Good Reads/Random Cool Sites (10/12/2009)

My Parents Were Awesome. I expect to see my picture there sometime soon.

A Dalek made out of 480,000 matchsticks.

List of the world's ugliest buildings FAIL. Only problem is, most of the 15 buildings are quirky and interesting, not ugly. (h/t: Ezra Klein)

California: America's first failed state?