Good Reads/Random Cool Sites (1/21/2010)

Robert B. Parker is dead.

Please, sir, may we have some justice?

"Obama and the Congressional Democrats (especially in the House) governed for the last year as though the median voter is a Daily Kos fan," my ass.

OK Cupid has an unexpectedly interesting blog (if you like stuff like psychology and numbers). Case in point: The four big myths of profile pictures. (h/t: Ezra Klein)