I can’t believe that it’s July already! It’s astounding to me how summer can whiz by so fast when it’s so ridiculously hot here! While the humidity sets on us in the South like molasses…the time clicks by in record time…

Anyway, it’s Friday…on a 3-day weekend. If you didn’t take the day off, here are some links. Enjoy!

*While doing some random online research, I came across Ad*Access which just may be my new favorite thing… over 7,000 vintage ads from 1911-1955!

*David Shrigley’s work makes me happy.

*So does Space Invaders. Not the game, but the urban intervention. I used to see them around London and giggle at the 80s reference, not entirely sure about their intention. I know better now.

*Many thanks to my friend Linda for reminding me this week of Bill Keaggy’s photo blog of his 30th year. Because I forgot that I wanted to do something similar…and have 10 days to figure out how to implement it!

*After looking at her zine collection at Duke, I was reminded how amazing Sarah Dyer really is!

*And speaking of fun, if you like random photographs, you could do worse than visit Big Happy Fun House. In regards to the June 29th photo, clowns totally freak me out, too.

*When I was in college, we got really bored one day and built a pirate ship out of cushions. Our captain, Morgan, even had an eyepatch and a fake sword made out of paper. Imagine what we could have done if we had a nearby creek, like these piratety folks…

*I am currently daydreaming about the Elsewhere Artist Collaborative. Hooray for toys.

*In a similar vein, I also have a mega-crush on Eyebeam.

*Lastly, seeing that it’s hothothot outside, here’s a link to 24 pages of frozen fruit recipes. I’m already excited about the raspberry tofu freeze. Fruit, tofu and bright pink. Wonderful.

Happy 4th of July for those of you who celebrate it. I can’t wait to view the fireworks from a local parking deck, sitting on the hood of my car with friends, listening to the pop-crack-spark of the festivities and smiling at all the children who inevitably will be there wide-eyed and beaming. It reminds me of hot summer July 4ths spent at my grandparents as a child in Georgia. The spectacle mixed with warm nostalgia never fails to make me smile.