It's like a heatwave, burning in my heart... and everywhere else. Record temps expected tomorrow. [Globe]

Lego-like structures may be the solution to our population and housing problems. Finally, all those hours spent building wonderlands as a child pay off. [New York Times]

A student from Africa becomes valedictorian of her class (with a 4.37 GPA!) while living in a homeless shelter. Take that, spoiled rich kids. [Globe]

Slate summarizes the Democratic primary in 8 minutes. Good god, if only it had been that short. [Slate]

Ray Allen's mom thinks basketball is like music? Okay, we're cool with that. [Herald]

Super-awesome summer photo tagged Bostonist by Flickr user sandcastlematt