AWESOMECON

A little poem written by Palin performed by Shatner.

[video from NBC]

Kind of beautiful when done right.

[via Daring Fireball via Huffington Post]

I haven’t really been following the internet meme “Prank Wars” by a few of the members over at College Humor, but I recall catching bits and pieces of the pranks.  Here is the most recent one pulled on Amir. After seeing the last one Amir pulled I have no sympathy for him and feel this was well deserved.  Pretty damn impressive setup if you ask me…

The only way this is going to end is with one of the pranks ending in death, I think.

[via @joestump]

If you have never played Halo 3, the Gravity Hammer is a devastating weapon in the game.  Its also tons of fun to just slam people and see them flying.  From the following video, it appears that the gravity hammer was probably inspired by these young gentlemen in Mexico:

That looks both amazingly scary and awesome at the same time.

[via BoingBoing]

bonus video, the gravity hammer in action:

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How can you not love keyboard cat?  He is just awesome.

[via @joestump and @dburka]

Continuing on the rap tip, Adam drops another gem on us today:

[via Adam]

We reference :: zefrank a lot here.  I have been a fan back since his “Learn to Dance” Flash invite that he created for a party.  Since then he has done a lot with Flash, video, art and humor.  His “Our Art Art Hour” is one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time. This may be the fact that I have a background in theatre and find the word play awesome… but I feel everyone will at least get a chuckle.

[via :: zefrank]

The hilarious Eugene Mirman was asked to return to his alma mater to give the graduating class of 2009 at Lexington High School a few inspirational words.  I wish my graduation had such a great speech… funny, mostly tongue-in-cheek tidbits (very Mirman), but yet some how it works.

[via YesButNoButYes]

Apparently Andre the Giant was quite the drinker. On a scale that honestly you probably can’t even fathom before you read this fantastic article. Those of us that enjoy tippin’ a glass here and there and think we know how to do it right (or at least claim to have, before we got “old”) will be humbled by this incredible story. I’ll just tease you with this little stat:

Think about it: 119 beers in 6 hours. That’s a beer every 3 minutes, non-stop. That’s beyond epic.

A beer every 3 minutes. Not a shot of beer, but an entire beer. 119 times. No stopping, no f**king around.

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When Monty Python and Halo Machinima get mashed up.  Awesome things happen.

[via yes but no but yes]