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Competitive Bearding 2008-10-11 22:29:16 Perhaps it's because I can't grow facial hair. Or perhaps it's some weird manifestation of my love for small furry animals. Either way, I find the world of beard competition fascinating and delightful. For many such competitions (there are more than you think), contest categories include "mustache," "partial beard," "full beard," and sometimes "freestyle." With subcategories like... "The Dali" "Th Read more:Competitive
String Theory 2008-10-11 18:06:28 String Theory
, the theory of quantum physics said to unify the apparently conflicting theories of Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics, is explained in Brian Green's PBS three part documentary The Elegant Universe.The entire documentary can be seen in high quality fullscreen here. Read more:String
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Okapi 2008-10-09 20:27:39 Dubbed "unicorns of Africa" by European explorers, the okapi of The Republic of Congo are gentle, elusive creatures with zebra-like stripes, tiny feet, and a ninja-like ability to remain hidden from photographers whilst in the wild. Despite their equine appearance, their closest relatives are giraffes. Who happen to look particularly hilarious when they do this. But back to okapi. As anyone who gr
Kirsten Wiig 2008-10-09 20:27:18 Kirsten Wiig almost makes up for the fact that Rachel Dratch isn't around anymore. Read more:Kirsten
Midterms are decidedly NOT awesome. 2008-10-28 12:32:02 Updates will resume when my brain recovers from this excess of Romantic poetry and family violence statistics. So....probably next week. Maybe. Have an awesome
Halloween! I'm going as Ugly Betty. It will be fun.
This book cover. 2008-10-23 16:09:55 Look at that cute little horn.Disclaimer: The Awesomery wishes to clarify that we hold no responsibility over the contents of this book. If a reader of The Awesomery were to obtain a copy of Acorna: The Unicorn Girl and read it in it's entirety, side effects may include brain melting, IQ loss, and/or chronic virginity syndrome.
Juxtaposition 2008-10-22 13:00:26 This video both confuses me and makes me inexplicably happy.
This Business Card I Found One Day 2008-10-20 19:29:03 Isn't this beautiful? I found it in a used book I bought earlier this year. I can't for the life of me remember what the book was. I suppose I was too overwhelmed with awesome to have taken note of it. Naturally, I googled him. As advertised, he's just a dude who plays the sax in St. Louis. A dude with an awesome business card and a real grasp on the power of persona. It's people like this who mak Read more:Business
The Art of Colette Calascione 2008-10-20 11:46:47 Her mix of surreal and classical style portraits leave my brain all sparkly with wonder. Can you spot the other little bee?Source Read more:Colette
Robotship.jpg 2008-10-15 23:01:16 What is this awesome thing? Who is this awesome man?Would knowing the answers to these questions make it more or less awesome?
Totallylookslike.com 2008-10-14 18:10:53 Pretty self explanatory. My top five favorite lookalikes:Source
Vitas 2008-10-14 18:10:10 Vitas. A man whose awesomeness cannot be summarized in mere words, so I won't even try. I will only show.Okay, arguably creepy. But still very awesome. Especially that thing he does around :41 in that second video. What the sweet christ...
Interspecies Adoption 2008-10-12 14:42:57 At TIGERS, a tiger sanctuary in South Carolina, a young chimp named Anjana has taken it upon herself to care for these two white tiger cubs along with her keeper China. The cubs were recently separated from their mother, who had become aggressive during the flooding of Hurricane Hannah. Heart...melting...Must...refrain...from...girlish...squealing...Source Read more:Adoption