TESTiCO is a drug and product testing company.  Every week they run tests on their employees.

We get the privilege of having a view into the lives of two of their guinea pigs - Ron and Peter.  Ron and Peter are roommates and have been friends since they were kids.  They are both unattractive, mildly unintelligent, and besides dealing with drug side-effects and other occupational hazards, their time is spent playing video games.  There are a few people that they might consider their friends, but most would not.

	Peter is best friends with Ron.  He doesn’t and probably hasn’t ever had a girlfriend.  He hides a little pony that he sings the songs he wrote for in secret.  He looks as if they just drug him out of a dumpster.  He isn’t very loyal to TESTiCO, but he remains an employee because of his friendship with Ron and his need of money.  Peter often begs for the placebo because he is convinced that Ron always gets it.
	Ron is best friends with Peter.  He doesn’t do well with women, but has more success than Peter.  He’s more pragmatic than his buddy, which means he is slightly less paranoid.  He tries to look out for his buddy unless, of course, he can benefit by not doing so.  All-in-all, Ron is a pretty simple guy who usually has his head on straight.
	Nugget, besides having one of the best nicknames known to man, is Peter and Ron’s “neighbor”.  I use the term loosely as he is really homeless and has been squatting in an empty apartment down the hall for years.
	Larry is the senior most employee at TESTiCO.  He prides himself in his testing abilities and considers himself somewhat of a ladies man.  He is pretty disgusting and overbearingly hits on any woman he finds attractive.
	Kate is the owner and bartender of the bar in Peter and Ron’s building.  We are not sure if she is still alive - after Peter gained the courage and kissed her, her peanut allergy kicked in and we haven’t seen her since.

Testees is one of the most stupid, irreverent, envelope-busting shows I have ever seen - no wonder I love it.  Check out this clip where Peter and Ron lose their memories (one of those hazards of the occupation) and Nugget convinces them that they are homosexual life partners.

And there you have it. - Joe

      I am sitting here watching Superbad for like  the 20th time and I decided to comprise my top ten favorite stupid movies.

Before I get to my list, I think it is important that I clarify what I mean by stupid movie.  I don’t like movies that are just stupid and are based only on the merits of being stupid.  I like movies that are borderline slapstick, but not in a Mel Brooks kind of way.  One essential criteria a good stupid movie must have is that it must be quotable.  The plot can be half-retarded (because you never go full retard), the actors can be complete no-names, and the script can be atrocious as long as it has good quotable lines.

And now for my list:

10	9	8
7	6	5
4	3	2
1

And there you have it.

Joe.

Since I was home sick.  Which is extremely sick, because subconsciously I play it up pretty good.  I basically slept the entire day.

When I actually got the energy/motivation/gumption to get out of bed, I watched The Incredible Hulk movie.  I actually liked it.  Mostly, I think, because I didn’t expect it to be any good at all. 

Ed Norton is good even in bad movies, so I had to watch it.  I got inspired to do something that I haven’t done in a very long time.  Draw.

And here is what I came up with.

Not too bad for a rusty hand and a set of five-year-old pencils.

It was relaxing at least.

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And there you have it.

Joe.

While browsing Facebook the other day I stumbled across an old friend’s profile.  Bryan Poole and I met during high school and we hit it off right away.  Among other things, we started, what we called, a band together named Stumble. 

Bryan and I lost contact with each other about 10 years ago.  Last we saw each other, I visited him with my wife, then girlfriend, in Athens.  He had been playing bass for a band called Elfpower.  He was also delivering pizza as his day job.

Now I find Bryan has been making a living playing in a band.  He currently plays with Of Montreal, but between Elfpower and Of Montreal, he released a solo album:

Amok by The Late BP Helium

So I ordered the CD from Amazon and it arrived today.  While it was ripping, I thumbed through the inserts.  What did I find, but a thank you section that thanks me…

“joe decarlo(stumble)”

I was totally floored as I didn’t have any idea it was in there.

Thanks Bryan.

And there you have it.