R.I.P. Curl. Get it? As in surfing? Rip Curl?

Very clever idea. (Via LA Weekly)

Target hates your mom's homemade costumes

I get that they're in the business of selling costumes this time of year, but why did they have to make fun of crafty moms?  That's a pretty awesome looking Iron Man costume. 

Ain't technology grand

Click here for instructions on how to use a digital camera and travel DVD player to create a very realistic looking hole through your stomach.

Lichtenstein Costume

After seeing yesterday's sequined face post, my friend Zoran sent me a link to this Roy Luchtenstein-inpired costume.

Dogs without dignity

Please don't put your pets in costumes. It robs them of the little dignity they have.

Google turns up the darndest things

When you search for the word "Halloween" on Google Images often enough, you end up seeing some really unusual things. Here's one in particular that grabbed me. Unfortunately, there was no real description attached, so I can't tell you why these young women thought carving pumpkins nude was a good idea. (I also can't tell you what the woman in the middle is supposed to be dressed as. I mean, I get the "nude woman with knife through head" costume on the left, and "devil nude" on the right, but "nude nude" in the middle? Doesn't make any sense.

(Click here for the highly NSFW uncensored version of this shot)

The Octomom

Here's what Octomom Nadya Suleman is wearing for Halloween. Note her eight children dressed as devils.

Socially conscious yet sexy

There should be more socially-conscious yet sexy Halloween costumes. Thank you, Love Train, for showing me the error of my ways.

Transformer costumes

This guy builds Transformer costumes that actually transform! Wow!

Halloween Threesome

So unrealistic! In my experience, each head would insist on his own camera.

Clever costume idea

Here's a clever costume idea (created by my pal Bernie).

Halloween photo

(Via Big Happy Funhouse)

Spiderman tattoo

Wow!

Lollipop + costume = Mask Pop!

It's a lollipop and it's a costume! Genius! (More details on this amazing creation at "Branded In The 80s)".

Inappropriate baby costume

This chest-bursting Alien costume is so wrong and yet, so awesome.

Make your own bat costume

With just a hooded sweatshirt and broken umbrella, you too can create your very own bat costume.

Chucky wants to play

I know what my son will be dressing up as for Halloween next year... (Photo by Harpy Images)(Via My Confined Space)

It's a Mythbusters Halloween!!!

Mythbusters is one of my favorite shows, but even I was surprised to see how many people have dressed up as Adam and Jamie for Halloween. Here's a small sample of the pictures I was able to find. Interestingly, about 75% of the time, "Adam" is portrayed by a woman. (I've never found Adam's features to be particularly feminine, but maybe I'm missing something.)

The Tron guy

Here's a step-by-step guide to how "The Tron Guy" created his infamous costume. Warning: By following the above link, you are subjecting yourself to a plethora of images of Tron Guy in a unitard. Caveat emptor.

Mechanical wings

Here's a very expensive, but very cool costume.
"Just strap the thing on, push a switch, and the wings will extend or retract Hollywood style! Thanks to carbon fiber and extruded aluminum, the wings look amazingly lifelike. To add to it, the wingtips glow an eerie blue, red, green, yellow, purple, or white while expanding."