I have no surviving pictures, but in 1984, one of the "wacky radio people" in L.A. who I wrote/performed stuff for staged "Trick or Treating for Adults Only". He arranged for some of the residents near the radio station to have candy to give out at 8 in the morning and gave an open invitation to anyone OVER 21, but you had to be in some kind of costume. I was getting seriously into the early PCs of the time (Commodore 64, mostly) and one of my user-group friends was getting obsessed with unauthorized copies of software just when it started being called 'piracy'. So I came up with the idea of being a "Computer Pirate" by mixing accessories associated with computer geeks (pocket pen protector, white socks) and pirates (eye patch, plastic sword) and one hybrid item that makes me REALLY wish I had a picture. Instead of a parrot on my shoulder, I attacked a stuffed penguin (several years before Linux adopted the penguin mascot). So ahead of my time...
The intro briefly mentioned it, but for me, one of most awesome things about Costco is the multiple food sampling stations throughout the store. I discovered some seriously cool things to eat, from 4-bean salad to perogies (as well as finding what NOT to get... Coconut Water, meh) and it's the only place where it's safe to go shopping while hungry, because by the time I'm heading for the checkstands, I'm not hungry anymore (and very often put back a couple of impulse buys... I buy the $1.50 hot dog, but don't eat it until I've been home a few hours - too full. The last time, I did get a bit of a scare; the first food sample as I went down one side of the 'racetrack' was Beefaroni (which they now have in 12-packs of single-serving cans)... come on Costco, you're classier than that! When I first moved to my current home, in the 'boonies' between San Luis Obispo and Pismo Beach, I worried briefly about how far I'd have to go to shop... then saw that the closest Big Box was a Costco at the south end of SLO. Yes, the gasoline is also a godsend, but I HAVE been able to keep my shopping trips under $100 there... the last time, the only reason I got up to $90 was getting the new Kirkland branded flea drops for my cat... $19.95, compared to $59.95 for a comparable package of Frontline. (Just don't tell my cat it was so cheap)
I wonder if any real-life in-flight announcements ever included the obvious: "In case of emergency: put your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye."
I was also going to recommend Bad Newspaper (which only recently corrected its bad blog title... and which also has featured some silly Police Log items from MY local papers), but I should also note that even the New York Times makes mistakes http://jimromenesko.com/2013/09/01/new-york-times-correction-of-the-day/ (at least some it admits to...)
and my third choice is "Black and White - A Spotter's Guide " by Chay Hawes, who I keep wanting to spell "Clay Hawkes" and I'm sure I'm not the only one... definitely a "I WANT you to stare at my chest" design, but I'm a guy so who cares...
"Deep Thought" by The Hookshot Best Hobbes mash-up since... well, when I did this http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=78 (Should we mention size? because I'm now a 2X, down from 3X. Do I get a cookie for that? Oh, wait....)
Neat Aroma (almost obvious) Atom Arena Aorta Name Eat A Roman To Area Man... (response to The Onion?) Torn At Area Ram At Aeon Tea Oar Man At A Name Or... Moan A Tear An Ear Atom
Sadly, "Uncle John's Bathroom Reader" is too many letters for the Anagram Server's central processor...
I was going to say you make up for the lack of a gun by carrying TWO jugs... one for whiskey, one for mint juleps at the horse races (what's this I hear about everyone in Kentucky wearing a derby?)
NoNoNoNoNo! This is a HEAD in a JAR costume... a JAR in a HEAD would involve one of those soldiers who call themselves "Jarheads" OR Jar-Jar Binks. Although Jar-Jar-in-a-Jar would be not scary as long as you NEVER open it.
And it felt odd that the single highest-priced item that trip was both the smallest package AND the best bargain.
Neat Aroma (almost obvious)
Atom Arena
Aorta Name
Eat A Roman
To Area Man... (response to The Onion?)
Torn At Area
Ram At Aeon
Tea Oar Man
At A Name Or...
Moan A Tear
An Ear Atom
Sadly, "Uncle John's Bathroom Reader" is too many letters for the Anagram Server's central processor...
http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/
Miss Cellania...
Misalliances
Camellia's Sin
Alliance Miss
Amnesiac Ills
Animal Slices
Llama Iciness
All Messianic
Malice Snails
Lilac Inseams
Claims Aliens
Manic Sallies
(I'll have to do a separate comment for Neatorama)