Ahhh, the sweet smell of schadenfreude. Let’s face it, we’ve probably all worn a stupid costume or two in our time, but yours probably wasn’t immortalized in a mugshot. (Yes, yes, fine, we did originally write this for Halloween, but c’mon – it’s funny all year around.) 1.This fairy may have wished those wings were real.…


5 Awesomely Scientific Halloween Costumes
These people do not screw around when it comes to dinosaur costumes. In case you were wondering, this one is a Spinosaurus. Proving that solar panels are always a bright idea. Costume merchants: if we see a sexy Ada Lovelace costume on the internet, we will hunt you down. Ada is not that kind of…

All Hail Rockula, The Movie Of Your Halloween Dreams
Spoiler: You need to watch this movie immediately. It’s streaming on Amazon Prime! Rockula has a 1990 release date, but don’t let that date odometer rollover fool you: This movie celebrated the end of the ‘80s by cramming in every last bit of that decade they could find. It is fantastic. It’s not good, exactly,…

Record Of The Week: John Carpenter – ‘Lost Themes’
Legendary film director John Carpenter is well known for the spooky synth-driven scores he created for the likes of Halloween and The Fog and he has decided at the age of 67 to create his first original music album, having not made a film since The Ward in 2010. For Lost Themes, teamed up with…
Caption This! (October 26, 2012)
What in the Bitter Lawyer is going on here? You tell us. Put your lawyerly wisdom to the test and post a comment below or on Facebook with a witty, hilarious, or brilliant caption to this clever comic, courtesy of Shutterstock.com. And keep it clean(ish) and, y’know, respectful. The editors’ pick will be announced next…

Can Being a Lawyer Turn You into a Vampire?
With fangs and horns and stuff.