Lori Dorn
Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.
Heavy Sea, A Film About an Orange Life Preserver On Top of an Endless Pile of Discarded Tires
When imagination meets real life. Pejac, a Spanish artist who creates wonderful street art, sculptures, and paintings that combine elements of minimalist fantasy with realism,…
Thoughtful Music Therapist Crafts Beautiful Original Songs From the Heartbeats of Terminally Ill Children
Brian Schreck MA, MT-BC, an incredibly thoughtful and talented music therapist at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Ohio, takes the individual heartbeat rhythms of the…
Handy Infographics To Help Humans Understand the Often Baffling Behavior of Their Beloved Cats
In March 2015, the wonderful U.K. feline rescue and advocacy organization Cats Protection, about whom we’ve previously written, put together a three-part infographic series that…
The Hypnotic Flight Pattern of Over 70,000 Starlings Taking Off Together Over the English Countryside
BBC Earth Unplugged has captured the beautiful and hypnotic flight pattern of a murmuration of over 70,000 starlings as they flew in synchronized order with…
Adorable Balancing Shelf Hangers Featuring Playful Cats and Silly Parrots That Easily Store Small Items
Artori Design has created a new set of handy balancing shelf hangers shaped as playful cats and silly parrots that conveniently utilize their respective paws,…
Nissan Asks Drivers to Knock on the Hood to Check for Sleeping Cats Before Starting Their Cars
In an adorable video featuring a number of different cat memes, Nissan Motors reminds drivers to knock-knock on the top of the hood before starting…
Artist Incorporates the DNA Found in Discarded Gum and Cigarettes to Create Eerily Lifelike Masks
Filmmakers Veena Rao and Emily Sheskin spoke with scientific artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg about “Stranger Visions“, her line of eerily realistic portrait masks that were crafted…
The Food Surgeon Performs a Precise Clinical Dissection of a Delicate Bulb of Garlic
The steady hands of the Food Surgeon, who once performed an Oreo transplant on a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, skillfully perform a clinical dissection of…
The Mewgaroo Jumpsuit Onesie With a Handy Pouch for a Cat Now In Orange Tabby and Calico Designs
Back in May 2015 we posted about the “Mewgaroo Hoodie” by UniHabitat, a convenient hoodie with a nice big front pouch for kitties to snuggle…
Sarah Manning Tries to Go Back to Beginning in New Trailer for the Fourth Season of Orphan Black
In the new trailer for the fourth season of the BBC America show Orphan Black, a determined Sarah Manning seeks answers by “going back to…