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.
American Comedian Brooks Wheelan Travels the World to Learn About Humor in Other Countries
France In the new Above Average video series “Laughs in Translation“, American comedian Brooks Wheelan travels around the world to learn about what his peers…
The Physiological Reasons Explaining Why Most Teenagers Can Be So Incredibly Moody
Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown of ASAPScience explain via whiteboard animation the physiological reasons why most teenagers are as moody as they often are. Puberty…
How to Be Alone, A Beautiful Spoken Word Poem on How to Be Happy When Alone With Oneself
Filmmaker Andrea Dorfman has captured the heart and the soul of performer Tanya Davis‘ absolutely gorgeous spoken word poem about embracing the beauty of being…
Fetch, A Clever App and Online Generator That Helps to Determine a Dog’s Breed From a Photo
Microsoft Garage Works has created Fetch!, a very clever facial recognition app and a separate an online generator called “What is your dog?”, which allows…
A Brilliant Bass Mashup of Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’ Combined With Motörhead’s ‘The Ace of Spades’
Musician Davie504 performed a brilliant bass mashup that combined the funkiness of "Let's Dance" with "Ace of Spades".
Some of the Most Emotional Companion Departures Throughout the Entire Doctor Who Series
With the departure of the beloved Clara Oswald in the most recent season of the long-running series Doctor Who, the BBC has put together a…
How Director Stanley Kubrick Used Specific Colors to Influence and Evoke Emotion Into a Scene
In the wonderful short film “Kubrick in Color“, filmmaker Marc Anthony Figueras captured how the iconic director used very specific colors to influence a scene,…
How Caltrans Plans to Responsibly Remove the Trusses of the Old San Francisco Bay Bridge
When the eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was replaced in 2013, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) needed a plan to responsibly…
The Interesting Story Behind the Famous Japanese Island That Houses Thousands of Feral Bunnies
Great Big Story paid a visit to the famous “Okunoshima Rabbit Island” in Japan to learn why so many feral bunnies have made the beautiful,…
The First Half of the Sixth Season of The Walking Dead Recapped in Less Than Five Minutes
In advance of the mid-season premiere on February 14, 2016, Paul Gulyas of the mobile television trivia game SHOWoff, has comprehensively recapped of the first…