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.
Scientists Discover a Microsnail So Small That It Fits Inside the Eye of a Sewing Needle
Scientists Barna Páll-Gergely and Takahiro Asami from Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan, András Hunyadi from Budapest, Hungary, Adrienne Jochum from the University of Bern in Bern,…
POP Melting, An Incredible Chocolate Cake Zoetrope Animation by Alexandre Dubosc
Artist Alexandre Dubosc has once again created an incredible zoetrope for his stop motion animation “POP Melting.” The zoetrope, which features Pac Man characters appearing…
Venezuelan Comedienne Offers a Verbal Tour of Spanish-Speaking Countries by Regional Dialect
New York City-based Venezuelan comedienne Joanna Housman, who has offers an insightful verbal tour of various Spanish speaking countries, performing each regional dialect herself (except…
Farmer Discovers the Partial Remains of a Wooly Mammoth on His Land in Lima Township, Michigan
Paleontologists at the University of Michigan recently unearthed the partial remains of a wooly mammoth who wandered the lands of Lima Township, Michigan approximately 12,000…
Tiny French Bulldog Scares Off a Couple of Curious Bears Cubs Who Wandered Onto His Property
Home security cameras caught the amusing sight of a 20 pound black French bulldog chasing after a couple of curious bear cubs who had innocently…
A Little Dog Named Daisy Takes Her Young Human For a Drive in a Tiny Red Remote-Controlled Car
A little dog named Daisy acts as a capable driver for her young human Oliver in a tiny red car whose acceleration was being controlled…
The Opening Credits of ‘Friends’ Reimagined With Hamsters (Except for Ross)
The Watercooler by Mashable reimagined the entire cast (except for Ross) of the now-classic television show Friends as bubbly little hamsters finding comfort, support and…
A Really Amusing Compilation of Some of the Most Memorable Things Tom Waits Said on Talk Shows
On the 30th anniversary of Tom Waits‘ seminal album “Rain Dogs“, the folks at Rolling Stone put together a really amusing compilation of the most…
The Genetic Components That Determine Whether a Person Is an Optimist or a Pessimist
In a recent episode of AsapSCIENCE, co-creators Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown explain the genetic components that make some people optimists and some people pessimists,…
Increasingly Desperate Woman Attempts to Reason With a Wild Alaskan Black Bear Who Won’t Leave Her Kayak Alone
While on a solo kayak trip around Alaska, adventurer Mary Maley did her very best to try to reason with a wild black bear who…