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.
Pooch Selfie, A Tennis Ball Smartphone Attachment That Naturally Captures a Dog’s Attention During Photo Sessions
Taking selfies with dogs can be difficult. A person can have the animal’s full attention and then …squirrel!!. The folks at Pooch Selfie seek to…
Olek Covers an Obelisk in Santiago, Chile With Crocheted Rainbow Designs to Highlight the Issue of Equality
Earlier this year during the Hecho en Casa Festival in Santiago, Chile, the talented and prolific crochet artist and yarnbomber Olek left her distinctive mark…
Affable English Bulldog Gently Wrestles Around With an Adorably Relentless Kitten
An extremely affable English bulldog named Bernie wrestled around on the bed with an adorably lively and relentless kitten who kept coming back for more…
A Verbal and Visual Exploration of the Different Theories Regarding the Origin of Human Language
Linguist Arika Okrent and illustrator Sean O’Neill verbally and visually explore the many different theories out there about how human language came to be and…
Commanding Cat Effectively Quiets a Barking Dog With the Feline Equivalent of a Dirty Look
While videographer Devon Meadows and his wife Ashley were out of the house, their Nest Cam caught the hilarious sight of Greyscale,their very commanding cat,…
Confused Bengal Kitten Plays a Homemade Game of Whac-a-Mole With Her Elusive Sister
An adorably confused Bengal kitten searched high and low for her very elusive sister who was hiding inside a homemade cardboard Whac-a-Mole game made by…
Actors From the 1979 Cult Film ‘The Warriors’ Take One Last Subway Ride Back to Coney Island Together
The original cast members of the 1979 cult favorite film The Warriors – Michael Beck (Swan) David Harris (Cochise), Dorsey Wright (Cleon), Terry Michos (Vermin)…
‘Daughter of My Sins’, A Song Recorded by Astronaut Chris Hadfield While on the International Space Station
“Daughter of My Sins” is a newly released song by astronaut Chris Hadfield from his upcoming album Space Sessions: Songs From a Tin Can, which…
Two Pairs of Uncomfortably Anthropomorphic Robotic Hands Clap in Time to ‘If You’re Happy and You Know It’
At the Tokyo DC Expo in 2011, robotic engineer Masato Takahashi of Keio University debuted two pairs of uncomfortably anthropomorphic of hands that clapped in…
A Beautiful Hyperlapse Video That Captures Los Angeles Over the Course of Two Years
Filmmaker Vadim Tereshchenko has create a beautiful hyperlapse video comprised of footage taken at different times of the day over the course of two years.…