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.
Frantic Kitten Desperately Tries to Scramble Away After Being Startled by an Unassuming Lizard
After bumping into an unassuming lizard, a tiny kitten desperately tried to get away. Unfortunately, the frantic feline wasn’t able to get solid footing onto…
‘Easy Heaven’, A Seamless Mashup of ‘Easy’ by The Commodores and ‘Just Like Heaven’ by The Cure
Daniel Barassi of Brat Productions has mashed together the audio from “Easy” by The Commodores with “Just Like Heaven” by The Cure – two very…
An Explanation of Pareidolia, The Phenomenon of Consistently Seeing Faces Within Random Patterns
Vox expertly explains the concept of Pareidolia, a fairly common phenomenon of consistently finding familiar images (faces, animals, letters) within inanimate objects and random patterns,…
HBO Offers a Glimpse Into the 1970s NYC Music Scene in Teaser for the Martin Scorsese/Mick Jagger Series ‘Vinyl’
HBO has released the first teaser for Vinyl, an upcoming series that focuses on the New York City music scene in the 1970s as viewed…
Thirsty Elephant Sticks Her Trunk Over the Bathroom Wall to Get a Cool Drink of Water From a Toilet
A thirsty elephant caught photographer Carina Blofield and other guests at the Elephant Sands Lodge Botswana by surprise when, out of nowhere, a giant trunk…
100 Years of Men’s Swimwear Shown Decade by Decade in a Three-Minute Timelapse
In this three-minute time-lapse video by Mode Glam, a naked well-muscled model named Matty Watts dons (and removes) 100 years of men’s swimwear decade by…
Acrobatic Boston Terrier Does Backflips Across Her Yard to Keep an Orange Balloon Aloft With Her Nose
An incredibly acrobatic Boston terrier named Rose kept an orange balloon aloft with her nose for over one and half minutes while doing backflips across…
A Terrific Supercut of the Best Jon Stewart Moments Over the Past 16 Years as Host of ‘The Daily Show’
Fast Company has put together a really terrific supercut of 16 years worth of Jon Stewart’s best moments on The Daily Show, of which are…
Creative Man Builds an Incredible Cat Feeding Machine That Requires His Cat to Hunt for His Dinner
Ben Millam built a cat feeding machine that requires his cat to hunt for RFID-tagged balls placed strategically around the house.
Stunning Aerial Overhead Photos of Some of the Biggest Cities Around the World
The photographers of AirPano, the wonderful Russian not-for-profit photo project, have captured stunning aerial stills of some of the biggest cities on earth including Paris,…