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.
Actor Dustin Hoffman Talks About Fame, Sense of Self and Staying in Character During a Rare 1971 Animated Interview
The most recent episode of the animated video series “Blank on Blank” features a young Dustin Hoffman talking about “famosity”, having a sense of oneself…
High Carbon Steel Utility Knives That Look Like Whales
Japanese blacksmith Toru Yamashito crafted a set of high carbon steel utility knives made to look like five different types of whales. A round humpback…
A Baby Koala Undergoes His Weekly Checkup While Next To a Plush Animal at the San Diego Zoo
An unnamed 9-month old baby koala kept company with a plush koala during his weekly weigh-in and routine checkup at the San Diego Zoo and…
Tireless Dog Gleefully Runs In the Opposite Direction Atop a Spinning Playground Carousel
A tireless little Corgi repeatedly and gleefully ran in the opposite direction atop a spinning playground carousel, leaping over and running through his human‘s legs,…
Trained Service Dog Efficiently Retrieves Stray Bats for the Charleston RiverDogs Baseball Team
A trained service dog named Titus acted as an efficient bat boy for the Charleston RiverDogs Minor League baseball team in South Carolina, retrieving the…
Bodyscapes, Stunning New Blacklight Body Art by Artist John Poppleton
Autumn Gardens Artist John Poppleton, who said that he’s affectionately known as “The Bob Ross of Black Light Body Painting”, has created more of his…
100 Years of Beauty in Italy Shown Decade by Decade in a One-Minute Time-Lapse Video
In the ninth episode of their 100 Years of Hair and Makeup series, Cut Video provides a visual history of the past 100 years of…
‘Show Me a Hero’, A Young Mayor Tries to Implement Integration in New HBO Mini-Series by Creator of ‘The Wire’
Show Me a Hero is a brand new HBO six-part mini-series from David Simon, the creator of The Wire and is based upon a book…
Gentle Tortoise Clad in Colorful Dresses Provides Comfort to Others as a Certified Therapy Animal
photo via Therapy Pets Unlimited A sweet and gentle African spurred tortoise named Wasabi provides comfort to people who are ill or alone through such…
Boy George & Jack Black Channel Jim Morrison In a Cover of ‘Hello I Love You’ With Robbie Krieger
On an episode of Conan, singer Boy George spoke about his musical influences and found that both he and comedian/actor/singer Jack Black were both big…