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.
‘Time Reversed in New York’, Footage of Busy Pedestrians Walking Backwards in Manhattan
Filmmaker Jeremy Meek created “Time Reversed in New York,” which used the reversed footage that he shot of pedestrians walking through Times Square, in the…
A Quick History Explaining How and Why Tea Became So Popular in Britain
In the latest episode of Anglophenia, host Kate Arnell offers up an explanation of how tea came to Britain, why it became so popular, the…
Japanese Man Cleverly Carves Smiling Faces Into Minicups of Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream
My hobby is making ice cream laugh. A Japanese man named Makoto Asano has created an amusing photo series of cleverly carved smiling faces into…
The Cast, Crew and Co-Creator of ‘The Big Bang Theory’ Endow an Undergraduate Science Scholarship Fund at UCLA
While most of the cast, crew and executive staff of the television show The Big Bang Theory aren’t actually scientists (the wonderful Mayim Bialik being…
Wild Animals React With Curiosity, Vanity and Hostility to Mirrors That Are Placed in Their Paths
French photographer Xavier Hubert Brierre traveled to Gabon in Africa to set up a number of mirrors around different locations in order to capture the…
Mmuseumm, A Tiny Modern Museum of Found Objects Housed in a Former NYC Freight Elevator
Mmuseumm is a tiny gallery sponsored by the Fractured Atlas charity that’s dedicated to displaying found objects and art exhibitions. Housed in a 20 square…
Pixar Posits a World in Which Dinosaurs Still Exist in the First Trailer for the Upcoming Film ‘The Good Dinosaur’
In the first trailer for their upcoming film The Good Dinosaur opening in November, Pixar Animation Studios posits a world in which the asteroid that…
Brooklyn Musician Performs an A Capella Jazz Version of the Beloved 1980s Anthem ‘Take On Me’ by A-ha
Brooklyn-based musician Daniel Koren (previously) performed each vocal part of an interesting smooth jazz, a capella cover of the beloved 1980s anthem “Take On Me”…
Remarkable Photos That Pay Tribute to Cult Film and TV With Miniature Humans Interacting With Food
Baking Bad In his series Hollyfood, photographer Nicolas Knepper has captured remarkable photos that pay culinary tribute to such films as Jaws, The Lord of…
How the Complicated Borders of Europe Formed From the Peace of Westphalia Treaties in 1648
In the latest episode of Things You May Not Know, host Tom Scott (previously), standing on the border between Baarle-Nassau in the Netherlands and Baarle-Hertog…