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.
Dachshund Rescued From Severe Neglect Now Happily Wags His Tail Even While He Sleeps
A rescued dachshund named Frank happily wags his tail even while he sleeps. Frank’s human Raphael Borges, explained in 2013 that he had saved Frank…
The ‘Real’ Piper From Orange Is the New Black Speaks About the Real Problems Within the American Prison System
Author Piper Kerman, the “real Piper” (and good friend of Laughing Squid), whose 2011 book Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s…
Tommy (Erdelyi) Ramone (1949-2014), Drummer and Last Original Member of the Ramones
Tommy (Erdelyi) Ramone, the Hungarian-born lightning-fast drummer and last original member of the Ramones, the pioneering powerhouse punk-rock band, died at his home in Ridgewood,…
Humorous Rules of Etiquette for Everyday Life Situations
In her ongoing series for GOOD magazine, Brooklyn-based illustrator Christie Young has created illustrations of humorous visual etiquette lessons for such commonplace life situations as…
‘7 Days of Garbage’, Thought Provoking Photos of People Lying in a Week’s Worth of Their Own Trash
Gregg Segal takes a unique look at the amount of garbage that's generated weekly by individual households with "7 Days of Garbage"
Philz Coffee Opens Their First Shop Outside of San Francisco Bay Area in Santa Monica, California
San Francisco Bay Area mainstay Philz Coffee has opened shop in Santa Monica, California, their first location outside of the San Francisco Bay Area since…
The Calories of Common Foods Drawn Using the Corresponding Number of Pixels
(larger image) Severino Ribecca, a graphic designer based in London, has created an interesting way to view such common foods as beer, rice, cheese and…
Hell Awaits, The First Official Trailer for the Final Season of Sons of Anarchy
“Hell Awaits“, a short teaser trailer for the seventh and final season of the excellent F/X television series Sons of Anarchy, shows a shadowy figure…
Smell May Be the Reason Why Cilantro Tastes Like Soap To Some People
Nacho Cabellero, a 3rd year bioinformatics PhD student at Boston University, explains about the genetic variant that causes the herb cilantro to taste like soap…
Cat Sits Down to an Elegant Sashimi Dinner that was Prepared By Her Humans
A beautiful cat named Gaiyek sits down to an elegant sashimi dinner that had been painstakingly prepared for her by her humans Adeline and Kenneth.…