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.
Recently Diagnosed With Multiple Sclerosis, Nebraska Artist Offers Drawings For Donations Toward Medical Bills
Nebraska artist Adam White, recently diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and drowning in medical bills, has offered up a custom drawing to anyone who donates towards…
Finnish Man Has An Incredibly Close Relationship With the Fully Grown Brown Bears He Raised
Sulo Karjalainen, the proprietor of Kuusamo Large Carnivore Centre in Kuusamo, Finland, has become locally famous as the “bearman” due to the incredibly close bond…
Romantic Clothing Sculpted From Carrera Marble in ‘The Identity Collection’ by Alasdair Thomson
Scottish artist Alasdair Thompson‘s current series “The Identity Collection” features breezy romantic clothing that has been sculpted from gorgeous Carrera marble. Each “garment” is modeled…
Veteran Fights Hard To Adopt the Combat Dog Who Saved His Life
If the dogs put in the time for the country, then the country owes it to them to put the time into them This incredibly…
Artist GarcÃa de Marina Creates Clever Visual Puns With Arrangements of Everyday Objects
Spanish artist GarcÃa de Marina arranges everyday objects into clever minimalist visual puns that make a big statement.
The Six Year Anniversary of the Re-Naming of Yiying Lu’s ‘Lifting A Dreamer’ To Twitter ‘Fail Whale’
Today marks the six year anniversary naming of the once-ubiquitous “Fail Whale“, a colorful illustration of a “white beluga whale held up by a flock…
Suggestions For Getting A Better Night’s Sleep Despite A Desperately Meowing Cat Pining For Attention
CATastrophe, a humorous web series about whose first and second episodes we’ve written about, offers a few suggestions for getting a better night’s sleep despite…
Two Artists Create Pendant Depicting A Squid Attacking the Nautilus From ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’
Artist Marty Magic and her husband Art joined forces to create an incredibly detailed pendant depicting the scene from Jules Vernes‘ classic story, 20,000 Leagues…
The History of the Teddy Bear and How It Has Affected the Way Humans Regard Animals
In his TED Talk from March 2014, author Jon Mooallem spoke about the history of the “Teddy Bear” and how embracing the cuddly plush animal…
‘Oppressed Majority’, A Short Film About a Man Subjected To Gender Harassment In Female Dominated Society
Oppressed Majority (Majorité Opprimée), an incredibly powerful short film by Eléonore Pourriat, focuses on a vulnerable man who is relentlessly harassed and subjected to the…