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.
Improv Everywhere Throws 100 Person Dance Party for NYC Pedestrians Who Stand on a ‘Dance Party’ Decal
Charlie Todd and the NYC comedy collective Improv Everywhere (previously) collaborated with the Museum of the City of New York to create a wonderful interactive…
Rare Footage of a Glass Octopus and Other Life Within Deep Sea Coral Reefs Captured by ROV SuBastian
While exploring the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in the Pacific Ocean near Samoa, the ROV SuBastian (previously) of the Schmidt Ocean Institute ship Falkor captured…
German Traveler Visits a Small Town in Texas Where German Has Been the First Language for Generations
German traveler Fabs976 visited Shelby, Texas, a small town in Austin County known as “Little Germany” because a large number of people there grew up…
An Updated Version of the Hand-Blown Glass Octopus Wine Decanter That’s Easier to Pour and Clean
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ignite Glass Studios (@igniteglass) Josh DeWall of Ignite Glass Studios in Chicago, who previously built an…
45 Nostalgic Minutes of Unedited 1982 MTV Footage
I Want My MTV Music Television In Stereo has put together a truly nostalgic 45 minute clip of unedited MTV footage from 1982, a time…
‘Julia’, A Fascinating Documentary Detailing the Remarkable Career of Trailblazing Chef Julia Child
The Sony Classics film Julia by Julie Cohen and Betsy West of RBG, is a fascinating documentary that tells the story of trailblazing chef and…
Using Sound to Shatter a Wine Glass in Slow Motion
In a fractured episode of The Slow Mo Guys (previously), host Gavin Free recorded the sound of a utensil striking a glass and adjusted that…
Talented Guitarist Adds a Heavy Metal Accompaniment to the Wordless ‘Trololo Guy’ Song
Guitarist André Antunes (previously) stepped slightly away from musically interpreting the rants of various US televangelists to instead add heavy metal accompaniment to Soviet vocalist…
Carl Sagan Gives a Scientific Critique of ‘Star Wars’ While on the Tonight Show With Johnny Carson in 1978
On a 1978 episode of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, astrophysicist Carl Sagan gave an informed, scientific critique of "Star Wars".
Three LEGO Robots Climb a Flagpole and Tree
The Brick Experiment Channel (previously) built three different LEGO robots to climb a flagpole and a tree. The three different types were gravity locking, rubber-band…