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.
The Internet Archive Demonstrates How They Digitize Books in Their Collection One Page at a Time
In honor of digitizing more than 2 million books, the Internet Archive (previously) employee Eliza Zhang demonstrates the wonderful binding-saving manner in which these books…
Peter Luger Steakhouse Fills Socially Distant Empty Seats With Wax Celebrities From Madame Tussauds
photo via Madame Tussauds New York As restaurants in New York City officially open to 35% indoor occupancy on Friday, February 26, 2021, the legendary…
The Frustrations of Sweeping Amusingly Exaggerated
Comedienne Julie Nolke, who occasionally visits her past self from the present among other things, amusingly enacted out the incredibly frustrating part of sweeping in…
How Postage Stamps Postage Played a Key Role in Covert OSS WWII Missions in ‘Operation Cornflakes’
Graham Beck of the philately series “Exploring Stamps” takes a hard look at a rather ingenious plan enacted by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)…
Dog Makes Graceful Exit Through Wooden Handrail After an Unexpected Slide Across a Slippery Porch
A lively dog excitedly ran up the stairs of the porch and took an unexpected slide across the incredibly slippery surface.
Oddly Adorable Photos of Animals Without Necks
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Animals Without Necks :) (@nonecks) No Necks is a rather amusing Instagram account featuring oddly adorable,…
Digital Artist Reimagines Great Works of Art in Fur
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Murat Y?ld?r?m (@muartive) Turkish digital artist Murat Yildirim has quite brilliantly reimagined six iconic works of…
Metal Worker Creates a Clever Hand Shaped Iron Axe
Dirk of The Metalist very cleverly crafted an iron axe head that’s shaped just like a gloved hand. After cutting, shaping, and attaching the head…
A Gnarly Skateboard Shaped Cardboard Cat Scratcher
Suck UK (previously) has created a truly gnarly cardboard cat scratcher that looks just like a real skateboard. Just like their previously novelty cat products,…
Medina Ohio Fire Department Revives Turtles and Tortoises With Tiny Oxygen Masks After Shed Fire
When a fire ripped through a shed in Medina, Ohio that was holding a number of turtles and several tortoises, quick-acting firefighters with the Medina…