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.
A Highly Realistic Corn on the Cob With Butter Cake
Talented bakery designer Natalie Sideserf of Sideserf Cakes (previously) in Austin, Texas quite amiably explained how to make a highly realistic ear of corn on…
A Compassionate Man Rescues a Forgotten Parakeet Egg to Incubate and Raise the Bird by Hand Himself
A Chick Called Albert spotted a tiny parakeet egg in a cage at a pet store and took it home to incubate and raise the bird by hand.
‘The Simpsons’ Opening Recreated With Stock Footage
Filmmaker Matthew Highton very cleverly recreated the iconic opening credits of The Simpsons using only stock footage available to him, keeping each sequence as close…
Wayward Pelican Saved From Icy Connecticut Waters is Flown to Florida by a Mother and Daughter Pilot Team
View this post on Instagram A post shared by A Place Called Hope (@a_place_called_hope_raptors) A wayward pelican who was trying to fly south for the…
Sporting Cockatiel Plays Miniature Game of Basketball
The clever little gray and white cockatiel named Wilbur, who previously performed a wide array of tricks with his humans present, sunk a couple of…
Edward Scissorhands’ Son Edgar Drives Hands Free in a Super Bowl 2021 Ad for the All Electric Cadillac Lyriq
The Super Bowl 2021 ad for the Cadillac Lyriq pays homage to the classic story of Edward Scissorhands. In this updated version Edward’s son, Edgar…
Daveed Diggs Visits ‘People in the Neighborhood’ in the ‘Sesame Street’ DoorDash Super Bowl 2021 Ad
Rapper and Hamilton actor Daveed Diggs, who is a regular visitor to Sesame Street, returned to visit his muppet crew with a new take on…
Orchestral Arrangement of Black Sabbath’s ‘Iron Man’
Musician Micky Tejada and Epic Symphonic Rock (previously) performed a wonderfully sonorous arrangement of the iconic Black Sabbath song “Iron Man”. At the end of…
A Disconcertingly Realistic Disembodied Motorized Hand That Taps Its Fingers With a Flick of a Switch
Artist Nik Ramage, who is a self-described “sculptor of useless machines and absurd devices”, has cast in iron, a disconcertingly realistic disembodied mechanized, and motorized…
An Automated LEGO Present Wrapping Factory
The Brick Wall (previously) previously built an incredibly convenient LEGO wrapping paper machine that accurately measures exactly how much paper to cut by scanning the…