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 Literal and Figurative Immensity of New York City
While visiting New York City in 2020, travel vlogger Johnny Harris (previously) wanted to find out what was behind the incredible literal and figurative immensity…
How Both Sides of the Ongoing Linguistic Debate Over the Pronunciation of the Acronym GIF Can Be Correct
A slightly bewildered Tom Scott (previously) attempted to explain the once-thought settled, ongoing linguistic debate over the correct pronunciation of GIF (Graphics Interface Format) and…
A Hilarious ‘This Is Fine’ Window Display in Indianapolis That Aptly Captures the Spirit of Halloween 2020
This house in my neighborhood every year nails Halloween decorations. pic.twitter.com/eX19mACqUv — Gelly Bean (@funangela) October 18, 2020 A resident in the Irvington district of…
Piano Teacher Performs as a Unicorn and Dragon to Motivate Her Remote Learning Students to Practice
New York City piano teacher Magdalene Rolka quite amusingly used an animation effect in the video chat program she was using to disguise her face…
Trained Black Vulture Gracefully Lands on GoPro Selfie Stick in Midair During Tandem Paragliding Lesson
While giving a lesson over Spanish mountains, tandem paragliding instructor Scott Mason of Skywing Adventures in Andalucia, Spain demonstrated his bespoke “parahawking” technique while floating…
Dad Turns His Sons’ Drawings Into Surreal Photos
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Things I have drawn (@thingsihavedrawn) on Jan 6, 2019 at 8:33am PST Tom Curtis, the creative…
Surreal Sculptures of an Elegant Dessert Table Gone Awry When the Sweets and Tea Set Try to Eat Other
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ronit Baranga (@ronitbaranga) on Oct 13, 2020 at 4:49am PDT “All Things Sweet and Painful” by…
Humorous Face Masks Made Out of Food
View this post on Instagram A post shared by hej studio (@hejstudio_) on May 15, 2020 at 12:04am PDT Danish design studio Hej has created…
Miniature Space Shuttle Made of Soldered Electronics
French mechanical student Simon Robert, who created a wonderfully sleek, 3D printed Saturn V Rocket Planter, married together two of his favorite fields of science…
Morgan Freeman Plays a Singing Vincent the Vegetable Vampire in 1970s Episode of ‘The Electric Company’
Morgan Freeman portrayed "Vincent the Vegetable Vampire", a singing creature of the night who craved vegetables on The Electric Company.