Scott Beale
Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Bluesky and sharing photos on Instagram.
How to Fake a UFO and The Launch of UFO News
Weird America posted a great new video on “How to Fake a UFO”, including bonus interviews with the owners of the Little Ale-Inn in Rachel,…
Get a First Life
Get a First Life is a hilarious Second Life parody by Vancouver web geek and Northern Voice co-organizer Darren Barefoot. Membership perks include “going outside”…
DCA May Have Big Impact on the Fight Against Cancer
Dr. Evangelos Michelakis at University of Alberta reports that the drug dichloroacetate (DCA) may have a big impact in the fight against cancer by stopping…
Northern Voice 2007
Northern Voice 2007, one of the best blogger conferences out there, takes place February 23rd and 24th at UBC Forestry Sciences Centre on the UBC…
Bad Day At Black Rock, Cacophony Society Zone Trip #4 Which Took Burning Man to the Desert in 1990
Recent events have sparked quite a bit of discussion regarding the history of Burning Man, an event that has been a major influence on my…
‘Name Game’ on Fark TV
The offbeat news website Fark, run by Drew Curtis, just launched Fark TV. The idea is that they take popular stories that are posted Fark…
Hotel Pennsylvania, Home of 2600’s HOPE, to be Destroyed
Last night Marc Powell contacted me with the sad news that the historic Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City is being town down and replaced…
Irving Norman at Pasadena Museum of California Art
“To Have And Have Not” (1980) by Irving Norman The Irving Norman retrospective “Dark Metropolis: Irving Norman’s Social Surrealism” that was recently on exhibit at…
Ornaments of Evolution by Hal Robins
Speaking of Hal Robins, he has an upcoming solo art show in New York at Fuse Gallery in Manhattan. The show “Ornaments of Evolution”, opens…
Pioneer Square Seattle
Last month when we were in Seattle, Lori and I decided to stop by Utilikilts, the company that makes those awesome, mutli-functional kilts. When we…