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.

True Facts About The Dung Beetle by Ze Frank

What People in Elevators Think on Doghouse Diaries

I’ve been a fan of Sixpoint Brewery in Brooklyn for a while and recently I picked up their 3Beans rotational beer. It’s a wonderful beer…

Lori and I stopped by a street market in Chelsea today. There was some amazing stuff, but by far this was the most unique item…

James Walters as Sméagol aka “Gollum” from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings doing a heartfelt rendition of the song “Mad World” by…

On February 27, 2003 I posted my first proto-blog post on Laughing Squid. At the time I was manually posting “news” updates to the front…

Animals Give You Tough Love, fun little ditty by Ze Frank.

In 2009 Gary Numan made a surprise appearance at a Nine Inch Nails concert in London, joining them to perform his classic hit “Cars”.

A baby raccoon snuggles with a kitten like it is a teddy bear, with a few love bites thrown in for good measure. video via…