Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
A Man Questions His Purpose as an Artist Almost Three Years After Preparing Two Slices of Life Changing Toast
The 2016 pseudo documentary “The Maker”, a short film by Patrick Kehoe and Andy Corbett featured a man who was deeply passionate making toast. In…
A Gorgeous Horse With a Long Mane of Blonde Curls That Match Those on Her Beloved Human’s Head
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Naomi Beckers & Storm (@haflinger_storm_naomi) on Dec 8, 2018 at 12:34pm PST An absolutely gorgeous Haflinger…
A Guided Tour Around the Historic Gates of London
Native Londoner Matt Brown of Londonist Ltd offers a really helpful, guided tour around the historic gates of London. As he reaches each gate, Brown…
Analyzing the Cleverly Contradictory Wordplay in Emily Dickinson’s Poem ‘Tell All the Truth But Tell It Slant’
After a disarming false start, the wonderfully informative video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter digs deeply into the Emily Dickinson poem…
A Haunting Piano Cover of Pink Floyd’s ‘Comfortably Numb’ Captured in Dramatic Black and White Video
Australian pianist Josh Cohen performed a gorgeously haunting piano cover of the iconic Pink Floyd song “Comfortably Numb” with exquisite grace. Cohen captured this performance…
A Boy Builds a Lemonade Stand to Fund Future Trips on a Spaceship in the Animated Short ‘Coin Operated’
“Coin Operated” by Nicholas Arioli is an award-winning bittersweet animated short about a little boy who wants to go to the moon. After discovering a…
Drone Footage of Playful Pod of Orcas Swimming Alongside a Brave Woman at a New Zealand Beach
While visiting the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand, Australian surf photographer Dylan Brayshaw flew his drone over the water and captured the remarkable sight of…
Gorgeous Timelapses of Flowers Quickly Blooming
Slovakian filmmaker Majo Chudý has captured in two different videos, the gorgeous sight of different flowers blooming in gorgeous timelapse photography. In “Flowers Blooming”, Chudý…
A Persistent Little Girl Tries to Teach Herself to Dive by Copying a Snobbish But Talented Diver in ‘Belly Flop’
“Belly Flop” is an award-winning short film by Jeremy Collins and Kelly Dillon of Triggerfish Animation Studios that features an adorably persistent little girl in…
Composer Who Scored Coen Brothers Film ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ Briefly Explains the Soundtrack
In a brief but informative clip from behind-the-scenes of the Coen Brothers Netflix film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, score composer Carter Burwell explains how…