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Jesse Dylan, founder of the creative production company Wondros, posted video of the incredible flight of a giant commercial airline style paper airplane that won the company’s paper airplane contest. This plane was made by Justin and Jack, two employees who work in the editorial department. The employees had been using the paper wrappers from...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Employees Create a Giant Commercial Airline Style Paper Airplane Out of ‘Falafel Fridays’ Lunch Wrappers first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Andrew Lloyd Webber stage musical Cats, a fantastic adaptation of the T.S. Eliot poem Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, is one of the longest-running shows in the history of Broadway and the West End and it was only a matter of time before there was a film adaptation. The movie is directed by...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An All-Star Cast Embodies the Unpredictable Feline Spirit in the Film Adaptation of the Stage Musical ‘Cats’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

German artist Tracey Snelling creates highly immersive multimedia installations that are housed inside of tiny versions of specific locations. This form allows the viewer to weave mental stories about those who may live there. Among the specific places that Snelling has replicated include Cokkie Snoei in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Kottbusser Tor in Kreuzberg, Germany, and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Highly Immersive Location Specific Multimedia Installations by Tracey Snelling first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Hank Green of SciShow and James Weiss of Jam’s Germs have pooled their collective scientific knowledge to launch a new Complexly video series entitled Journey to the Microcosmos, a fascinating series about the various forms of microscopic life all around us. The series looks at the different types of microcosms, what they eat and how...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Journey to the Microcosmos, A Fascinating Video Series About the Various Forms of Microscopic Life first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While visiting his grandparents in Michigan, the incredibly talented artist Josh Ellingson (previously) hooked up with the Flint Public Art Project to paint a mural on the outside wall of Factory Two, a community makerspace. The building formerly housed the Dort Motor Car Company from 1915 through 1924, so Ellingson included concepts from both current...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Josh Ellingson Paints a Giant Mural at Factory Two Makerspace in His Hometown of Flint Michigan first appeared on Laughing Squid.

With the release of Toy Story 4 (previously), multi-instrumentalist Acoustic Trench (previously) performed a very upbeat acoustic fingerstyle cover of the Randy Newman song “You Got a Friend in Me” from the original Toy Story film. Maple the Pup, a golden retriever/border collie mix, sat as audience to beloved human with her Sheriff Woody doll...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Guitarist Plays Upbeat Fingerstyle Cover of ‘You Got a Friend in Me’ to His Dog Maple and Sheriff Woody Doll first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Music teacher Florian Mohr performed a wonderful piano medley of 40 cartoon theme songs in just a single take. Mohr began the medley with the iconic “Popeye” intro and culminating with the theme from the German cartoon “Talespin”. (translated) A little flashback from your youth complacent? Then take a look at my new medley! via...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderful Piano Medley of 40 Cartoon Themes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Matt Baker of Useful Charts quite amusingly examined the George Washington extended family tree to determine who would be king in this age if the then-new United States of America had been created as a monarchy rather than the representative democracy that it is today. Baker separated out the family into three different lines –...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Examining George Washington’s Family Tree to Figure Out Who Would Be King If the U.S. Was a Monarchy first appeared on Laughing Squid.

New York City street artist Buff Monster very cleverly transformed his flattened, empty spray paint can into one of his distinctively original big-eyed melty ice cream characters. In keeping with his mission, the artist employed his signature bold lines and bright colors, along with a very steady hand. Buff Monster is a New York City...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Street Artist Buff Monster Transforms an Empty Spray Paint Can Into One of His Distinctly Original Characters first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Insider producer Ian Phillips spoke with creature performer Edd Osmond to find out what it’s like to play a star of a film without ever being on-screen. Osmond explained that for the live-action remake of Dumbo, he had to learn how to walk like a baby elephant, sometimes spending hours on all four limbs with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Creature Performer Edd Osmond Explains What It Was Like Playing the ‘Dumbo’ Live-Action Stand-In first appeared on Laughing Squid.

South Korean illustrator Seoro Oh has created “(OO)”, a truly marvelous short animated film that brilliantly visualizes each and every messy, snotty stage that comes with a really nasty head cold and/or with severe allergies. Every aspect of the film contains a representation of that itchy misery, even the title of the film represents flared...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Marvelous Animated Short Film That Brilliantly Visualizes Each Messy Stage of a Nasty Head Cold first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2015, we wrote about how the massive New York City development Hudson Yards will be building an observation deck that will be attached to on the 30 Hudson Yards building that sits 1,100 feet in the air and be the highest outdoor observation deck in the Western Hemisphere. More recently, John Kelly, Vice President...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Incredible Engineering Behind ‘Edge’, The Highest Outdoor Observation Deck in the Western Hemisphere first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Business Insider producer Abby Narishkin visited with Customs and Border Patrol agents who are tasked with locating and destroying illicit items that are brought into the United States through John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens, New York. While drugs are always a priority, these officers actually see far more contraband in the form of agricultural...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Officials Locate and Destroy Illicit Foods and Plants That Are Brought in Through JFK Airport first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musicians Jake Shimabukuro (ukulele) and Jerry Douglas (slide guitar) performed a surprisingly cheerful and jazzy cover of the fairly somber song “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles. This track is featured on Shimabukuro’s latest album entitled The Greatest Day. Following this performance, Shimabukuro showed how to play the song on ukulele in a video for Reverb....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Surprisingly Cheerful Jazz Ukulele and Slide Guitar Cover of The Beatles’ Song ‘Eleanor Rigby’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Insider producer Meredith Geaghan-Breiner took a gigantic deep dive into the process employed by Pixar that led to the latest updated iterations of Toy Story characters being more detailed and realistic than ever before. Geaghan-Breiner explored and explained the entire production process behind Toy Story 4, which includes how the characters were designed, modeled and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Pixar Updated the Animation of Their ‘Toy Story 4’ Characters to Appear So Detailed and Realistic first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an effort to raise awareness about stray cats in the area, the Yoro Railway LTD partnered with the Kitten Cafe Sanctuary in Gifu, Japan to create the world’s first rolling cat café on a train. The event took place on September 12, 2017, and passengers traveling between the Ogaki and Ikeno Stations were able...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Japanese Railway Hosts World’s First Cat Cafe on a Moving Train With Adoptable Kittens Riding on Board first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While hosting a live show at Comic-Con International 2019, the very funny Conan O’Brien, with help from the talented animation of State Design, created an absolutely brilliant animated Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse themed cold open for his stage entrance. The animation quite closely follows the origin story, but instead of getting bitten by a spider,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Animated Conan O’Brien Enters the Comic-Con Stage With a ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Cold Open first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Photographer Christian Spencer captured a stunning series of photos featuring a black and white Jacobin hummingbird with outstretched wings crossing in front of the sun. The bird’s delicate feathers filtered and separated out the spectral colors, making the wings themselves appear beautifully prismatic. Luckily, the effect can be seen through a camera lens as it...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Photographer Captures the Prismatic Colors of the Sun Filtering Through a Hummingbird’s Wings first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Abdu – A 9/11 Story” is a stunning visual poem by filmmaker Paul Stone (previously) about Abdu Malahi, a Yemeni-born, Brooklyn-raised Muslim who worked as an audio/visual technician at the Marriot Hotel World Trade Center who died on 9/11. Malahi started out the day in a good mood, as he was applying for visas to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Stunning Visual Poem to Yemeni-Born Brooklyn-Raised Muslim Hotel Worker Who Saved Many Lives on 9/11 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Gerard Mas, the talented Spanish artist who created a humorous series of Renaissance-style sculpted busts reimagined with a modern twist, has also sculpted very lifelike replications of cats and dogs. This series includes a blue-eyed Siamese cat, a dignified German Shepherd, a worried little French bulldog, and an adorable mini-pinscher, each meticulously carved out of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Incredibly Realistic Cat and Dog Sculptures Meticulously Carved Out of Tree Trunks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Giuseppe Ragazzini has created a series of wonderfully amusing, mechanical collage artwork featuring digital cutouts of masterpiece paintings and photos. In the process of crafting his art, Ragazzini also developed Mixerpiece, an app of his own invention. Mixerpiece is a sort of digital magnetic board, with more than 200 items and shapes which you...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Incredible Mechanical Digital Cutout Collages first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Sleep Blanket A visualization of my son's sleep pattern from birth to his first birthday. Crochet border surrounding a double knit body. Each row represents a single day. Each stitch represents 6 minutes of time spent awake or asleep #knitting #crochet #datavisualization pic.twitter.com/xwBh7vIilJ — Seung Lee (@Lagomorpho) July 12, 2019 Webcomic artist Seung Lee...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Father Lovingly Crochets a Snuggly Blanket That Visualizes His Son’s First Year of Sleeping Patterns first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Elisabeth de Kleer is currently raising funds through Kickstarter in order to complete her fascinating documentary “Let’s Play: Dungeons & Dragons Behind Bars”, which tells the story of the prisoners who fought in court with varying results for their right to engage in the therapeutic and rehabilitative activity of role-playing games. The film is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Let’s Play: Dungeons & Dragons Behind Bars’, A Film About Inmates Who Fought for the Right to Play RPGs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Lüa by Vivien Muller, is a very clever smart planter that lets its humans know what the plant needs and when it needs through a series of animated emotions. The Lüa works with a simple smartphone app to reflect one of five different senses through 15 different amusing facial animations. The planter itself comes in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Lüa, A Smart Planter That Expresses What a Plant Needs and When It Needs It Using Animated Emotions first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In his first language video in four years, the linguistically educated Tom Scott explains how the rise of digital communication has changed grammatical standards and norms, particularly in the case of punctuation and capitalization. Scott notes how audible inflections and intentions are largely absent, so capital letters and specific punctuation marks denote different meanings in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Use of Digital Communication Changed Grammatical Standards in a Fairly Universal Manner first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Animator Cyriak Harris (previously) has remixed vintage footage of a man who was eating his breakfast out in the middle of the roadway, turning it into an amusingly surreal but slightly disturbing music video. I became obsessed with this old piece of film footage and it evolved into a music video. Related Laughing Squid PostsBemused...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusingly Surreal Music Video Using Remixed Vintage Footage of a Man Eating Breakfast In the Road first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Negative Space” is a wonderful stop-motion cloth animation that features a son reminiscing about his relationship with his now-departed father through the act of packing a suitcase. The narration of the film comes directly from a Ron Koertge poem of the same name, while the characters and scenes were created by filmmakers Ru Kuwahata and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Dutiful Son Remembers His Father While Packing a Suitcase in the Stop-Motion Animation ‘Negative Space’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In June of 2017, the late, greatly missed Stan Lee (previously) sat down in front of that year’s UCLA Extension Certificate class and told them the story of how the iconic Spider-Man came into being and how the idea was almost squashed. Lee stated that he didn’t want to make a long speech, but instead...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Stan Lee Talks About How He Came Up With the Idea For Spider-Man and Was Told It Was a Terrible Idea first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Italian artist Pietro Cataudella creates excellent illustrations that he very cleverly uses to complete and/or change the context of real-life situations. These quick context changes have taken place at Cataudella’s food market, outside his home, at historic sites and even in collaboration with ad agencies. CityLiveSketch is an artistic project created by Pietro Cataudella, born...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Cleverly Inserts His Excellent Illustrations to Visually Alter the Context of Real Life Situations first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While diving in Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, BBC Earth wildlife presenter Lizzie Daly found herself swimming with an absolutely enormous barrel jellyfish. The frilly sea creature didn’t seem to mind that Daly was gliding alongside and Daly was thrilled to close out “Wild Ocean Week” with this beautiful and gentle giant. Diving with a giant barrel...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Lizzie Daly of BBC Earth Swims With an Enormous Barrel Jellyfish Off the Coast of Falmouth, Cornwall first appeared on Laughing Squid.

To take care of Rick and Morty fans happy in-between seasons, USAOPOLY has created an amusing deck of cards that feature royal illustrations of everyone’s favorite animated, intergalactic grandfather and grandson. Follow the intergalactic misadventures of Rick and his grandson Morty with this custom illustrated deck of 52 playing cards featuring your favorite characters from...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Rick and Morty’ Playing Cards first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Piango portable piano is a wonderfully rechargeable, flexible electronic keyboard that can be played on any solid surface and then be rolled up for easy travel. Piango also features 88 keys – the same as a standard piano. It also connects with various platforms via Bluetooth. despite its compact size, you still get great...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Piango, A Flexible Electronic Piano With Pedal and Speaker That Can Be Rolled Up for Easy Traveling first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While shooting pictures at the Tangkoko Nature Reserve in Sulawesi, Indonesia, Danish biologist Mogens Trolle captured absolutely adorable video footage of a rather fearless and intelligent young monkey thoroughly inspecting his DSLR camera. The little primate did not harm the camera in any way, in fact, it appeared to Trolle that the monkey knew exactly...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Curious Monkey Checks Out Photographer’s Camera first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An absolutely adorable bunny named Mr. Bigglesworth, who was born with a recessive trait that makes him almost completely hairless, dresses up in cozy jumpers (sweaters), blankets and costumes to ensure that his little bald body is kept warm at all times. Mr. Bigglesworth’s human Cassandra adopted him when he was just weeks old after...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Hairless Bunny Named Mr. Bigglesworth Dresses Up in Cozy Sweaters to Keep His Bald Little Body Warm first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Burl, the incredibly creative luthier of Burl’s Art who has built for himself a colorful translucent guitar made completely out of epoxy resin, a guitar made out of colored pencils and even a Jawbreaker guitar, took a turn in a lower octave when he crafted a bass out colored pencils in traditional reggae colors. In...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Incredible Bass Made Out of Pencils in Reggae Colors first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Like others who came before him, health and fitness coach Rick Herrmann is learning how to play saxophone and likes to go out to a local backroad Oregon field and serenade the resident cows. The music-loving bovine audience is not only very appreciative but also very happy to help Herrman practice his craft. I’m better...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Oregon Health and Fitness Coach Serenades a Field of Music Loving Cows on Saxophone first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Talented art director Farid Ghanbari of 3FX creates highly imaginative computer 3D renderings that are wonderfully surreal in nature. Ghanbari takes fairly common items and adds a bit of unusual goings-on to give each of his effects a mind-blowing experience. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Look Inside the National Audio Company, One of the Last Companies...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Wonderfully Surreal 3D Graphic Renderings first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Anthony James has created “Portals”, an incredible series of LED Icosahedrons – twenty-sided sculptures that are made up of repeating equilateral triangles. The triangles within each structure create perfect mathematical symmetry, which becomes even more readily apparent and psychedelic with the glowing interior light. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Blacksmith Forges Large and Impressive Steel...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Portals, An Incredible Series of LED Icosahedron (20 Sided) Sculptures Made Up of Equilateral Triangles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Tina Kraus of faltmanufaktur is a freelance illustrator in Münster, Germany who creates absolutely incredibly realistic crepe paper versions of different insects and other animals. Among Kraus’ most detailed works are the Giant Grasshopper (Tropidacris), a Goliath Stick Insect (Eurycnema Goliath), a Thorny Devil (Eurycantha calcarata) and a beautiful Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus Coronatus). (translated) When...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Incredibly Realistic Hand Crafted Paper Insects first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Music essayist Noah Lefevre of Polyphonic (previously) takes a detailed look into the iconic Electric Light Orchestra song “Mr. Blue Sky”, particularly how it is used to counteract the solemn intensity of the rest of the songs on the album Out of the Blue. The inspiration for the entire album, according to LeFevre, came from...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How a Sunny Swiss Day Helped Jeff Lynne Write the Iconic Electric Light Orchestra Song ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Knitters of the world gathered in Joensuu, Finland to compete in the very first Heavy Metal Knitting Championships ever. Each knitter was graded upon their attitude, their performing skills, their storytelling talents, their connection with the audience and their ability to convey their culture, all while a death metal band played behind them. Heavy Metal...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Headbanging Knitters Perform With Yarn and Needles at First Heavy Metal Knitting Championships in Finland first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video editor Eddie Spughetti of Here Lies has brilliantly replaced Tom Selleck in the classic Magnum, P.I. opening credits intro with an appropriately clad Chief Jim Hopper from Stranger Things. The mashup also featured Joyce Byers as “Wheelbarrow” and Murray Bauman as himself. This mashup was particularly appropriate, as Hopper was seen watching the show...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Floral Shirted Chief Jim Hopper of ‘Stranger Things’ Replaces Tom Selleck in the Classic ‘Magnum, P.I.’ Intro first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Longtime Laughing Squid Friend Dan Maccarone of founder Charming Robot, investor in the bar Fool’s Gold NYC and host of the “Story in a Bottle” podcast (previously), co-authored the audio book “The Bar Stool MBA” with journalist Bob Sullivan. Together the two spoke with bar employees at all levels across the United States in order...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Barstool MBA, A Fascinating Audiobook That Weighs Working in a Bar Against Going to Grad School first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When the lights unexpectedly went out on the West Side of Manhattan for several hours on Saturday, July 13, 2019, surprisingly, very little chaos ensued, as people found novel ways to entertain themselves. This included photographer Joseph DiGiovanna, who’s mission is to “film and post the sunrise over NYC every day for at least 30...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible Timelapse of the Lights Coming Back on After the Unexpected 2019 New York City Blackout first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Engineers at John Deere collaborated with designers at golf retailer PING to create the largest golf putter in the world. This giant motorized half-excavator, half-putter, which was based on PING’s iconic Anser design, was put to the test at the John Deere Classic and performed exceptionally well. Of course, a giant golf ball and accompanying...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post John Deere Collaborates With Golf Retailer PING to Build the Largest Golf Putter in the World first appeared on Laughing Squid.

New York Times reporter Aaron Byrd sought to buy one of the now-iconic paintings by the late, great Bob Ross (previously). Finding the task to be almost impossible, Byrd embarked on an investigative journey to learn why. Byrd found that the thousands of paintings created by Ross for his PBS show The Joy of Painting...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post New York Times Reporter Finds the Location of Over 1,200 Bob Ross Paintings While on a Quest to Buy One first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Todd Alcott (previously) has quite cleverly reimagined the heartfelt and profound lyrics of the classic Pink Floyd song “Comfortably Numb” as the text within a vintage advertisement for an effective pain reliever. This and Alcott’s other clever prints are available through his Etsy store. “Comfortably Numb” re-imagines the classic Pink Floyd song as a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Clever Print Reimagining the Lyrics of Pink Floyd’s ‘Comfortably Numb’ as a Vintage Pain Reliever Ad first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1994, Pizza Hut UK aired the very first non-English advert on British television stations. The scene featured three Klingons who looked like Worf from Star Trek: The Next Generation and only spoke in their native language. Luckily a compassionate employee was able to help them without words. Pizza Hut has produced the first completely...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A 1994 ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ Pizza Hut British TV Commercial Spoken Completely in Klingon first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Jonathan Spangler, who traveled a great deal in his previous life as a patent lawyer for a medical device company, found that there was truly a lack of electric guitars that could be packed up very easily. Taking his technical knowledge from these devices, Spangler set out to create “a real, full-sized, gig-ready guitar”...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Brilliant Electric Guitar With a Clever Mechanical Neck That Symmetrically Folds to Fit Under an Airplane Seat first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A well-dressed pet goose named George with a service dog vest on happily honked his way through a parking lot on his way into the Walmart store. Once inside, he and his loud-voiced human startled and amused nearby shoppers. They were at the Hayward, California store to shop for his favorite mustard greens, but found...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Well-Dressed Pet Goose Shops for His Favorite Greens at a Walmart in Hayward, California first appeared on Laughing Squid.