Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

I don’t know about you, but I’m much better at expressing myself in writing than in person. There’s something about having the time to really choose the words and tone you want and really nailing it down before the other person reads it at all. These 12 people really took the time to do it...

I mean, let’s be honest – for most of us, our knowledge of what a black hole is and how it interacts with the space around us is probably pretty limited to begin with, but listen. We figure we can assume at least a couple of things, just based on what they’re called, right? Wrong....

If you’re a parent, you probably know that getting information out of your kids can require serious CIA tactics – and even then, our kids can be more stoic than worldly spies. We really want – and need – to know what goes on when we’re not around, though, and so how can we get...

Being judgmental about how other people parent before you become a parent is one of those time-honored traditions of being a human. Like yes, it’s annoying to people who are parents and they definitely roll their eyes behind your back, but listen – they don’t really judge you because they were you. That said, we all have to have...

I’m going to try my best not to pre-judge on this one, because I know that every marriage and every relationship is different. They all work and run smoothly in different ways, but dang. If I read one more post that’s a woman worrying about what/how/when she feeds her significant other I might lose my...

Marriages can be tough work, but most women I know agree (and most men, too, if they’re brave enough to admit it) think that the bulk of the home and family work fall on their shoulders. We take care of the kids, we make sure the calls and appointments are made, the groceries are shopped,...

If you know anything about Italian folks, you surely know that they take their food heritage seriously. Very seriously. If you show an Italian person some fake and/or terrible food that’s claiming to be Italian food – like jarred red sauce, for example – they will delight in pitching a complete fit. That’s the concept...

People usually identify as either a night owl or a day/morning person – maybe even an early bird – but regardless of how you’re most comfortable or inclined to live you life, most of the world is on a cycle that coincides with the sunlight. Why, though? That’s what this person is wondering – why...

If you know anyone in real life (or online) who is of Italian descent, you’re probably aware that they take food and cooking extremely seriously. They want to feed you, it has to be from scratch, and if you’re going to call it Italian food, well…there better have been an actual Italian consulted at some...

Every country and every culture has their own idioms and sayings that are a bit confusing to anyone who isn’t a native speaker. That said, people love making fun of Americans, and sometimes (many times) we even deserve it. If you’re up for laughing at yourself, here are 13 things Americans say that no one...

The thing about American dialect is that there isn’t just one. America is a pretty big place, with a hugely diverse population, and whose speech, idioms, and vocabulary changes when you cross state lines – never mind from north to south, east to west. If Americans can’t even keep up with their own kitschy phrases,...

When people find an item they really love – a piece of clothing, a tool, a piece of media or technology – we tend to not only use it a lot, but to hang onto it as long as we can. There’s no promise, after all, that we’re going to be able to find the...

Now that the world is opening up again, there are places that most of us can’t wait to return to – places like our favorite coffee shops, which maybe we didn’t realize just how much we would miss when we were told we couldn’t go inside. If you’re heading back, planning to spend time with...

Mushrooms are one of those foods that seem to divide people pretty strongly – you either love mushrooms, and even think they can replace meat on occasion, or you don’t want them anywhere near your food at all. If you’re a mushroom lover, you probably buy them at the store or market, or maybe you’re...

Hollywood has imagined that there might be secrets in or around Mount Rushmore in at least a couple of films, and while some liberties were taken, there is actually a secret lair inside the giant, carved, monument. More than meet’s the eye, if you will. Mount Rushmore is kind of a strange monument, as these...