Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

It’s not the pilots are necessarily a secretive group, but airlines do seem to do their best to keep their direct interactions with customers minimal (and on their terms). I’m not sure why exactly that is, though I imagine both safety and the lack of a desire to answer a million questions both come into...

The fun – and occasionally frustrating – thing about Twitter is there is just a constantly revolving door of pretty great tweets that you could easily miss if you like, dare to have a real life for a day. Or even a couple of hours. That’s why you have the rest of the internet, though...

Back in the old days, television was always looked upon as the “lesser” visual medium. Films were big, they had the money, they had all the best talent, and so it made sense that they were considered to be the end-all, be-all of big, life-changing moments. Things have started to change with the advent of...

Television – or “screens,” as parents everywhere now refer to them – has endured its fair share of criticism over the years. It makes us fat, it gives us unrealistic expectations, it might be depressing us and we’re getting lazy. Ok, fine, I’m not a doctor so I can’t really refute any of that. What...

Cooking is something almost all of us have to do on a daily-ish basis. We have to feed ourselves and our families, and unless we’re fortunate enough to be able to afford a cook or food that’s otherwise prepared by someone else, cooking at home is part of life. We can get stuck in ruts,...

If there’s one thing I know for sure, it’s that nothing is better than having a delicious, syrupy breakfast in the middle of the night. It’s one of the best things about being young, if I recall, and Waffle House has definitely cornered the market on offering the best breakfast around, no matter whether the...

I always feel like there are probably better ways to do the grocery shopping and meal planning – or at least, ways to get better deals – that I’ve just never been able to figure out. Short of clipping coupons and watching the ads for the best deals, though, what more can we do? If...

I never really thought too much about the people who model for art students while they’re practicing drawing the human form – I saw Felicity, and I sat up and paid more attention when it was Jesse Williams on Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, but I mean. I never really spent much time thinking about the...

There are some places in the world that we all seem to know exist, and have pictures of in our minds, but depending on our level of interest in the area, our knowledge may not extend far beyond that. The Tower of London is one of those things you just know about, that you’ve probably...

There’s a reason, I think, that pretty much everyone loved blasting “Piece of Sh%t Car” by Adam Sandler – it’s because we’ve all had a piece of sh%t car, and it was generally hilarious, and our friends made fun of us, but it was a rite of passage. You had to have a crappy car when...

The thing about internet rabbit holes is that you never realize how deep you’ve fallen until you’ve been there awhile, it’s pretty dark, and you know for a fact that it’s too late to easily climb out. Which is to say, much like Alice, we sometimes have regrets after we’ve followed our curiosity into the...

There are people who like scary movies, and people who watch any sort of movie, and more people who will watch something their friends recommend, even if it’s not their typical vibe. Even for those people who seek out the scary and disturbing, though, some films take it too far – or at least, like...

It’s a special breed of folks who really enjoy nearly peeing their pants at a good jump scare, or love peering at a movie through their fingers when they can’t quite handle the gore. If you’re one of those people who just really likes horror movies, then you’re also someone who will realize just how...

I would venture to say that most people who spend time in hospitals as patients would say those buildings are not their favorite places. No one likes having to go to the hospital, or stay for awhile, even before all of this past year and covid happened. You’re alone a lot of the time, you’re...

Unless you’re someone who works in healthcare, you probably don’t enjoy walking through the doors of a hospital. We’re usually there for a not-so-great reason, whether we’re sick or injured, or someone we love is sick and injured, so you know…not the greatest memories and feelings. That said, there’s normal hospital anxiety and then there’s...