Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

On the surface, it seems like common sense that anyone has the potential to be a formidable opponent in a given situation. Whether we’re talking about sports, or intellectual sparring, or an actual physical altercation, people have the ability to surprise you – a fact that’s perfectly illustrated by this thread on Tumblr. This probably...

Jimmy Fallon and his hashtag games generate some pretty great engagement, and funny replies, on Twitter. People have great stories, and it seems like the way he asks them encourages folks to open up, no matter how personally embarrassing the details might be. This one, #MyWorstCar, is fun because most of us started our driving...

If you’re someone who grew up in the age of the internet, there’s a good chance you’ve been accidentally scarred by something you came across on accident. YouTube is a minefield, as are many of the games played by minors, so if you’ve escaped it, I think you’re just lucky. If you grew up before...

It takes humans a long time to mature. Like, a long time. Which is why so many of us make the same mistakes, have to learn the same lessons, despite literal generations of other humans living similar lives before us – and being willing to pass along their knowledge. We want to believe we know better,...

Experience is a great teacher, and yes, sometimes it’s the only way we manage to learn a certain lesson. We don’t want to listen to those who have been there, don’t want to believe those older and wiser, but in the end, we wish that we would have. These people are recalling 17 lessons they...

Companies who have managed to build empires and reputations don’t let go of either of those things easily – they will do everything in their power to bury, or dismiss, or simply rewrite history when it turns out they were on the wrong side of it. Which is why these 13 companies – who have...

There’s a reason that every large corporation either has a marketing department, or employs a marketing firm. A brand name is everything, especially when you’re huge, and for an event to sully your good name can lead to some serious and financially-damaging blowback. Some marketing companies are so good that we’ve completely forgotten – or...

People have great imaginations when they really let them loose. Whether we’re fantasizing as a creative outlet, as a way to ease anxiety, or just to imagine a different (perhaps better) life, it’s something that almost everyone does when the world goes quiet around us. If you’re curious what other people like to think about...

Creativity takes so many different forms, but for a large portion of the population (maybe even for almost everyone), it’s a necessary component for a happy life. Whether you like to paint, or knit, or sing, or write – or maybe if consuming media is more your jam – we all need ways to let...

There is a prevalent opinion out there that the only happy people in the world are the ones who really, really love their jobs. If you don’t love your job, you’re toiling away and losing your soul or something, one piece at a time, but for many people, a job isn’t something you have to...

When it comes to buying and selling goods, there are a few ways things can go down in price. You can get a great deal on something that’s expensive to make but sold at a reasonable price (the rarest), you can get something cheap for a cheap price, and it breaks soon after, you can...

I’ve been trying to decide lately why it is that people are so fascinated by true crime stories, and I think there’s something about the depths of human depravity that just draws us. Like, we want to see if there’s a bottom to what we are capable of, maybe, or we want to imagine what...

Say what you will about puns being the easiest type of humor or whatever, but there’s a reason that people love to hate them, don’t you think? We groan, we roll our eyes, but we also chuckle under our breath and probably pass it on at the first opportunity, too. And when we encounter puns...

It’s no secret that scientists and governments around the world have been searching for the best, most feasible, and cheapest ways to replace fossil fuels as our main sources of electricity – in our cars, in our homes, you name it. With recent advancements in solar, it’s certainly looking that’s going to be a super...

If you’re a woman reading the headline to this post, I bet you automatically went on the defensive. I know this because I am a woman, and I do not and will not smile unless I feel like it, and even science had better not try to tell me otherwise. That said, we could all use...