Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

There’s not enough true crime media in the world. I mean sure, there are tons, but I think I’ve already worked my way through about 98% of them, and running out would be a true tragedy. I mean, not the sort of tragedy the people experience in the actual cases, but you know what I...

There’s not much in life that’s more frustrating than trying to remember something and not being able to force it out of your brain. It’s right on the tip of your tongue, but it just won’t come out of your head. If you’ve got a mobile phone and a willingness to download the Google app,...

Look, I am not someone who judges the choices and preferences of others. When it comes to proposals of marriage, they are as varied and inventive and unique as every single couple involved in them, but listen – if you want, with all of your heart, to propose in front of the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile,...

College professors kind of have this image of being calm, unflappable, and – if a bit eccentric – typically not the type to meltdown or make many waves. This year is throwing everyone for a loop, though, and our lack of communication with others seems to have caused a breakdown in the ability to parse...

Larry David is famous for many things, but his empathy toward other people is probably not one that comes to mind. So to hear that he’s responsible for literally saving someone’s life? Sounds unlikely. That doesn’t, however, make it less true. In 2003, machinist Juan Catalan was facing the death penalty at just 24 years old....

There are television shows we like, ones that win awards, ones that come and go and that we miss for a minute but not for long. Then there are shows that become a part of the public consciousness, who embed themselves in society in a way that means they’re never coming loose, no matter how...

A lot of things have changed in 2020, and if we’re being totally honest, not many of them can really be considered good. We’ve cried, we’ve stressed, we’ve raged at the universe, but for the most part, we’ve adapted. Which is how this socially distant concert came about in the U.K. Outdoor concerts and experiencing...

I personally feel that any day or night of the week can be taco day, if you’re dedicated enough. Heck, some weeks it’s taco day every day, and I rarely – if ever – have regrets. If you’re a taco lover yourself, then please, come and snack on these 10 taco memes with me. 10. The right...

Look, I know that one of the things I’ve been missing the most is just being able to wander aimlessly around Target. I’ve run in and out for things, but it’s just not the same. Target has great staging; it’s part of what makes you spend $200 on towels and rugs when you went in...

You never know how people are going to react when scientists come out with a new discovery. We could be thrilled, we could basically not care, or we could fully make fun of the scientific community for geeking out over something that seems pretty mundane. When it came to NASA’s announcement that they’d found water...

NASA found water on the moon! I repeat… there’s damn water on the moon, people! I’m betting there was celebration among scientists when they heard, and that they couldn’t wait to tell the world with one of those big exclamation points at the end. Surely, someone was prepared for the snark that comes part-and-parcel with...

There’s a reason that certain stories, creatures, and mythologies have endured. We love to read and watch tales of vampires, werewolves, fairies, and the like…and one of the reasons is because we don’t have to worry about encountering any of them in real life. What if we did, though? That’s the question posited by someone...

You’ve probably heard about this whole tiny home craze, which if you ask me, is totally insane if you don’t live alone. There is no one in this world you love enough to be permanently crammed next to in less than 500 square feet, I promise. This new initiative in Oklahoma, though, is putting the...

If you were live in the 2000s, there’s a good chance that Mythbusters was a regular part of your world – especially if you were any kind of nerd. They were like, as cool as people who were really into science would ever really be. They blew stuff up, shot stuff, dropped stuff, and otherwise made...

When we’re all used to something the way it is, and we’ve never considered that it could be something completely different, it can be hard to wrap our minds around how cool it might be if it did. People are creatures of habit, after all. Changes makes us uncomfortable. But if you can put all...