Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

There are so many things we believe and follow without a second thought. They’re engrained into us from birth, sunk into society, and honestly, we never really stop to think about why we believe them, or whether or not there’s any truth to them at all. The idea that the number 666 is evil, or...

Cats are super fun to own, especially if you’re someone who enjoys being snubbed or attacked in your own home. Cat owners love giving their little kitties everything that makes them happy, and for many, that includes catnip. Your furry friend loves it, they wallow in it, and then they entertain you by going completely...

Are you someone who grew up with a dad or an uncle sharing The Far Side cartoons with you that you didn’t quite get? Did you grow to love the humor, only to fall into a depression when you realized there would be no more new content? If so, these 9 fun facts about the strip...

Dogs are endearing and funny little creatures, and anyone who has loved one at some point in their life knows one thing for sure – we don’t deserve them. There are any number of curious dog behaviors that don’t really make sense to humans. Why do they sniff poop? Why do they eat gross stuff?...

Clutter is one of those things that makes us less happy, even if we think we’re hoarding things we love, might need, or just can’t bear to part with. An excess of clutter can exacerbate anxiety and depression, among other things, and so most of us try our best to keep it to a minimum....

If you’ve never worked on a movie set, there’s a good chance you’d love to work on a movie set. It sounds so exciting and fun, being in the middle of making art like that, and in some ways, it is. In the day-to-day, minute-to-minute ways, though, it’s pretty boring. Oh, well. At least we’ve...

It’s almost that time of year again – your flu shot is looming. Shots aren’t a fun thing for anyone, and convincing your kids to go with you and sit willingly to be stabbed is even less fun than undergoing the stick yourself. To add insult to injury, it’s not over and done with in...

We have all kinds of thoughts in the shower (if we manage to get time in there alone), and despite what the movies would have you believe, they’re not all gems. I have to say, though, that these 17 people’s wet-bodied musings are pretty good at making me do a double-take on what it’s like...

No one likes to believe that we’re not fully aware of what and why we make choices in our lives, but the truth is, our minds are far more complicated and vast than we’re able to control – or understand – most of the time. Here are 7 ways our mind’s biases influence us, whether...

There comes a time in most of our lives, a couple of times a year, when we really, desperately, want to get rid of some clutter. It can be hard to know where to start, though, and maybe you’re worried you’ll miss one thing or another after it’s gone. If you want some advice on...

You’ve probably heard a lot recently about gender, biological sex, and how they’re not the same thing. Gender is fluid, biological sex is not. Sex is assigned at birth due to a person’s genitalia, but gender is more complicated. It’s so complicated, in fact, that many older people, who lived in a world that didn’t...

I don’t know about you, but I’ve started to use the term “climate change” all the time, eschewing “global warming” so I don’t have to listen to arguments about how we’re having the coldest winter ever, or something like that. Apparently, though, they’re not exactly interchangeable, and how I’ve been using them isn’t quite right,...

In the exercise, fitness, and wellness industry, it seems like there’s always the next best new thing coming down the pike. Usually, the next best thing is also the next expensive thing, and if there’s one thing the Shake Weight taught us (you remember the Shake Weight, right?), it’s that looking stupid never stopped anyone...

History is full of interesting little tidbits, and one of the fun things about humans is that we’re always discovering animals that have gone extinct, never to be seen or heard from again. Sometimes that makes us sad (even when it shouldn’t, like with dinosaurs), and sometimes, like in the case of this horrifying cave...

This definitely falls under a question that people who don’t have twins always think is dumb, so I’m glad someone used this subreddit to finally ask! Parents with twins, are you 100% sure that both kids have the same name that they started off with? byu/Irishane inNoStupidQuestions You’ve got two infants – newborns, who all look sort...