Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

One of the things I’ve learned since being married to a man is that everyone’s pain tolerance scale is relative. It must be really hard to be a nurse and to figure out if someone is over or under-shooting on their pain unless you know them. Me, for example? Yes, I wanted an epidural for...

Most of us have or have had bosses in our time, and for me, at least, they’ve run the gamut. A few have been despicably horrible, a few have been outstanding, and most have labored somewhere in between. I’ve been tempted to call them out before, but the truth is, most people are doing their...

There’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that life in the big city is different from what people experience in very small towns – or in no town at all. Even so, there are probably a lot of things we city people don’t really think about being common (or the opposite) in a place very unlike...

Auschwitz and similar concentration (or death) camps have remained largely untouched aside from readying them to put their horrors on display for the public. Recently, historians and other researchers have been working to turn part of Auschwitz into a new exhibition, and they’ve made quite a discovery beneath the flue of a crumbled chimney. Knives,...

I have to figure that by this point, everyone who wants to has seen The Office – and if you’re someone who hasn’t, what are you doing with your life? Since most of of us have watched, loved, quoted, and re-watched, these 7 trips down memory lane are sure to hit you right in the feels. 7....

Too many of us are spending our hours and lives sitting in front of a laptop day in and day out, and while remembering to get up and walk the dog, get our lunch, or just take a break for a stroll helps, there’s a good chance your back, knees, neck, and other muscles are...

A small but consistent controversy seems to pop up every now and then as people claim (and refute the claim) that walking is just as good (or better) for your body than running. Runners, as you know, are a passionate group of people and are ready to defend their hobby/passion as the superior way to...

People all over the world have been fighting for civil rights for centuries, without cease. Sometimes, the issues seem to come to ahead (ahem) and the battle line is pushed forward, just a bit, where it inches along until the next giant push. In the late 1970s, in Sweden of all places, being gay was...

YA (that’s short for Young Adult, for the uninitiated) fiction has been where it’s at for the past several years. From Twilight to The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, The Fault in Our Stars, The Hate U Give…really, I could spend the next three days listing amazing titles that center around teenaged protagonists. Many of them have been...

I’ll never forget the first time I researched what survivor benefits are like for the families of fallen soldiers are in the United States. I was completely shocked at how little we feel we owe their spouses and their children in exchange for their ultimate sacrifice – it’s a pittance, truly. These soldiers follow orders,...

Humans seem to instinctively realize that screaming when in intense amounts of pain seems to help. None of us knows whether or not it actually does help, it’s just kind of a natural reaction to intense and unexpected pain. It turns out, though, that there might be something to it – and for once, modern human instincts...

The ice cream man kind of gets a bad rap, right? There’s just something inherently creepy about a grown man peddling treats to children from a painted van (and honestly, the colors and music kind of make him resemble a clown, which just isn’t a good thing, either). That said, people love food trucks. We...

Most of us have had that “oh crap, this is it” moment at some point in our lives, be it as kids, at work, or with the law – that moment when you’ve done something terrible and you’re 100% sure you’re about to be busted. When that moment is followed by one when you realize...

Working in customer service is no joke, my friends. It takes a serious amount of mental energy to look other humans in the face and smile, day in and day out, no matter how they treat you in response. You meet some very lovely people. You also meet way too many people who are entitled,...

Look, I am a Xennial, which means I have transitioned into this brave new world from a childhood that was largely free of devices right along with the technology that now rules us. I should understand it better than anyone, but here’s the thing – I also have two jobs and two little kids, so...