Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

Every adult person can remember at least a handful of times when they realized they had been utterly wrong about something that most others consider common knowledge. There’s no shame in it – no one knows everything, and making mistakes is, of course, how we learn. I used to think chocolate truffles were snuffled out...

It’s kind of cute when a child pronounces something wrong, sings the wrong lyrics to a song, or makes funny assumptions about life based on their own limited knowledge. It’s less adorable when it happens to an adult, but it is hilarious – and we’re allowed to laugh at grownups, so there’s that. I used...

What would you do if you had a million dollars? It’s a question many of us roll around in our heads – in the shower, while we’re driving, anytime we have a few minutes to daydream. We might buy a new house, or take a trip. Maybe adopt some kids or animals, and sure, we’d...

In the book world, the term is “unputdownable,” and it refers to a book that you want very much to read in one sitting, even if you can’t make it happen because of stupid real life. To a book that, when you’re not reading it, you’re thinking about it and wishing you could get back...

I read a lot. I’ve been a voracious reader since I was a young child and had to beg my mom for new books, and even so, in my entire life, I’ve only read perhaps a dozen books that I would classify as “unputdownable.” Those books you’d ignore your chores over, the ones you’d call...

Chances are that when you think of the Twilight phenomenon, great art is not what comes to mind. Whether we’re talking about the books, the movies, or both, there’s a certain amount of cheese, and a great amount of shrugging at parts, even by those who are lovers of all involved. I mean, the dialogue is...

Racism clearly remains a rampant, heartbreaking, and tough problem in the United States. It’s part of our history, but if we don’t want it to be part of our legacy, it seems there’s still a lot of work to do. Part of what most people believe works is calling it out when we see it...

People all over the world love their Coca-Cola, and have for decades. It’s all great, of course, until you realize how big a contributor to the global climate crisis plastic bottles are – but Dutch company Avantium might have a solution. Companies like Coca-Cola, Carlsberg, and Danone are supporting their efforts to develop a plant-based...

We all fail sometimes, you know? We do our best, we go into things with so much optimism, but then there’s no way to get around the fact that things just did not turn out the way we’d hoped. And luckily for all of us (but maybe not so much for the people involved), the...

I’m not sure when the first time was that I realized these “celebrity paradoxes” existed. If you’re not sure what that means, it’s when a character or storyline on a tv show or in a movie references a celebrity, and then later, that celebrity appears, not as themselves. Or, it could be when two actors...

There are some weird things that jump out at you immediately, and some things that you only notice when someone points them out…and then you can’t unsee it. These “celebrity paradoxes,” when a celebrity is mentioned on a television series or movie and then later appears on the show or another movie (not as themselves)...

If you don’t know what a celebrity paradox is, it’s when a real person is referenced on a television show and then the actor shows up on a later episode, not playing themselves. And everyone just acts like they’re not who everyone was talking about before (or look exactly like them). It can feel a...

Look, we’re all figuring out different ways to amuse ourselves and keep from going crazy while we’re “working” from home. Some of us are dealing with kids – little ones who need to be entertained all day, older ones whose school work need to be checked, while others are bored in silent houses with roommates...

We all know that we should wash our fresh fruits and vegetables before we eat them, right? They likely have dirt, pesticides, bugs, feces, and heaven knows what else smeared all over them, but listen…I honestly wasn’t prepared for the message that there are bugs inside them. And if you wash with vinegar, a bleach solution, store-bought...

Recent complications and you know, everyone having to stay at home for extended periods of time, have meant that movie theaters and concert venues all over the country – and the world – have had blank marquees. More than a few of them have decided to put them to work making people laugh, and I’ve...