Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

People who have and love their pets know the unique terror, worry, and fear that accompanies the moment you realize they’ve gotten away from you, and you don’t know where they are. I’ve never lost a pet, myself, but it’s almost happened enough times, or has happened briefly, and it’s easy enough to imagine the...

I think it’s true that your penchant for tea, like most things in live, has to do with where you were born and how you were raised. If you were born in the States it seems more likely that your parents and/or grandparents made coffee in the morning, and maybe again in the afternoon, but...

If you’re a good writer, you don’t need a bunch of words to elicit the desired response in a reader – you only need the right words. These 14 two-sentence horror stories are definitely proving my point, because more than a few of them managed to give me actual goosebumps! 15. That took a turn....

Our brains are strange beasts, and one of the ways they trick us is by making things like size totally relative. Without a point of reference it can be hard to visualize how small or large an object is, and so often, we’re way, way off of the reality. I’m betting that in these 16...

Now, I’m not here to defend how well Friends has or hasn’t aged as an entire series (my own opinion is not great), but if one thing seems to be true, it’s that the series isn’t going away. New generations are finding it on streaming, and even though they’re more likely to point out its...

You know, the sort-of superhero that’s basically a black blob with teeth? That. Here’s the video someone shot of what appears to someone’s abandoned homemade slime…except it retreats into itself when messed with, which would lead one to assume it’s alive. Anybody know what this is? pic.twitter.com/B2dQLTm4td — Sent Lici (@dshortmun) April 2, 2020 A...

We all have our quirks – the odd things we like, the way we dance and sing when we’re alone, the old movies we cling to, and yes, the things that drive us absolutely mad. They’re often small, usually assuming to others, but if one of your peeves hits you just right, it can send...

If you live in America, chances are you have some pretty solid idea of what constitutes lemonade. It’s essentially lemon juice, sugar, and water, usually served on ice unless you get it from some cute kids selling it for quarters on their lawn. Okay, I’m old. They’re probably selling those little cups for at least...

It can be strange now to imagine a world where cheeseburgers were a new thing and not something that was on people’s dinner menus at least once a month. If you think about it, though, all food that’s not consumed in its natural state had to be “invented” along the way – for some reason,...

Cats are definitely a mixed bag – they’re snuggly and warm, they purr, they seem happy to see us sometimes, but they also, you know, like to stick their butts in our faces and also they might be plotting our demise while we sleep. No word on whether we really need to be concerned about...

As someone who spends hours a day hunched in front of a computer screen, this information is relevant – and a bit worrisome. I may not game, but I can’t see how my lifestyle is going to fare much better, just because what we’re looking at on our screens is different. This model, created by...

Goosebumps, chill bumps, whatever you call them, you know what they are – they appear all over your skin when you’re cold, but also when your hackles are raised against a threat, real or perceived. For most of us, this reaction is completely involuntary, and even surprising. But for a small subset of folks, goosebumps...

I’m definitely not trying to be mean, y’all. I love old people. They are amazing and pure and feisty and they’ve lived through so many stories we can only hope they’ll be willing to share with us. That said, we’d all be lying if we didn’t admit that, when we walk into a retirement home...

If you’ve got time on your hands, you may be looking for cool, interesting, educational, and/or fun ways to spend it. There are millions of websites in the world, though, and aside from recommendations from friends or when one totally permeates popular culture, it can be hard to sift through the noise to find the...

Spelling isn’t easy, and being able to do it well (or not) isn’t a sign of how smart a person is (though it could be an indication of how well they studied for those tests in school, or in my case, how many books they devoured as children). That said, it can still be pretty...