Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

I’ve never been super into LEGO myself, and as my two sons are still too small, I haven’t been introduced as a parent either. I’m sure that will change. Recently, at a writing retreat, the others built the Millennium Falcon out of LEGO, though, and it was pretty impressive. Fun Fact: I also learned that...

I am one of those people who loves history, though my fascination began after I shook loose all of the terrible teachers/coaches who “taught history” in high school. Because that wasn’t history, and also they were barely teaching. One you hear your first historical story that punches you in the gut or grabs you by...

It’s not every day that you have or can make the time to really challenge your brain, so when you do, you want to make sure you’ve got some good riddles on deck to make it count! We think these 5 riddles will bust your brain in all the right ways, so give them a...

First-or-secondhand accounts of truly creepy things aren’t nearly as rare in this world as they probably should be. Whether we’re talking about human creepers or something of a more supernatural variety, I promise you that in your circle of immediate friends, someone has a pretty crazy story. These 16 people definitely do, and they just...

There are so many delightful animals in the world. I swear, I haven’t seen even half of them, because there are new-to-me adorable floofs always popping up. Like these Valais Blacknose sheep (Walliser Schwarznasenschaf in German). https://www.instagram.com/p/B688L1zF7ng/ These are domestic sheep that originated in the Valais region of Switzerland, and their black faces, ears, and...

Working with other human beings as part of your job is really hard. People are strange, they’re funny, they’re amazing and they’re awful – sometimes all at the same time – and the one thing that is always true is that no two people are exactly the same. We react differently, we see things differently,...

If you’ve ever wondered what it would look like if companies hired people with no social media – or really internet – experience to handle their online presence, well…you’re about to find out. The National Cowboy Museum‘s (yes, that’s a thing, I guess) head of security, Tim, has been elected to take on the extra...

It shouldn’t surprise you to learn that there are a lot of weird people in this world. And if you want Exhibit A (and B and C and so on), all you have to do is watch a single episode of Tiger King on Netflix. Because yikes. You might think, though, that the passing of...

I’m not going to claim to be the longest suffering of Game of Thrones fans. There are people out there who have been waiting literal decade to find out how the Song of Ice and Fire books are going to end, and while I have read all of the ones available currently, it’s only been...

I’ve always thought foxes are just the cutest of animals. They look like little dogs, they’re fluffy, you can see in their eyes that they’re curious and smart, and as long as you don’t own chickens, they probably don’t cause you much trouble. And in a world intent on ramping up my anxiety every day,...

Toilet paper is definitely something I take for granted. It’s been readily available my entire life, and because I live in America, it’s basically the way we’re taught to clean ourselves in the bathroom, and really, why would you question it? But if you stop and thinking about it, obviously, it hasn’t always been the...

People love personality tests, and anything that claims to give them insight into their own secret psyche. Case in point – I definitely took this quiz for myself before posting it for all of you. Also, this one is extra special, because looking at old, grainy images of mental patients is just a recipe for...

If you’re looking for a reminder today that we’re all just sheets of skin that are slaves to the strange organ encased in our skulls, here’s one – this GIF of an optical illusion that’s really just two dots. The GIF has been around since early 2018, when Reddit user do23n posted it, along with...

In creepy and strange news, someone has designed a finger that you plug into your phone or iPad that will drag your device over to you. Yes, like Thing on the Addams Family, except just one finger. People, are we really this lazy? Is this where our society is now, full of people too blah...

Many kids go through a phase where they just love anything to do with dinosaurs. Some never give it up (ahem, my husband), and the books we buy perpetuate the fascination, which is amazing and awesome. Learning is great! Brit André Bisson wanted to encourage and nurture his son Theo’s love of all things dinosaur,...