Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

As a boy in Austria, where anti-Semitism was alive and growing, Sigmund Freud nurtured a deep love and admiration for the United States. It had begun with a reading of the Gettysburg Address–Lincoln’s ideas about liberty and equality inspired him so much he used to recite it to his sisters–and he spend years going to...

People make all kinds of different choices when it comes to their lifestyle, their diet, and their bodies. None of them are a joke, and none of them are a reason to dislike a person. That said, sometimes those choices can lead to pretty funny commentary. Today we’re putting vegans in the hot seat with...

If you live in America today, then you are well-aware that the healthcare system will take any opportunity to squeeze more money out of you – and emergency care is the biggest racket of all. If you go to an emergency room, or call an ambulance, chances are you’re in desperate need of care. Most...

For some reason, almost all kids hate history in middle and high school. Personally, I think it has something to do with so many history teachers at those levels being coaches who do the bare minimum in the classroom…but that might just be my own experience talking. I’m someone who grew to love history in...

Despite the fact that, according to the medical community, the jury on probiotics is largely still out, a lot of people swear by what they can do for their gut health. Our gut microbiomes are vast and complex, and a healthy gut has positive effects on other areas of mental and physical health. And since...

That moment when someone tells you something, and you have to decide whether or not they’re screwing with you…and find out they’re not. What we’ve got here are 14 facts that are going to send you straight to Google so you can verify. And when you find out we were playing it straight, well, your...

Budgeting is a a hard thing to start, and an even harder thing to continue. That said, all of us will need to tackle the skill at one time or another. If you’re still looking for a method that works for you, consider the 50/30/20 rule to get you going. The rule was first popularized by...

If you, like me, have spend any time in your life waiting tables, you know what a rollercoaster trying to estimate your monthly income can be – mostly because, no matter how good you are at your job or how many shifts you work, you can never predict what sort of tips folks are going...

You might think that a few internet posts couldn’t turn everything you think you know about life upside-down, but that’s because you haven’t browsed through these 13 posts before now. And if that kind of thing makes you uncomfortable, well, you might want to think twice before scrolling further. Consider yourself warned. 13. I smell...

When you’re in a new relationship with a person who still thinks you’re perfect and wonderful and never, ever smelly, it can be mortifying the first time you let some gas slip in their presence. Especially if you ate some brussels sprouts for dinner. Yikes. Not that I would know. Luckily, though, science and psychology...

If a riddle doesn’t get you thinking, make you want to tear a bit of hair out while you struggle with it, then make you feel like a genius when you solve it, is it even worth riddling? We don’t think so, and neither does the mind behind @BRAINTWISTER on Twitter – so here are...

Deciding that you’re done having children can be a hard process. It’s one that committed couples should make together, and until all parties are positive their family is complete, there are plenty of shorter-term, less permanent methods than a vasectomy to make sure no more babies pop into existence. But if you are ready to...

If you’re like me, you’ve only recently learned about the bizarre drink craze created by combining two items most people would never think to put together: milk and Coke. If so, though, you (and I) are behind the times. Laverne, from Laverne and Shirley, enjoyed milk in her Pepsi. South Africans call the long-beloved mixture...

Learning new things is always more fun when it comes with a dose of sarcasm, humor, smart-assery, or all three. Which is perhaps why it’s so much more fun to learn history from these meme-makers than it was to try to memorize arbitrary dates for a teacher in high school who probably couldn’t remember any...

They say money can’t buy happiness, but if you’ve ever taken an awesome trip, purchased the perfect pair of shoes, or given a gift that made your kids light up, well…you’re probably not convinced that’s totally true. These 15 people aren’t, either. Here are the buys that left them thinking happiness might be for sale....