Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

There are plenty of reasons to be proud of being an American, but there comes a time when you just have to admit that other countries do it better. What, exactly, is it? Well, these 17 things are an awfully good start. 17. Seriously this should be a thing everywhere. Price tags. In European stores,...

Alarm goes off in the morning? Kid comes in your room 5 minutes after you’ve dropped off to sleep? Dog gets into the garbage? Babysitter cancels? There are any number of times when our faces surely say “Wtf I cannot with one more thing right now,” but I guarantee you, your face is less expressive...

As if you need another sign of the impending apocalypse, crew on an Irish research vessel spotted a smooth hammerhead shark (Sphyrna zygaena) just off the coast – the first sighting of that species in their waters, ever. The apex predators can reach up to 16 feet in length but typically prefer warmer, even tropical,...

Cosplay is awesome when people really commit to it, and no one can accuse actress Angel Giuffria and her friend Trace Wilson of not going all out with their costumes for this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. The two, who both have amputated arms, created and attached lightsaber attachments that took their Jedi and Sith costumes...

If there’s something you probably never thought too much about, it’s where they got the face they put on the CPR dummy. Surprisingly (I thought), the story is a lot more interesting than you might think. It’s the face of L’Inconnue de la Seine (The Unknown Woman of the Seine), and was borrowed from a...

There are a million little skills that might come in handy one day, but if you’re looking to pick up just a few, wouldn’t the ones that could actually save your life on day be at the top of your list? If so, these 15 redditors have some thoughts on what bits of knowledge could...

I know, it sounds too good to be true, right? But if you take the time to train your kids with this simple trick, it’s possible that you won’t have to spend your precious, after-bed minutes picking up all of the toys strewn all over your serene, kid-free space. Create Toy Jail. That’s it. https://www.instagram.com/p/BRCdpOzhPf6/...

Most articles will espouse all of the great parts of having a high IQ, but, as with everything under the sun, there’s always some not-so-great aspects, too. So if you think the smart people in your life have it easy all of the time, think again! 5. You can annoy people. https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Y0Rnfgzmr/ It’s hard to...

Plenty of people are afraid of spiders, but if you can get past their kind of scary appearance and the fact that a few of them have poisonous bites, there are more than a few ways that they contribute to the well-being of human society. Spiders reduce insect populations in and around your home, they...

The famous artwork that defines the Sistine Chapel has drawn tourists and landed on travel bucket lists since, well, probably since Michelangelo and his crew (including one Sandra Botticelli) completed work in 1481. They created the whole thing in less than 5 years, and it has stood the test of time, both architecturally and artistically....

I live in the Midwest, where being polite is a popular pastime. When we see signs on the road that state a lane is closed up ahead, every instinct in our flyover country bones screams to get over as soon as possible, to form an orderly line, to wait our turn. Anger bubbles to the...

There are times in life when you can give into your night owl tendencies. You can stay up as late as you want, have a couple of drinks, and binge something on Netflix until your eyes go blurry – it’s lovely. There are more times, though, when what’s coming down the pike tomorrow is more...

People were, understandably, a bit rattled by the fact that an airline – a company that should probably be spending its time and social media influence making us feel safer about air travel – was sort of joking about how to survive a crash. Though the information was presumably good and anchored in fact, KLM...

The English language is a mashed up horror show of other languages – one that’s hard to understand and even harder to learn, if you’re not born into it. But, true story… even native speakers might not be aware of all the ways it is so bizarre. You know who IS aware? People on Tumblr...

People mark all sorts of occasions with family photos these days: graduations, marriages, engagements, babies, and on and on. But what about people who are entering a different sort of life-phase, like having an empty nest again? While many parents mourn the loss of their house full of children, Vicky Piper and her husband chose...