Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

Coffee and cats are great separately, but when you put them together? Forgetaboutit. That’s what Felius, a new Omaha cafe, will be banking on, at least, when it opens its doors this coming spring. The nonprofit plans to be the area’s first “cat cafe,” coffeeshops that mix adoptable kitties with delightfully caffeinated beverages. You won’t...

If you’re someone who isn’t the biggest fan of winter, well, you may be about to meet your spirit animal. Meet Busao the cat, who has found his one true love this winter – his space heater. His owner, Ryjui Tan, confirms, telling Bored Panda that “Japan is so cold right now! All he wants...

When 8-year-old Ayla asked her mom Angie for help with a math problem, the savvy, smart mom thought it would be no trouble. She was wrong, and soon she had turned her frustration over to a Facebook mom’s group – and then to most of the internet – as they all struggled to complete second...

If you grew up in the seventies, eighties, or early nineties, chances are that some of your favorite school days were spent in the computer lab, with an Apple IIE booted up to play a few rounds of The Oregon Trail. All of the choices were yours to make – how big should your family be,...

When Aesha Ash was growing up in the inner city of Rochester, NY, she imagined people driving through her neighborhood, seeing her black skin and never knowing the dreams that lived in her heart. Aesha also knew that for those dreams to come true – for her to have a career as a professional ballet...

Sure, animal lovers everywhere like the idea of having an adorable pet that no one has seen before, but we all know in our hearts that there are some beauties that are best observed from afar. Some are endangered, some are hard to take care of, and some would just be destructive as shit in...

Chicago’s Congress Theater was built in 1926, and is currently undergoing renovations. During the process, Eric Nordstrom started going through the old theater looking for objects he could reclaim (he works for a company that does this exclusively). At first, he was finding the usual: old newspapers, pipes, tools, and blueprints. On a subsequent treasure hunt,...

Frankly, I’m super glad to not have grown up in a digital age – my awkward stage and all of those glorious (read: hideous) 80’s and 90’s fashion trends are much more likely to stay in the past where they they belong. Which is to say, someone would have to dig up actual photos of...

You obviously know what I’m talking about because most of your friends on Facebook have tried it – that app that has you take a selfie, then matches your face to a historical painting. I have to say, based on my own cross-section of friends, the thing is scary accurate…with occasional emphasis on the scary....

Uncles sometimes get a bad rap, with the whole creepy caricature that’s been done and done again. But anyone who has awesome uncles in their life knows that not only are they usually cooler and way more fun than your dad (at least while you’re still living at home), they’re also pretty darn funny. Like...

One of the best reasons to travel (aside from the food or maybe chasing nice weather around the globe) is so you can learn about and immerse yourself in other cultures. If that appeals to you, or if you love new and weird experiences, you’re going to want to check out at least a few...

You know that awesome feeling when you run across something stupid and random online, but for whatever reason it tickles your funny bone and you can’t help but giggle? These are that, all in one list. #12. Definitely not the truth. #11. Introverts, unite! #10. “An intellectual.” #9. That is sooooooo how they get you....

Recy Taylor was born in Abbeville, Alabama in 1919 and grew up quickly when her mother passed. Recy was just 17 when circumstances put her in charge of her six younger siblings. She was twenty five years old and the mother of a three-year-old girl on the night she was raped on her way home...

I mean, I could have come up with 50 of them, but I think that would be a bit much, right? Instead, here are 10 pictures that commemorate the very first time something was done, made, or presented to the world. In not quite so dramatic a fashion, but still. #10. The world’s first selfie....

General Robert E. Lee is more famous for his life than his death, though the latter is arguably more interesting (unless you’re a military buff, I guess). Lee had been in poor health since the end of the Civil War and described feeling unwell to his wife in letters. Doctors at the time had fewer...