Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

Everyone’s family is weird in its own, special way. Most of us choose to laugh about it privately, but, in the age of social media, it’s also pretty hilarious to update Facebook or Twitter with a nice juicy anecdote. So it makes sense that when Jimmy Fallon introduced his latest hashtag, plenty of people jumped at the...

We all love our dogs – some people, maybe even a bit too much. Wait a minute…on second thought, that’s impossible! Pooches are some of the best things to happen to human beings on this earth, and it’s natural to want to spoil them during the time they’re with us – so go ahead! Whether you’re preparing...

Hashtag game alert! This one is awesome – who doesn’t like having a safe space to share the idiotic things they’ve done? Personally, I’d have to admit to putting laundry away in the fridge and looking for my cell phone frantically while I’m talking on it. Yeah. Maybe I should have entered? For sure, though, these...

Your life with never be the same after scrolling through this list, so prepare yourself however you see fit.   #20. I mean, I’m allergic to peanut butter, so you’ll have to tell me…is this to prevent the jelly from squirting out the sides? Or what? #19. Extra napkins DEFINITELY required. #18. I feel like...

We’re all guilty of sometimes treating our pets more like humans than animals – and that includes giving in to those big doe eyes begging for human food while you’re tidying the kitchen after dinner. Yeah, I see you. It’s okay to indulge your little darling once in a while, but with the recent doggie...

Knitting is cool. I’m surprised you didn’t know that. But, seriously, the hobby, once a dying art, has been making a real comeback – possibly because no one wants to leave their houses anymore, and the Internet is increasingly making the hermit dream a reality. Either way, Barbara Levine included these awesome pictures of people knitting through...

Some people – okay, maybe most people – don’t seem to have much of a sense of humor when it comes to the topic of their own death and what may or may not come afterward. Which is totally fair, considering the seriousness of the topic. If, however, you can manage to look past the,...

Apparently, bartering is making a big comeback in the Italian bed & breakfast world – last year they held the 8th annual barter week (it’s in November). Prospective guests go on the La Settimana del Baratto (Italian for Barter Week) website and list what skills and/or goods they can offer in exchange for a room, and...

It’s a hard gig being different – especially when it’s the way that you look, and not something you can change. We understand this in the human world, and it turns out that things are just as big of a struggle for those who don’t quite fit into the animal world. Just ask Qizai, a...

It’s no secret that, after WWII, Germany (and much of Europe) had to be completely rebuilt from scratch. The country had been decimated by bombing and fighting, not to mention the movement of hundreds of thousands of troops across the landscape. That meant fixing all the major infrastructure a country needs to move things from...

On October 14, 1912, two men’s destinies collided. One was the President of the United States. The other, a Bavarian-born saloon keeper from New York. The former was on the campaign trail, seeking another term as a third-party Progressive – giving 15-20 speeches a day on the trail had nearly worn him out, and with a...

Wheelchairs have come a long way as far as comfort and design, allowing a greater ease of movement and better fits, but what about people who desire more than a comfortable, straight-forward ride? What about, say, dancers who are no longer able to perform without assistance? Wheelchair users have been dancing for a while now, which...

According the the most recent “Living Planet Report” from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), we are entering the so-called Anthropocene period – in which human activity has irreversibly altered the geology and ecosystems of the planet – and it’s likely to spark the biggest mass extinctions since the time...

So, I enjoy Jimmy Fallon’s Hashtag Game to no end – Twitter is at it’s best when it’s A) Being snarky, and B) Trying to get noticed by celebrities. Chris Hardwick, the host of Comedy Central’s @Midnight (which has found itself in the spotlight of post-Daily Show glow ever since The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore...

3,300 feet below the ocean, at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, lies a deadly lake five times saltier than the water surrounding it. Not only that, but it contains toxic concentrations of both methane and hydrogen sulfide, which keep it from mixing with the normal water flowing around it. Scientists have dubbed it...