Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

In recent years, the public has been obsessed with dystopias – The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Maze Runner, and a wave of other books and movies have found their way into our brains and made us ask, “What if the future really went that badly?” Well, in Scarfolk, England, the present is that bad…and it’s...

It could be that she’s got an innate sense of fairness and doesn’t want to leave anyone out. Or, maybe it’s simply that she has so many toys at this point in her life that she worries she won’t have time to spend time with them all. Either way, Mojito, a 3-year-old therapy pooch, knows exactly...

The creepy houses of horror films look so ominous and menacing on the big screen, but what do they look like in real life- and where in the world are they?? Well, if you live in the Northeast or near Los Angeles, you’re probably also in dangerous proximity to one of the many terrifying houses of horror-film fame....

The Winchester Mystery House has long been the subject of fascination for anyone interested in the occult (it’s supposedly haunted), the strange, the sad, or just architecture in general. A little background, for those of you who are unfamiliar: The Winchester House was built in San Jose, California by Sarah Winchester, the widow of Winchester rifle...

Whether or not to spank children is still a hotly debated topic in the Western world. The majority of people over 30 likely grew up getting a swat now and then (I did, though only for extreme transgressions), but as parents, some of us are wondering whether to spank our kids. Why? Well, because a...

We all like to think that we have the memory of an elephant (or a fifteen-year-old who’s been jilted by her boyfriend), but the truth is, as we age, things like that kind of fall off the cliff. I’m pregnant, so that goes double for me, apparently. The other day Chipotle was giving out a...

Ah, ketchup cups – the less used, less elegantly designed k-cup. They’re made of paper and they’re tiny, but they’re what fast food joints give us (probably to save on waste). So, we have to make due, right? Well, yes, but also…what if I told you that you weren’t getting the most out of your...

It will come as no surprise to anyone who has ever visited Amsterdam, where there are more bicycles than people, that it was a Dutchman who first came up with the idea for a glow-in-the-dark bike path. In the Netherlands, though, the path was lit with LED lights. This new path, unveiled recently in Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland,...

Young people in the Netherlands and the Rhineland in the 16th century might not have had Facebook, Snapchat, or Twitter, but they were way ahead of their time. Instead, the had what they called alba amicorum, which means “friend books” in Latin. In the books, the nobility of 1560 and later traded thoughts, commented on others’ opinions,...

For those of us who love art and culture but don’t live near NYC, or don’t have the means or ability to get there as often as we would like (it’s been 4 years for me, which is just wayyyyy too long!), MoMA is making our dreams come true. Not only is the new online catalog...

There have been studies for years that suggest that even if detention may be an effective way to remove troublesome or distracting students from a classroom, it does little to modify the students’ behavior or cut down on future infractions. Knowing this, two schools in Baltimore – with others hot on their heels – have traded in...

Brains are weird, wildly impressive organs – no doubt about it. They do strange things, they do wonderful things, and even though we may never fully understand them, we (obviously) can’t live without them. For example, stare for a while at the image below. Notice anything odd? Like when your eyes focus on one of...

Good news for all of you dog lovers – and anyone who isn’t generally an idiot or an asshole, to be honest. It seems as if we’ve heard more and more stories over the past several years about people stupid enough (or cruel enough) to lock their dogs in hot cars in the middle of...

Between the 18 million television channels looking to fill nearly 24 hours a day with content, the age of Internet experts and, obviously, the impending zombie apocalypse, there’s a deluge of information available on how to survive once we encounter the inevitable end of the world. Or, you know, how to survive if you find...

You don’t have to be a historian or a scholar to realize that the end of the Vietnam War was a complete and utter confusing mess. I mean, even more so than the entire war, front to back. The U.S. was finished, they were trying to get out in a hurry, and Vietnam had descended into...