Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

I’m from the Midwest, so when I think about lifeguards, what comes to mind is teenagers who compete on their school’s swim teams and who also earn some summer cash watching over kids (and adults) at the local swimming holes. It turns out that on the coasts, though, policing the oceans can be an actual...

When you spend your life looking at fantasy worlds, it surely skews your sense of reality. So when you finally take a look at something that (supposedly) exists – like, say, the map of New Orleans, Louisiana – you probably expect it to make at least as much sense as something you’d make up for...

You’ve probably heard the saying that there’s “no accounting for taste,” which basically means when it comes to things like food and fashion, people like what they like and there’s really no point in trying to change it. That said, when someone claims to be a professional chef, though, you should be able to have...

Dating is rough, y’all, and I’m betting that was true even in the days before we mostly had to make due with assessing people on the internet before we decided whether or not we were going to meet them in person. Sometimes we learn, and very quickly, that we’ve made a misstep in deciding that...

Chest pain is always a cause for concern, since the heart is one of the pieces of the human body we all really need working at its best like, all the time. For women, this type of concerning pain can sometimes appear in the form of a short, sharp stab to the left breast area...

Memes exist for literally every occasion, which is good – human beings have all kinds of feelings to feel, and we like to be able to laugh at them whenever possible. If you’re having a day that makes you want to throw in the towel on the entire human race, these 24 smile-inducing memes might...

Sometimes the world just really gets to you, you know? People are letting you down, work stinks, and it can seem like getting through yet another day just seems annoying and pointless. Those are the kind of days when you need a reminder that there are reasons to feel good, and life really is worth...

Iceland seems to have really amped up as far as popularity for visitors in recent years. Everyone advertises reasonable plane tickets, or maybe it’s more that we worry that the colder parts of the world are going to disappear at some point, but I don’t know. I think it’s just beautiful, and the global nature...

We talk a lot about kids who grew up in the 80s and the early 90s, because that culture seems to really be the throwback darling of internet people everywhere. It might be one of the only time that GenX and older Millennials get their due, to be honest. But younger Millennials and older GenZ...

There’s a good chance that one of the reasons you follow this page is because you love facts of all kinds – and we all know we could go on for days if started listing all manner of random facts. These 10 facts are some that are not only wild, but will get your brain...

Everyone has different rules when it comes to their kids and social media. Whether it’s screen time for them or how often we choose to share their images ourselves, parents’ expectations really run the gamut. It seems to follow that we would ask others what they’re comfortable with – and then follow their lead with...

Is there anything more delicious than that moment you read something you’ve never heard before and you hear your brain sort of take off, chasing down all of the other little bunny trails left by the million follow up thoughts and questions that arise? I think not – rabbit holes might be time sucks, but...

In North America, we get stuck thinking that there are only about a dozen “normal” fruits because those are what are accessible to us. We grab bananas, apples, oranges, grapes, berries, melon – maybe a pineapple or a mango once in a while, or a kiwi, but that’s about as wild as we get. There...

I’m being a bit hyperbolic with the title, because the diamond-powered battery in question can only run for around 28,000 years, not forever forever, but when we’re talking about the framework of a human lifespan, well…forgive me. Basically, if it started powering something today and humanity went extinct, there would still be evidence that humans existed...

There are two types of people in this world – people who love a good road trip and can’t resist the call of the open road, and people who have no souls. I jest, I jest (or do I?), but seriously, what’s better than a car to yourself, a good album or audiobook or podcast...