Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

People usually identify as either a night owl or a day/morning person – maybe even an early bird – but regardless of how you’re most comfortable or inclined to live you life, most of the world is on a cycle that coincides with the sunlight. Why, though? That’s what this person is wondering – why...

If you know anyone in real life (or online) who is of Italian descent, you’re probably aware that they take food and cooking extremely seriously. They want to feed you, it has to be from scratch, and if you’re going to call it Italian food, well…there better have been an actual Italian consulted at some...

Every country and every culture has their own idioms and sayings that are a bit confusing to anyone who isn’t a native speaker. That said, people love making fun of Americans, and sometimes (many times) we even deserve it. If you’re up for laughing at yourself, here are 13 things Americans say that no one...

The thing about American dialect is that there isn’t just one. America is a pretty big place, with a hugely diverse population, and whose speech, idioms, and vocabulary changes when you cross state lines – never mind from north to south, east to west. If Americans can’t even keep up with their own kitschy phrases,...

When people find an item they really love – a piece of clothing, a tool, a piece of media or technology – we tend to not only use it a lot, but to hang onto it as long as we can. There’s no promise, after all, that we’re going to be able to find the...

Now that the world is opening up again, there are places that most of us can’t wait to return to – places like our favorite coffee shops, which maybe we didn’t realize just how much we would miss when we were told we couldn’t go inside. If you’re heading back, planning to spend time with...

Mushrooms are one of those foods that seem to divide people pretty strongly – you either love mushrooms, and even think they can replace meat on occasion, or you don’t want them anywhere near your food at all. If you’re a mushroom lover, you probably buy them at the store or market, or maybe you’re...

Hollywood has imagined that there might be secrets in or around Mount Rushmore in at least a couple of films, and while some liberties were taken, there is actually a secret lair inside the giant, carved, monument. More than meet’s the eye, if you will. Mount Rushmore is kind of a strange monument, as these...

It can be interesting to look at nature and try to figure out why animals do what they do – and how it can (or cannot) be related to human behavior in some way. The latter is especially true when it comes to the great apes and other monkeys, since they are more closely related...

Every one has had to find new and interesting hobbies during this whole stay-at-home situation, and for many folks, plants have been a fun answer. They don’t carry viruses, they cheer up an indoor space, they clean the air, and in general, they seem to make people happier. That said, like with most hobbies, collecting...

Weddings are supposed to be some of the happiest days of people’s lives, but in the modern world they can often be a source of conflict, stress, and anxiety instead – often because people won’t mind their own business. At the end of the day, weddings belong to the bride and the groom, so if...

In life, we all walk a fine line sometimes between keeping our mouths shut to leave feathers unruffled and advocating for ourselves when we deserve to – and it can be hard to figure out which you should do when, especially when you’re young. This kid is 19 and has been working for the same...

When we take jobs in customer service – jobs that involve working with human beings we don’t know and generally being polite and helpful during the course of a day – we know that we’re signing up for a certain amount of frustration. Humans, after all, come in all shapes, sizes, and attitudes – and...

Employee-employer relationships can be as complicated as any other human interactions, and the way this employee describes her bosses oddities is more than enough to spark your curiosity…and then you hear the rest of the story. Wow. This woman has worked as an executive assistant for a man just a few years her elder for...

Listen, we’ve all heard stories about bridezillas – seemingly normal female people who get engaged and immediately morph into a monster whose only care in the world is about creating the illusion of a perfect relationship with a perfect wedding. There’s even a television show about it, so it must be a real thing. That...