Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

I always feel like there are probably better ways to do the grocery shopping and meal planning – or at least, ways to get better deals – that I’ve just never been able to figure out. Short of clipping coupons and watching the ads for the best deals, though, what more can we do? If...

I never really thought too much about the people who model for art students while they’re practicing drawing the human form – I saw Felicity, and I sat up and paid more attention when it was Jesse Williams on Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, but I mean. I never really spent much time thinking about the...

There are some places in the world that we all seem to know exist, and have pictures of in our minds, but depending on our level of interest in the area, our knowledge may not extend far beyond that. The Tower of London is one of those things you just know about, that you’ve probably...

There’s a reason, I think, that pretty much everyone loved blasting “Piece of Sh%t Car” by Adam Sandler – it’s because we’ve all had a piece of sh%t car, and it was generally hilarious, and our friends made fun of us, but it was a rite of passage. You had to have a crappy car when...

The thing about internet rabbit holes is that you never realize how deep you’ve fallen until you’ve been there awhile, it’s pretty dark, and you know for a fact that it’s too late to easily climb out. Which is to say, much like Alice, we sometimes have regrets after we’ve followed our curiosity into the...

There are people who like scary movies, and people who watch any sort of movie, and more people who will watch something their friends recommend, even if it’s not their typical vibe. Even for those people who seek out the scary and disturbing, though, some films take it too far – or at least, like...

It’s a special breed of folks who really enjoy nearly peeing their pants at a good jump scare, or love peering at a movie through their fingers when they can’t quite handle the gore. If you’re one of those people who just really likes horror movies, then you’re also someone who will realize just how...

I would venture to say that most people who spend time in hospitals as patients would say those buildings are not their favorite places. No one likes having to go to the hospital, or stay for awhile, even before all of this past year and covid happened. You’re alone a lot of the time, you’re...

Unless you’re someone who works in healthcare, you probably don’t enjoy walking through the doors of a hospital. We’re usually there for a not-so-great reason, whether we’re sick or injured, or someone we love is sick and injured, so you know…not the greatest memories and feelings. That said, there’s normal hospital anxiety and then there’s...

Good opinions and reputations are equally hard to recover, once they’re lost. Those two facts can sometimes combine in a truly terrible way – like when all we remember about a person is slander and lies, so even though they did nothing wrong and might have even been a good person, no one ever remembers...

We spend a lot of time in our own heads – after all, we hang out with ourselves more than we ever do anyone else. That means we (hopefully) spend time musing on stuff that interests us, but it can also mean our perception of what other people know and like can be skewed. Below...

One of the peculiar things about human beings is that we can get stuck in our own worlds. Our own bubbles, our own feedback loops, and even in our own heads – which means that sometimes we can have a skewed perception of what is “common” and what is not. These 21 people, for example,...

It seems as if it should go without saying, but the fact is there is a lot to know about this world, how it works, and all of the people who have ever inhabited it. Some people know tons of information about a few things, some know a little bit about a lot of things, and...

Growing up in the 80s, there was quite an emphasis on getting into the “gifted” program. No one talked critically to the other kids about what it meant, we all just assumed those were the smartest of the kids. Sure, we were a little bit jealous that they got to leave class and do fun...

There has been a lot of talk recently about what being labeled “gifted” does to some kids as they grow up and age out of the formal education system. Many of them lament being praised for being smart, since it’s not anything they could ever control, and blame being singled out as a factor in...