Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

We’ve spent a decade or more gobbling up everything the internet has to offer. We’ve got apps on our phone, we’ve got our noses in social media, we share pictures of our lives and discourse with strangers, and for a long time, no one really stopped to think about what we were doing. Now, more...

You’ve probably noticed that any time scientists find water in outer space, they get super excited about it. Unless you’re a scientist yourself, or maybe a space enthusiast, you might not know why we’re supposed to be so amazed and excited, too, though – and we just can’t stand for that. NASA has always known...

I know that there are like, big important problems in the world, and smart, accomplished, innovative people should probably be spending their time and energy solving those, but…y’all. If you could make a real, live lightsaber that can actually cut through steel like it was nothing more than butter, wouldn’t you just have to do...

Puns are so bad… they’re pretty amazing. You know what I mean, right? Puns are at their very best when they are a truly terrible joke…that’s so good you have to give credit – in the form of a chuckle or a groan, or at least a shaken head – to its creator where credit...

Listen, I know that puns are awful and like, the lowest form of comedy or whatever, but listen – there has to be a reason that they’ve endured for so long, right? Maybe, somewhere in the dank, embarrassing, lazy parts of our brain, we love laughing at these stupid jokes! If you love shaking your...

I think the words “tired” and “parents” go together most of the time, but with the year we’ve all had, there’s no question that it does now. We’ve had a lot of togetherness, very little leaving the house, and are all trying to juggle work along with everything else. We could use a laugh, is...

I mean, I feel like, on any given day, most parents are in need of a laugh – and that goes double (or more) for this past year. Life with kids is tough – emotionally, physically, psychologically – and being able to laugh about the ridiculousness of the day-to-day is key to getting through it....

There are so many things we were taught in school that turned out to be flat wrong – and more things that, while technically correct, ended up not being the whole story. And if you spent an art class or several being told that the only primary colors were red, blue, and yellow, well…that’s not...

If there’s one thing I think is definitely true, it’s that you can never understand the transformation that happens when you have kids until you have kids of your own. You just can’t. It’s not good or bad, it just is. You also can’t fully grasp the concept of how fully immersed you become in your...

Relationships are tough, they’re rewarding, but most of all, they’re intensely personal. There’s no road map that can make each and every one of them work, but sometimes hearing what works for other people can inspire us to think outside the box in our own lives. If you’re looking to try a new tact at...

Laughter is good for the soul, but sometimes, it’s also a response to stress, awkwardness, or just an overload of cringe. Almost every human being would have to admit that they’ve laughed at something they shouldn’t have at least once in their life, and these 17 people have some stories that are just terrible (in...

There’s a reason the phrase “nervous laughter” exists – and it’s because sometimes our poor, puny human brains get overloaded with awkwardness to the point that all we can do is laugh. If you’ve ever caught the giggles at a totally inappropriate moment – and who hasn’t – you’re going to feel right at home...

There are some lessons you can learn by watching, and others that you’ll just never really grasp until you learn them the hard way – by facing them head on, by yourself. These 16 people are bravely sharing the harshest truths they’ve learned over the course of their lives. 16. We’re all just human. Every...

Life really runs the gamut from amazing all the way to suffocatingly terrible. There are highs you wouldn’t believe, and lessons so hard they take the breath out of you, and one of the truths of the whole thing is that most of it, you have to face by yourself. Here are 15 harsh truths...

Learning how to manage money can be tough, and for a generation that grew up during a recession, did their best to emulate the steps that brought their parents success, but still ended up poorer than any previous generation? Millennials have their struggles, folks. If you’re looking to learn how to manage your money better,...