Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

English is widely regarded as one of the toughest languages in the world to learn. There are rules, sure, but they’re kind of more like guidelines and they get regularly broken for really no reason at all. It was spelled at random until nearly 1600, when some standardization was attempted, but it’s still enough of...

Weddings are such a fun and magical time for most people who are involved, and I’ve got to think that wedding planners do what they do because they love love, and there will always be people getting married. If you’ve seen the movie The Wedding Planner (you have, right?), then you probably suspect that part of the...

The time has long passed for innovators around the world to start looking toward the future. Our days of relying on fossil fuels to sustain our energy needs should have already passed, and so we’re out there, searching for replacements that are efficient in every sense of the word. Enter a shipping barge that’s entirely...

Yes, that headline said another, folks, because this head-shaking event has happened not once, but twice before – a person in an actual jetpack, swooping across the skies over the Los Angeles International Airport. According to the Los Angeles Times, the first sighting was on August 30th, and was reported by an American Airlines pilot. He called the...

There are so many amazing things in and about our world that it can often feel overwhelming to even think about learning them all. That said, you might as well keep taking knowledge bites when you find them, right? I hope you’re in, because we’ve got some pretty interesting tidbits about the Andean condor for you...

There are a few reasons that people log onto to the internet – to be social, to read the terrible news, to see cats – and even though “inspiration” probably isn’t most people’s answer, that doesn’t stop us from loving sweet and wholesome stories. If you’re in that kind of mood today, these 14 tales...

There’s a reason that there is an entire subreddit dedicated to stories that are unexpectedly wholesome, and I think it’s that in the swamp of the internet, people enjoy finding gems once in a while. I mean sure, we all love a terrible story as much as the next person – it makes us feel...

When perusing the internet for the stories people tell, we’re prepared for them to take a turn for the worse. It’s just human nature, but more than that, it’s also the way of the internet. Which is perhaps why stories that take positive turns aren’t just rare, but they’re also awesome and beloved – the...

The original poster (OP) only asked about shows and movies, but I am including books, because I’ve definitely had what bookworms term a “hangover” after all three types of stories. When you become really invested in a well-crafted world and characters, it can be hard to say goodbye – and even harder to imagine finding...

It’s tempting to believe that when we Google something, what returns is not only the answer we were looking for, but the right answer. We’re lazy, and after years of never having to remember anything for ourselves, our brains barely work anymore. I think that’s how brain science works. This joke, though, proves that you shouldn’t...

Let me say up front that I don’t endorse scamming anyone (other than The Man) for free stuff. People like hairstylists are trained and work hard for their money, and should be paid accordingly. That said, people and their brains can still be pretty funny, and this advice on how to get a free haircut...

There’s that saying “nice guys finish last,” and “only the good die young,” and there always seems to be this perception that nice people get stepped on by those who are willing to do what they have to in order to get ahead. Hearing them, maybe believing them, is different than actually seeing a genuinely...

It can seem (especially if you’re a girl or a woman, I think) that the world is full of these s*xual pitfalls no one tells you about – and they’re holes made of things you never could have guessed would have been s**ualized in the first place. Here are 13 of those things, in case...

I’m not saying that s*xy stuff isn’t great, but sometimes you just want to exist in a world that’s not always hyper aware of that aspect of life, right? If you agree, this list will have you nodding your head – here are 18 things people really wish weren’t as s*xualized as they are in...

I know we’ve gotten two brand new Taylor Swift albums in the span of a few months. I also know we’re all counting down the days until she makes us feel all of the feelings again. Until then, people are talking about “Evermore” online, about how it makes them feel and how many times they cried...