Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

There are all kinds of people in the world, and we all have different strengths, weaknesses, and interests – so it follows that, ideally, there’s some type of work that fits everyone. I imagine in can be hard to find the right fit, if you’re someone who doesn’t enjoy things that are considered mainstream, but...

Every relationship has its issues, of course, and we can choose to either work through them or move on. Most people don’t expect to be confronted with the fact that their partner has antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), though – which means they basically don’t understand or experience human emotions the way the rest of us...

If there’s one thing I know for sure after living for over 40 years, and for having various public-facing jobs for many of those years, it’s that human beings have the potential to really shock the sh*t out of you. No matter how savvy or cynical you think you are, I promise there are people...

Honestly, it takes quite a bit for someone to say something so crazy, so out there, so dumb, so whatever, that your brain literally can’t come up with a single response. Most of us have had it happen at least once in our lives, and maybe later we think of the perfect comeback, or wish...

You may have noticed that a revolution is happening in the streets of America. People of all races, ages, and religions are marching in the streets demanding change, and one of the things we’re discussing is what role the police should play in our everyday lives going forward. I used to live in these apartments...

There’s a lot of talk out there these days about the role the police play in society, whether or not it should change, if some more training could do the trick, and everything in between. Part of the conversation is whether or not the police are really willing or able to do anything for the...

So many hidden treasures exist all over the world. It would take a lifetime to visit them all in person – which is why it’s so fantastic that we live in this digital age, a time when we can glimpse magic over the internet and never have to leave our homes. I mean, sure, traveling...

Most of the time we go about our weeks and days not thinking all that much about the federal postal service. Sure, we might crab about the lines at the post officer or the lack of employees there to help, as long as the mail is coming fairly regularly and we have somewhere to buy...

There’s a fairly commonplace saying, that history is written by the victors. Well, as a historian in another life, I can tell you that not only is it written by the victors, but it’s also almost always written by the rich and the European (in the case of Western history) – the traditionally educated, basically....

If you’re a person of a certain age, there are formative coming-of-age movies that probably stand out in your mind. And if you’re my age (late Gen X, Xennial, early Millennial), those movies include classics like E.T., Stand by Me, the Sandlot, Now and Then, The Princess Bride, and yes, The Goonies. The kids never said die...

Alzheimer’s Disease is one of the most devastating illness that families go through – you’re often forced to mourn the loss of your loved one while they’re still alive, and to steel yourself to go into a room with a parent, aunt, grandparent, who no longer knows you from Adam or Eve. The good news...

If there’s one thing people love, it’s to put a riddle out into the universe and sit there with a smug smile while people throw out wrong answer after wrong answer. Shut up, you know I’m right. Why else would people come up with riddles? It’s always about somebody thinking they’re smarter than you. And...

It’s pretty common knowledge that dogs have a better sense of smell than humans – by a lot – but we mostly think of them being able to sniff out things like missing people, dead bodies, hunted animals, and whatever food we’re trying to keep out of their reach on the counter, but what if...

I don’t know about you, but this seems like common sense to me – if you buy into the idea of evolution and selecting offspring based on what traits best help them survive to procreate themselves, then of course the eggs of biological females have the ability to choose “better” sperm, right? Well, now there’s...

It may sometimes seem like scientists and health officials can still be caught behind the 8-ball when it comes to new and emerging diseases, but let me tell you, that’s nothing compared to what doctors were dealing with before the invention of the microscope. There were people in the scientific community who believed that “bad...