Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

I have to figure that by this point, everyone who wants to has seen The Office – and if you’re someone who hasn’t, what are you doing with your life? Since most of of us have watched, loved, quoted, and re-watched, these 7 trips down memory lane are sure to hit you right in the feels. 7....

Too many of us are spending our hours and lives sitting in front of a laptop day in and day out, and while remembering to get up and walk the dog, get our lunch, or just take a break for a stroll helps, there’s a good chance your back, knees, neck, and other muscles are...

A small but consistent controversy seems to pop up every now and then as people claim (and refute the claim) that walking is just as good (or better) for your body than running. Runners, as you know, are a passionate group of people and are ready to defend their hobby/passion as the superior way to...

People all over the world have been fighting for civil rights for centuries, without cease. Sometimes, the issues seem to come to ahead (ahem) and the battle line is pushed forward, just a bit, where it inches along until the next giant push. In the late 1970s, in Sweden of all places, being gay was...

YA (that’s short for Young Adult, for the uninitiated) fiction has been where it’s at for the past several years. From Twilight to The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, The Fault in Our Stars, The Hate U Give…really, I could spend the next three days listing amazing titles that center around teenaged protagonists. Many of them have been...

I’ll never forget the first time I researched what survivor benefits are like for the families of fallen soldiers are in the United States. I was completely shocked at how little we feel we owe their spouses and their children in exchange for their ultimate sacrifice – it’s a pittance, truly. These soldiers follow orders,...

Humans seem to instinctively realize that screaming when in intense amounts of pain seems to help. None of us knows whether or not it actually does help, it’s just kind of a natural reaction to intense and unexpected pain. It turns out, though, that there might be something to it – and for once, modern human instincts...

The ice cream man kind of gets a bad rap, right? There’s just something inherently creepy about a grown man peddling treats to children from a painted van (and honestly, the colors and music kind of make him resemble a clown, which just isn’t a good thing, either). That said, people love food trucks. We...

Most of us have had that “oh crap, this is it” moment at some point in our lives, be it as kids, at work, or with the law – that moment when you’ve done something terrible and you’re 100% sure you’re about to be busted. When that moment is followed by one when you realize...

Working in customer service is no joke, my friends. It takes a serious amount of mental energy to look other humans in the face and smile, day in and day out, no matter how they treat you in response. You meet some very lovely people. You also meet way too many people who are entitled,...

Look, I am a Xennial, which means I have transitioned into this brave new world from a childhood that was largely free of devices right along with the technology that now rules us. I should understand it better than anyone, but here’s the thing – I also have two jobs and two little kids, so...

It’s that time of year again when we all really start to appreciate plants – the lush green grass, the pretty flowers that promise spring, the scent of lilacs blowing on the breeze… Of course, other people enjoy and even manage not to kill their plants indoors all year round. Imagine that! Here are 16...

There are good bosses out there, and they deserve to be celebrated – managing people is a hard job, and working for someone who does it well is a blessing that many people will never know. Sadly, there are plenty of really crappy bosses out there. People who revel in lording their power over others,...

It’s funny, isn’t it, how certain things become part of popular culture, are handed down and passed around like when kids play a game of telephone – the original message is garbled, or changed, and probably doesn’t sound much like the original, but we all believe it’s true. The internet has definitely amplified this effect,...

There are people who like trees and people who love trees (and I guess people who don’t like or have no feelings for trees, but we aren’t going go talk about those weirdos today). Trees are awesome. They’re sturdy, they’re beautiful, they can keep secrets…what’s not to like? These 9 pictures are of trees surviving...