Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

These days especially, we tend to choose movies based on buzz, what our friends are watching, or what reviewers have to say about them online. But there are movies that slip under the radar for some reason, even though they deserve a wider audience (in some people’s minds!). These 7 movies definitely fall into that...

Tide and other laundry product manufacturers have upped their safety packaging in recent years, doing their part to help keep children safe from accidental death from eating their candy-colored products. No one can stop teenagers from getting through the child-proof packaging and taking the Tide Pod Challenge, but that’s a whole other story. In this...

If you haven’t heard someone raving about their obsession with The Great British Baking Show (in Europe, The Great British Bake Off), well…you must not know many people. It seems like every day, another one of my friends falls victim and ends up in a binge-a-thon that culminates in them deciding it really doesn’t look...

People might fantasize about walking out on their family, home, and life to start a new one for a number of reasons – valid and not so valid – but what is it actually like to say “I’m running to the store” and never go back home? These 15 people are willing to share the...

Even though she’s one of the most important spies in American history, and even though she’s the most highly decorated female civilian of WWII, you’ve probably never heard of Virginia Hall. I mean, if you’re a history buff or a WWII aficionado or a member of the CIA (her story is on display at the...

It might seem like LGBTQ people are on level footing with cis folks these days, but during Pride month, it’s important not only to celebrate how far we’ve come towards equality, but also to highlight all of the spots where we definitely still have a long way to go. If you see something, say something...

There are a few problems with bumper stickers. First, the glue (they’re a b*tch to get off!). Second, sometimes our opinions are far less static than a sticker on our car (if you’ve seen someone still driving around with a Bush/Cheney sticker on their car, you know what I mean). Third, they can draw unwanted...

Since people have been driving cars, getting and having to change flat tires has been an inevitability. My own father made me learn how to do it myself, just in case, and even though I’ve never had to put that knowledge to use (knock on wood), changing a tire is thought of as a basic...

If you’re like me, you might have been raised to believe that putting ice or water in your whiskey was some kind of cardinal drinking sin. But science would definitely quibble with my Scots-Irish grandma on this point, because chemists have the scientific proof we need to back up the idea that water (or ice)...

The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been a staple in nurseries around the world since forever – well, actually since 50 years ago. It’s a gem of a picture book; I can say from experience that the book is endearing and gets kids’ eyes to light up with laughter with the turn of every single page....

It’s pretty well-known that media and Hollywood play up stereotypes for any number of reasons, and that when people travel and actually meet others from around the world face-to-face, those are easily dispelled. In these 15 cases, though, non-Americans were totally shocked to learn that the “crazy” thing they’d heard about the States was actually...

There’s a good chance you don’t think too long and hard about your toilet paper. I mean, as long as you have some, it does the job, and you don’t walk away with damp fingers or a sore tush, well…what else is there to consider, really? https://www.instagram.com/p/BxiNS1pAoIr/ Charmin thinks they know the question you never...

If you ask me, we don’t need a reason to avoid eating beef jerky, but given that the stuff still runs out of gas stations like hotcakes, clearly I’m in the minority. Maybe I won’t be, though, after you read this article. Or at least, maybe I shouldn’t be. NBC News has reported that processed...

For many, going to the circus is one of their fondest childhood memories. The animals, the excitement, the thrill, the popcorn – until accusations of animal cruelty put a damper on the whole thing. But aside from that, it’s easy to see why parents and children alike flock to those traveling, round tents year after...

Even though Dr. Who, the Ocean’s cast, and Ghostbusters have all been rebooted with women at the center (and Wonder Woman was, arguably, one of the best superhero movies to come out in recent memory), male comic book nerds continue to flip out about gender-flipped heroes (and villains). Case in point: writer Geraldine DeRuite jokingly...