Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

You probably know that kids love the familiar. Routines are key to happy days and easier nights, but when it comes to reading books, having to read the same one over and over again is often less than fun (for us). And while you’ve probably wondered more than once if your kid is some kind...

Reading about the people who attempt (and sometimes die) summiting Mount Everest has become something of a morbid fascination for me – perhaps because I have surmised that people like that and myself are actually two different kinds of human. I have no idea why a person would want to go where the air is...

Turning 40 is no joke – I tried to treat it like any other day, but my body had different ideas. My back “went out” for the first time in my life less than a month later. And y’all, this list is spot on. I have no idea why, but we’re basically all the same....

Sometimes the key to solving a riddle is to think more simply instead of the other way around – so maybe go with your gut to solve these 5 good ones. #5. Throwaway and eat. #4. A real brain teaser. #3. 6 faces and 21 eyes. #2. Black, red, and gray. #1. A head and...

Twitter can be a bit of a crapshoot – some days, it’s unbearably harsh and un-fun, but others it’s so spot-on hilarious that it almost makes the bad days worthwhile. And the day when they decided that Game of Thrones was basically a live-action Shrek is definitely one of the better ones in recent memory....

Me, I don’t have a problem falling asleep. Maybe it’s because I’m exhausted from chasing two young kids all day, or for the knowledge that the little one is probably going to wake me up in a couple of hours for whatever reason he deems more important than my sleep. Whatever the reason, I’m out...

If you’ve been single well into your 20s, 30s, or beyond, then you’ve likely not escaped the commentary from well-meaning relatives hoping you’ll meet “the right guy” and settle down. In that case, you can probably sympathize with 32-year-old Zahra Haider. She was just looking to have a little fun with her mom (who is...

People have been talking about being “burned out” at their jobs, with their kids, with the general rat race, for what seems like forever…and it turns out that we’ve been onto something. It’s not simply feeling tired, or that the events of a certain day or a trying few weeks are getting under our skin....

Our kids bring permission slips home for all sorts of things, and sometimes we really don’t even bother to read them before penning our name and moving on – but thank goodness Daily Show writer Daniel Radosh makes a habit of reading what he’s signing, especially when it comes from his son, Milo. tfw your...

This could have easily been a list of 50 or more, since Leslie Knope is amazing and most of her lines could be considered iconic, but I pared it down. For you. Say thank you, people, and enjoy scrolling through these 15 perfectly-crafted sentences. #15. You get the point, but she could have kept going....

There comes that moment in many relationships when you think to yourself, “it’s over.” You may have been ruminating on it for awhile, or it might have popped out of nowhere, but the fact remains that once it’s been thought, you can’t un-think it. The beginning of the end, as it were. And these 15...

I’m from the Midwest, so I know all about being relaxed and chill and you know, generally not fancy at all. That said, there are definitely situations that call for minding your manners, and dinner out at a place where your meal costs as much as your next car payment definitely fits the bill. Unfortunately,...

There’s a theory among writers that if you don’t hook someone by the end of the first page, you might never get another chance – because they’ll stop reading (or watching) and try something else. According to these movie buffs, though, you’ll be hooked from the very first scene of these 15 movies. #15. The...

I’ve never been to a wax museum, myself, but photographs from them often wig me out with how eerily much the figures look like their inspirations. You would never mistake these 15 wax figures for the real thing, though, and the fact that someone tried to convince the public they were legit just cracks me...

I adore my kids. To be clear. That said, I also adored the 37 years I spent without children dictating most of my waking (and sleeping) moments. You know, like a normal human being. Or at least I think it was normal. I don’t know… you’d have to ask… okay, I don’t have a good...