Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

Okay, so the image below is of the same road – the images look similar, except the righthand one appears to be taken from an angle that makes it look like it’s pointing a little more to the right. Except it’s not. The images are identical. As in, it’s “the same photo, side by side....

In a year that has seen, in many instances, the rights of the LGBTQ community take giant steps backward (after so many forward), it’s nice to read that former Tremper High School student Ash Whitaker got his win. The trans student sued the school district for 1) not allowing him to use the boy’s bathroom...

Kids who enter and compete in math tournaments are way smarter than I ever even thought about being in high school. I can’t solve regular math problems when I substitute-teach 6th grade, so this exceptionally tricky problem given to math olympiads in Singapore is just way, way above my pay grade. But if you’re into...

In the olden days of the late 1980s and early 1990s, children loved and played with toys that were not tied in with a movie, television, YouTube, or other media franchise. We were watching movies like Star Wars, Ghostbusters, and Gremlins and realizing that we loved to be scared, and laugh, and laugh while we...

If you take a short drive north out of Fairbanks, Alaska, you might happen to see an unremarkable red shed set on the side of a hill. The door is thick, like one on the front of a freezer. Behind it is a walk through some Arctic permafrost – and, scientists believe, a ticking time-bomb....

Jane Austen remains one of the most widely-known (and read) authors in the English language, and we know from her novels that she had a great love for her language, a love that took many playful forms. She wrote letters to family and relatives regularly, but the one in question was sent to her 8-year-old...

Ah, Valentine’s Day. That precious holiday where lovers judge each other’s ability to be romantic, while simultaneously believing it’s all hogwash and also wishing they could just stay in and watch tv like every other night, at the same time as single people lament all of the judgmental “are you still single” looks they get...

Coffee and cats are great separately, but when you put them together? Forgetaboutit. That’s what Felius, a new Omaha cafe, will be banking on, at least, when it opens its doors this coming spring. The nonprofit plans to be the area’s first “cat cafe,” coffeeshops that mix adoptable kitties with delightfully caffeinated beverages. You won’t...

If you’re someone who isn’t the biggest fan of winter, well, you may be about to meet your spirit animal. Meet Busao the cat, who has found his one true love this winter – his space heater. His owner, Ryjui Tan, confirms, telling Bored Panda that “Japan is so cold right now! All he wants...

When 8-year-old Ayla asked her mom Angie for help with a math problem, the savvy, smart mom thought it would be no trouble. She was wrong, and soon she had turned her frustration over to a Facebook mom’s group – and then to most of the internet – as they all struggled to complete second...

If you grew up in the seventies, eighties, or early nineties, chances are that some of your favorite school days were spent in the computer lab, with an Apple IIE booted up to play a few rounds of The Oregon Trail. All of the choices were yours to make – how big should your family be,...

When Aesha Ash was growing up in the inner city of Rochester, NY, she imagined people driving through her neighborhood, seeing her black skin and never knowing the dreams that lived in her heart. Aesha also knew that for those dreams to come true – for her to have a career as a professional ballet...

Sure, animal lovers everywhere like the idea of having an adorable pet that no one has seen before, but we all know in our hearts that there are some beauties that are best observed from afar. Some are endangered, some are hard to take care of, and some would just be destructive as shit in...

Chicago’s Congress Theater was built in 1926, and is currently undergoing renovations. During the process, Eric Nordstrom started going through the old theater looking for objects he could reclaim (he works for a company that does this exclusively). At first, he was finding the usual: old newspapers, pipes, tools, and blueprints. On a subsequent treasure hunt,...

Frankly, I’m super glad to not have grown up in a digital age – my awkward stage and all of those glorious (read: hideous) 80’s and 90’s fashion trends are much more likely to stay in the past where they they belong. Which is to say, someone would have to dig up actual photos of...