Open Thread

Sunday, January 5, 2025

Open Thread: Best Gift EVER

Holiday gift giving and receiving is a double edged sword, but Virge discovers the secret behind The Best Gift Ever.

Monday, December 30, 2024

Open Thread Update: What’s Your Future Tech Wish?

Readers share their dreams for better hearing technologies, quieter TVs, home robotics and fewer updates. What’s your dream technology? Let us know and we’ll look for them at CES!

Friday, December 13, 2024

Open Thread Update: Your Silly Kid Beliefs

Virge thought Santa Claus squeezed in through the radiator. What silly thing did you believe as a kid – about Santa or anything else?

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Open Thread Update Update: And the Word of the Year Is….

The experts have spoken!  Virge reveals the official word of the year as well as your picks for the most apt word for 2024.  

Sunday, November 3, 2024

Open Thread: First Brush with AI

Virge explores the uses and limits of Artificial Intelligence, inspired by a Broadway play and Robert Downey, Jr.

Friday, November 1, 2024

Open Thread Update: Brush with the Unknown

Readers detail ghostly visitors, premonitions, and goodbyes from someone who crossed over. Share your brush with the supernatural.

Friday, October 18, 2024

Open Thread Update: Whatever Happened To….?

Whatever happened to Woolworths? What holiday store windows do you miss? Did you ever vote for Miss Rheingold? Readers share their fave iconic brands.

Friday, October 4, 2024

Open Thread Update: Who’s Your Oldest Friend?

Are you in the ’70 plus club’? Did you meet in second grade? Readers share the stories of their first or oldest friendships.

Friday, September 13, 2024

Open Thread Update: Your Earliest Memories!

Readers share their earliest memories of imaginary friends, parental love, disasters and triumphs. What’s yours?

Friday, August 30, 2024

Open Thread Update: Dumbest “Smart” Technology

Does your phone tell you when your cat uses the litterbox? Do you miss paper instruction manuals? Readers dish about the ‘smart tech” that is really…dumb.

Friday, August 16, 2024

Open Thread Update: Readers Brushes with Fame

Virge shared an elevator with David Bowie, and readers have kissed Jimi Hendrix and danced with Al Pacino. What’s your brush with fame?

Friday, August 2, 2024

Open Thread Update: What Makes You Happy?

Is it ‘Vitamin G?” Chocolate? Music? Crafts? What works for you when you need a lift? Readers share their joys – share yours!

Friday, July 19, 2024

Open Thread Update: Your “I Was There” Moment

From Woodstock to Alaskan Statehood to witnessing a future music icon, readers share their favorite “I was there!” moments….what’s yours?

Friday, July 12, 2024

Open Thread Update: How Did Senior Planet Change Your Life?

Readers add their stories of community, creativity and fitness with Senior Planet. Is your story about making friends at Lunch and Learn? Performing at an online Open Mic? Graduating at a Senior Planet walk-in center? Tell us!

Friday, June 14, 2024

Open Thread Update: What’s Your Old School Tech?

Readers share their vintage tech , like manual typewriters, VHS players, rotary phones and a unique Farberware item circa 1970. What’s the oldest technology you own?