What Would Your Name Be If You Were Born Today?
Find out using this interactive tool. Mary? How would you like to have been Olivia instead?
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Virge Randall
I just met the love of my…..wallet.
If you went online this Valentine’s Day to give online dating a try, you may have received a few responses or even reached out to some new people yourself. However, before you pursue that online romance, it’s important to take precaution with anyone new that you meet, especially with strangers online. Each year the number…
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Stock Photography pictures “Active Seniors”
Ready to LOL? Take a look at some stereotypical images of seniors. We picked the cream the “active seniors” crop.
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Cut the Clutter with ease
There’s nothing like a new year to inspire us to de-clutter our homes, but one woman in Japan has created a movement that is active year round, and has spawned books, blogs and coming soon, a Netflix series. Take a peek here: KonMari, founded by Marie Kondo (learn more here) advocates transforming your life by…
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Still More Adventurous Aging
What does it mean to age adventurously? Here are still more examples culled from Pinterest and elsewhere of how people are aging with attitude. Make a clothing statement No less an authority than Coco Chanel said “In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.” Could it be that fashion isn’t necessarily what…
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Tech empowers Holocaust survivors
A unique pilot program designed by Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) is helping a special group of trauma survivors gain a sense of community, access resources, and enter the digital age. “Our Voices” is a special six-month program for Holocaust survivors, supported by a grant from the Jewish Federations of North America’s (JFNA) Center for Advancing…
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Spooky Short Films on Youtube
You don’t have to visit a haunted house or amusement park to get thrills and chills – just fire up your laptop or desktop, turn off all the lights, and check out some of the spookiest short films on Youtube. These short films span sci-fi, suspense, and horror. The Black Hole: an ordinary office machine…
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Find WiFi – and Senior Planet – on city streets
Between now and October 24, if you are visiting NYC or outside your neighborhood and need a quick recharge or WiFi – without buying a coffee – just look for one of a series of kiosks scattered around the five boroughs called LinkNYC (info here)…and you might see a message from Senior Planet. LinkNYC kiosks…
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You may have already won…a scam
It sounds terrific. You’ve won a large cash prize and the money’s yours once you pre-pay the taxes. Or someone overpaid you for something you sold online. Or you signed up for a ‘mystery shopper” gig and got paid more than you were owed due to a ‘bookkeeping error.” Or you just got a job…
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Tech of the Month: Streaming services
Want to cut the cord? Tired of paying hundreds of dollars a year on cable subscriptions? Some studies indicate that costs for TV service rose almost twice as fast as inflation, rising more than 50 percent in about ten years to an average of $100.98 in 2017. There are plenty of alternatives to traditional TV,…
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