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Category Archives: Apple

THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #122

November 7, 2015by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: “Dracula Dead and Loving It”: Many, many, many years ago, after an afternoon at Egyptian Treasures, an unlikely shop that used to be in the middle of Des Moines which specialized […]

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ancient Egypt, Angela Lansbury, Apple, book, Dracula, film, French, Louvre, technology, television

THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #120

October 25, 2015by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: Open Library: I have fairly good luck finding anything I want on the Internet. Especially books. They aren’t hard to find. You can always find a used copy for […]

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ancient Egypt, Apple, book, computer, cooking, ebook, Egyptology, hair, Internet, technology

THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #116

September 26, 2015by Benjamin Phillips 2 Comments

LOVE: Apple Watch Activity Monitor: I am still getting into the groove of the Apple Watch. I have alternately loved and loathed it. This depends almost entirely on how well […]

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ancient Egypt, Apple, Egyptology, fitness, hieroglyphs, interior decorating, interior design, technology

Why Don’t You? #78

September 21, 2015by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you convince yourself that you desperately need that Apple Watch and then go out and get it? I told myself for months that it was unnecessary. I […]

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advice, Apple, Diana Vreeland, fashion, food, gold, shopping, suggestion, Why Don't You?

THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #115

September 19, 2015by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: Yearly Apple Announcements: I vividly remember one of the first Apple announcements I ever watched. It was the day they unveiled the iPhone. I watched, absolutely mesmerized, as Steve […]

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Apple, book, cleaning, computer, credit cards, Egyptology, Joan Crawford, Nicole Richie

THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #114

September 12, 2015by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: Apple Music: When I first heard about Apple Music, I brushed it to the side, uninterested. It was going to be like Ping (remember that nonsense?), and besides, I […]

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ancient Egypt, Apple, book, coffee, Egyptology, espresso, France, Miley Cyrus, music

THINGS I LOVED / HATED THIS WEEK #93

January 17, 2015by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: Nativity!: I have never been big into Christmas movies. I don’t know why, but when things like A Miracle on 34th Street or Elf comes on, I get annoyed […]

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app, Apple, art, Broadway, cooking, education, film, Paris

THINGS I LOVED / HATED THIS WEEK #85

November 1, 2014by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: Ridiculous Family Stories: I don’t know very many stories about my mother’s side of the family, which is something that saddens me. Maybe they aren’t storytellers? My father loves to […]

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Angela Lansbury, Apple, baking, family, history, travel, Washington DC, writing

THINGS I LOVED / HATED THIS WEEK #78

September 13, 2014by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: Ariana Grande:   When Jessica and I were in Paris, we got a little obsessed with making fun of Ariana Grande. Her star was just beginning its climb and we […]

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ancient Egypt, Apple, Ariana Grande, cocktail, credit cards, Egyptology, film, food, hair, iPhone, movie, music

THINGS I LOVED / HATED THIS WEEK #74

June 7, 2014by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: Remodeling: I am a terrible procrastinator. As my comedy goddess, Jennifer Saunders, once said about herself, “I am the worst procrastinator in the world. I wish it was actually […]

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Apple, cooking, garden, hair, interior design, music, travel

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