Olive Oil and Toilet Paper!
I may have made fun of Guy for the amount of toilet paper and olive oil she bought in preparation of our two-weeks (or more) of home...
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Mark Lipton
Mar 13, 20204 min read
THE Corridor!
Dumping my suitcase to do a load of laundry, I realized I had no more clean underwear! One day longer and I was going to have to make...
Mark Lipton
Mar 12, 20204 min read
Paint Stores and Impeachment!
Dead presidents and paint: What a day! I woke up this morning just west of Knoxville, Tennessee. Thankfully, that was where I went to...
Mark Lipton
Mar 11, 20203 min read
Tennessee, Thou Art Wide!
My cardiologist called me today. He said it was time to get out of Tennessee! I think it’s already too late! New Yorkers are a spoiled...
Mark Lipton
Mar 10, 20203 min read
Good Or Bad, It’s All Luck!
“Luck is the residue of design.” At least that’s what the great baseball executive (and player) Branch Rickey was known to say! This...
Mark Lipton
Mar 9, 20203 min read
Ace Is The Place!
I’m a fan of the literary license. What storyteller hasn’t made the fish a little bigger? But I have to say: calling the space of land...
Mark Lipton
Mar 8, 20202 min read
Because It Was There! Already, you should be thinking: “Why am I hearing from Mark on a Sunday?
Well, I’m tired of Buck Wheat having all the fun! With the Allpro show ending last night, Guy and I were supposed to be leaving this...
Mark Lipton
Mar 4, 20204 min read
It's Best to Shut Up!
I love getting feedback from readers. Most of the time at-least! On Wednesdays after I post this blog, one of the first readers I...
Mark Lipton
Feb 26, 20204 min read
Keep the Window Shades Closed!
Lying in bed the other night I asked my fiancée Gaetana, “Do you like my beard like this length?” I had been growing it out for about...
Mark Lipton
Feb 19, 20203 min read
Funerals Suck!
And every time I go to one, all it does is reinforce my view stated in the title! If you can, it’s best to avoid them. But when my...
Mark Lipton
Feb 12, 20204 min read
Losing a Bet, What a Fun Laxtivity!
My fiancée Guy and I, used to make a lot of friendly bets. If she said up and I said down......we’d put $5 on the outcome and roll the...
Mark Lipton
Feb 4, 20203 min read
Y'All Are Gonna Like This!
My friend James is from Alabama. Yesterday, in a span of four hours he taught my new iPhone how to say “y’all!” I wish that I had more...
Mark Lipton
Jan 29, 20203 min read
It's Better to be the Fox!
My office window at home faces the front of the house. So, when I’m at home writing I get to see all the excitement that the streets of...
Mark Lipton
Jan 22, 20203 min read
The Cake-Toppers!
A number of years ago when things got serious with me and Guy and it was time to meet the families, she told me I couldn’t meet her...
Mark Lipton
Jan 15, 20204 min read
Letter....I Get letters.....
Well.....emails anyway! If you're writing for a broad enough audience, it’s impossible to make everyone happy. I may have already known...
Mark Lipton
Jan 8, 20204 min read
Keep the Trucks Moving!
In October 1973, the oil-producing nations that made up OPEC, proclaimed an embargo on all oil being exported to countries they felt...
Mark Lipton
Jan 1, 20203 min read
You Had Me At Lasagna!
My mother-in-law to-be Connie, is the reason the term old-school had to be coined. Native Italian and the embodiment of that deep...
Mark Lipton
Dec 25, 20193 min read
All In the Name of Science
My daughter Buck Wheat doesn’t sleep. Well, not at night anyway! She generally stays up until 4 AM or so and then sleeps until the late...
Mark Lipton
Dec 18, 20193 min read
Now THAT'S Job Security!
My fiancé Guy and I are a good couple; we love spending time together. For reasons known only to our biology and experiences she is the...
Mark Lipton
Dec 11, 20193 min read
Who Ate All the Cashews???
If you’ve ever opened a can of mixed nuts only to find it 2/3 empty AND the 1/3 that’s left is ALL almonds then congratulations; you’re a...
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