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Mark Lipton
Feb 26, 20232 min read
Where THE Sidewalk Ends
Author and poet Shel Silverstein tells us that if you walk far enough, you'll eventually reach the place where the sidewalk ends. In my...
Mark Lipton
Feb 19, 20232 min read
THE Dealer's Contribution
My mother called another resident of her adult care facility a lush recently, and now there’s beef at the dinner table. And it's not...
Mark Lipton
Feb 12, 20233 min read
Something to Talk About
Last week American musician Bonnie Raitt won three Grammy Awards for performances on her recently released “Just Like That” album. THE...
Mark Lipton
Feb 5, 20232 min read
#Jimmy?
Slipping into the driver’s seat of a Porsche Macan for the first time you’re immediately struck by the SUV’s lack of front-seat...
Mark Lipton
Jan 26, 20232 min read
Should I Have Edited that Out?
My daughter Miranda, née Buck Wheat, recently traveled to the mountain-city of San Cristobal de las Casas in southern Mexico. THE...
Mark Lipton
Jan 22, 20233 min read
Groundhog Day, Again!
In 2018 BleacherReport.com named former New York Yankee Yogi Berra the greatest catcher in the history of Major League Baseball. A...
Mark Lipton
Jan 15, 20232 min read
She's Lost
When I speak with my 25-year-old daughter Miranda, the former Buck Wheat of these pages, THE kid assures me: she's not lost! Though she...
Mark Lipton
Jan 8, 20232 min read
That's Not Funny
Recently the artificial intelligence research firm OpenAI released ChatGPT, THE conversationally interactive chat bot which makes...
Mark Lipton
Dec 18, 20222 min read
In THE End
It’s the composer’s hand which turns notes to melody. The succession of sounds forming a tune. But it’s the addition of lyrics which...
Mark Lipton
Dec 11, 20223 min read
O Canada!
The inside joke among New Englanders is that Connecticut is the least worthy of the six-state region known for Ivy League schools and its...
Mark Lipton
Dec 4, 20223 min read
He Was More Motivated!
On July 18, 1885 Ulysses S. Grant put down his fountain pen on the final page of his memoir. THE effort, robbing Grant of his remaining...
Mark Lipton
Nov 27, 20223 min read
I'll Stop here
When the corn harvest of 1621 proved nutritious enough to feed the 60-pilgrims in his charge, the governor of the Plymouth Bay colony...
Mark Lipton
Nov 20, 20222 min read
Who Let Her In?
In 1980, actress Sally Field won the Oscar for Best Actress in a leading role for her portrayal of Norma Rae; the heroine of the...
Mark Lipton
Nov 13, 20222 min read
Panda. Just Panda.
Like Plato, Socrates and Voltaire; Madonna, Cher and Adele are mononyms. Known to the world by a singular name. THE ultimate celebrity!...
Mark Lipton
Nov 6, 20222 min read
Nothing Moore
Last week on my podcast I reported of ongoing troubles for the country’s largest paint maker, Sherwin-Williams. The company continuing to...
Mark Lipton
Oct 30, 20223 min read
Not if You Know it All!
I didn’t make it to the gym at all last week. My determination buried under a pile of excuses! To avoid her father becoming moribund my...
Mark Lipton
Oct 23, 20223 min read
THE Scarlet Letter
Marilyn Manson says that, “if you don’t wear sunglasses, it’s not rock and roll.” Which while not factual, is sentimentally correct....
Mark Lipton
Oct 16, 20222 min read
You Call That Workin'?
With the Yankees back in the post season, the time seemed right to return home. To the only New York borough whose name requires a...
Mark Lipton
Oct 9, 20223 min read
Moore to Come!
In their Ground Beef Handling guide the United States Department of Agriculture or USDA, recommends that restaurants cook the meat to 155...
Mark Lipton
Oct 2, 20223 min read
All Rise!
Baseball’s first ever slugger, Babe Ruth, set the record for the most home runs in a major league season when he hit 54 dingers as the...
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