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...
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Mark Lipton
- Jan 22
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
That's Not Funny
Recently the artificial intelligence research firm OpenAI released ChatGBT, THE conversationally interactive chat bot which makes...
Mark Lipton
- Dec 18, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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...
Mark Lipton
- Sep 24, 2022
- 3 min
Heir, and a Spare!
In April of this year my mother, tired of hearing the incessant paint shouts emanating from my upstairs office decided to leave the...
Mark Lipton
- Sep 18, 2022
- 2 min
Hey, Where Yuh From?
In February of 2022 Twitter introduced a new feature called “safe mode.” THE social media platform hoping to “reduce disruptive...
Mark Lipton
- Sep 11, 2022
- 3 min
The Vice is Right!
The police department in my hometown of Stamford, Connecticut is made up of 13-units. The City that Works requiring a bomb squad and...
Mark Lipton
- Sep 4, 2022
- 4 min
If THE Shoe Fits!
Ranked by seating capacity, Ohio Stadium is the third largest football stadium in the United States. Filled, the stadium provides seating...
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