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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Mark Lipton
- Sep 24
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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...
Mark Lipton
- Aug 25
- 3 min
Define Success?
John Wooden is generally considered the greatest collegiate basketball coach of all time. The “Wizard of Westwood” coaching the UCLA...
Mark Lipton
- Aug 21
- 4 min
Here Comes the Son
With only 41 games remaining in the 162-game Major League baseball season, the New York Yankees have a 7-game lead over the second place...
Mark Lipton
- Aug 7
- 3 min
Do These Two Match?
If I listed all the improvements I've noticed in my work-life balance since I sold Tremont Paint in October of 2019, you might think that...
Mark Lipton
- Jul 31
- 3 min
Ask Sherwin-Williams!
Recently, my mother told me that she was tired of reading about Dan Calkins. THE old lady defending the Benjamin Moore chief executive...
Mark Lipton
- Jul 24
- 3 min
An Implied Covenant
On Wednesday the world’s largest paint maker Sherwin-Williams, will announce their earnings for the second quarter of the 2022 fiscal...
Mark Lipton
- Jul 17
- 2 min
Hey Siri!
Circumstance required I schlep to the Bronx two days last week, with Siri doing her best to help me find the fastest route. But she’s not...
Mark Lipton
- Jul 10
- 3 min
That's What She Said!
My current hometown of Stamford, Connecticut sits on the edge of THE Long Island Sound. THE City the Works sharing a coastline with more...
Mark Lipton
- Jul 3
- 3 min
Independent's Day
Better than Woodstock, Oregon I guess! Supply Chain Woes? When my fianceéic Gaetana returns from a few days away and my daughter Buck...
Mark Lipton
- Jun 26
- 3 min
The Man with THE Football
Before point-of-sale, accounting software, and the smartphone gave paint dealers access to their store’s sales history, there was the...
Mark Lipton
- Jun 19
- 2 min
Benjamin Moore is Dead Again
Wednesday marked the two-year anniversary of my father’s passing. One hundred and four weeks not enough time to allow for dry-eyed...
Mark Lipton
- Jun 12
- 3 min
THE Combo!
Despite the myriad possible combinations of a deli sandwich made with two meats, if you walk into a New York kosher style deli and order...
Mark Lipton
- Jun 5
- 3 min
It's Grand!
At more than 185-feet wide, the Bronx’s Grand Concourse is nearly double the width of Manhattan’s iconic Park or Madison Avenues....
Mark Lipton
- May 29
- 3 min
For Molly and Gregory!
On October 19, 2011 Molly and Gregory Friedlander were shot and killed by their father, Sam Friedlander. Cleaved by shotgun blasts while...
Mark Lipton
- May 22
- 3 min
I'm in a New York State of Mind!
It’s unclear exactly how New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen received its moniker; the most commonly accepted etymology dating back to a man...
Mark Lipton
- May 15
- 3 min
Davids, Versus THE Goliaths
Perhaps the greatest upset victory in recorded history was that of Israel’s soon-to-be King David vanquishing the giant Goliath. The...