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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 30, 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 23, 20223 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 16, 20222 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 9, 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...

Mark Lipton
Oct 2, 20223 min read


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 24, 20223 min read


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 18, 20222 min read


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 11, 20223 min read


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
Sep 4, 20224 min read


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 25, 20223 min read


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 21, 20224 min read


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
Aug 7, 20223 min read


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 31, 20223 min read


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 24, 20223 min read


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 17, 20222 min read


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 10, 20223 min read


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
Jul 3, 20223 min read


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 26, 20223 min read


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 19, 20222 min read


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 12, 20223 min read
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