Prior to leaving the Army, Lipari attended classes at Troy State University, Bergen County Community College, Santa Monica College, The Connecticut School of Broadcasting, The New York Film Academy (where he was a student of Vojtěch Jasný) and received camera training at Panavision in Hollywood (from Jay Holben)[1] before earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts focused in Advertising, Design & Visual Storytelling, with honors, at School of Visual Arts.

[2] Ordained by Universal Life Church, Lipari is an agnostic minister who performs wedding ceremonies for couples of various gender and sexual identities.

[4] After leaving Fangoria, Lipari worked as a freelance writer and producer and as a production assistant/camera operator for MTV's reality shows The Hills and The City.

After doing stand-up about becoming a yoga teacher at New York City's Gotham Comedy Club, Lipari was approached by a casting associate who was looking for a "sarcastic yogi".

While at Motive, Lipari oversaw the production of the McDonald's/Coca-Cola Fountain Joy app and motion graphics projects for House Hunters International.

[5] After traveling to Japan in 2019 Lipari was recruited by Troops to Teachers to fill teaching vacancies in some of New York City's communities.

[20] After being frustrated with the customer service at an Apple Store, in September 2009, Lipari jokingly paraphrased a quote from the book/movie Fight Club, which referred to use of firearms, on his Facebook page.

In under 2 hours, NYPD SWAT arrived at his door and, after searching his apartment, they brought Lipari to the station to be questioned by Homeland Security.

[24] In light of the NSA/Edward Snowden controversy, Lipari created the failed White House petition to designate June 9 "Everyone Is a Suspect Day".