There I was...

…one dot in the vast dot-com universe of Mark Wrights, when I discovered that most visitors to my MarkWright.com website were actually looking for this famous soccer-playing-TV-star in the UK. It was a search engine black hole from which I couldn’t escape.

Then, along came another famous Mark Wright, who was at the time a TV news anchor in Seattle. He really wanted the MarkWright.com domain for his own personal branding. I gave it to him and he (eventually) created a great site.

I’ve experimented with a few different domains for myself ever since. My freelance business site is WrightsContent.com. My volunteer nonprofit-oriented site is PickUpYourPlastic.org. My soon-to-be author site is ThisMarkWright.com. And you’ve found this one chronicling my adventure of having one of Earth’s apparently most common names.

How common? No one knows how many Mark Wrights roam the planet, but we are legion. Wikipedia says the Romans came up with Marcus, which eventually morphed into Marc and Mark in England. Wright originated in England, where it's the 16th most common surname.

Maybe someday I’ll consolidate my array of domains into a single home. Until then, thanks for visiting. And if you know any other Mark Wrights, tell 'em I said hello.