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15-Seconds of fame from Facebooks 15-years.

Mark Cathcart

Marketplace recently tweeted asking how social media had changed or impacted your life. Of course I had a response. They emailed today to ask if I’d record a voicemail, and used a segment of it in todays show for a segment called: “thefacebook.com” went live 15-years ago today. A lot has changed since then. We asked you about how social media changed your life — for better or for worse. Here were some of your answers: https://t.co/baStpKvQJn pic.twitter.com/WM8z6BCf9i — Marketplace (@Marketplace) February 4, 2019 In addition to what went on the show, what I also said was: I had a … Continue reading 15-Seconds of fame from Facebooks 15-years.

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Drunk on you own success?

Mark Cathcart

In one of those late night facebook exchanges, between a friend, and her coach, I couldn’t help jumping in. This is how it went… some pretty original thoughts “coach”: I can not be held responsible for drunk texting or drunk FB posting! I will however run with whatever I am presented with! Mark Cathcart: You can only try. Failure is defined by not trying, it is not defined as trying but not achieving. Friend: it was at 7:39 am… so not drunk, but blonde for sure! ack! “coach”:Time is 9:39 where I grew up and 1:39 in England. It might have been … Continue reading Drunk on you own success?

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Jedi no more

Mark Cathcart

I’m just in the process of joining Triathlon England, for the first time, and the website asks about religion. I was disappointed to see that Jedi Knight was no longer an option. Back in 2001, the kids, Wendy and I were delighted to write-in Jedi Knight on our UK Census forms, we were five of some 390,000 who did that year and being a Jedi Knight by religion surpassed  Sikhism, Judaism, and Buddhism making it the 4th largest religion in the UK. Using Doc’s Delorean, I find myself in 2012, still wishing to point to what should be the irrelevance of my private beliefs … Continue reading Jedi no more

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Brians Song, the Big C and “little” Mikey

Mark Cathcart

I can’t really remember when I first became aware of cancer, but the first time it effected my life was in I’d guess 1972, or 1973. I saw Brian’s Song on TV. The original version, obviously. It had a profound effect on me as a 13/14 year old, that I think to this day I can’t forget. I sobbed like the child I was when I saw it, despite all my aspirations to grow up quickly, and all the confusion around me, I learned a lot from the film about friends, racial tolerance and intolerance, as well as cancer. And … Continue reading Brians Song, the Big C and “little” Mikey

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Sven gets vocal again

Mark Cathcart

I just ran the stats on my little Sandisc Sansa MP3 player, I’ve had it for 3-years now, it was a great buy and yep, cheap, and no it doesn’t work with iTunes. I’ve done a few file reloads and am starting to think about music selection for the marathon I have to run at the end of the Challenge Roth ironman-distance triathlon in July. Yep, MP3 players are allowed on the run. Overwhelmingly, the number one MP3 played on my sandisc is my Houston dance-music friend, Sven Neers’ “sven gets vocal again” mix from February 2010. It’s a perfect, … Continue reading Sven gets vocal again