22,000 Days+ is a record of where I’ve been and what I’m noticing now. Not a diary, not a lecture—just perspective with a little humor baked in.
I’ve spent decades in media, marketing, entertainment, and events which means I’ve seen the serious, the absurd, and everything in between. This blog is my way of pulling those threads together—today’s headlines, cultural moments that stick, and the occasional story from the past that still deserves a spotlight. Some posts will make you laugh, some might make you roll your eyes, and a few could make you think twice. That mix is the point: after 22,000 days, the view gets interesting. The headline almost sounds like a Black Mirror episode that didn’t make it to air: AI companies are training their systems on crime data to sell ads more effectively. Yes,… It started with a box of radicchio. One of thousands that pass through the Port of San Luis every week. But this one had a passenger. During a routine inspection,… If you missed it, The Atlantic just kicked off a 250-year gut check on the American experiment, and Fintan O’Toole opened with a hard truth: our debates about the Founders… I’ve read a lot of headlines designed to shock. Most don’t stick. But this one from The U.S. Sun stopped me cold: Russia is in “Phase Zero” of World War… There’s a strange kind of zombie apocalypse happening online — not with brains, but with bylines. Across the web, forgotten newspaper URLs are being snatched up, revived, and repurposed into…

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Phase Zero – The War That’s Already Started (And We’re Pretending It Hasn’t)
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