My name is Don MacLeod, and I’ve spent decades in media, marketing, entertainment, and events, which means I’ve seen the serious, the absurd, and everything in between. 22,000 Days+ is a record of where I’ve been and what I’m noticing now. Not a diary, not a lecture—just my perspective.
This space 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 wake ups, the view gets interesting. The US-Canada relationship just fell off a cliff, and if you grew up straddling that border as I did — Farmington Hills, Michigan, twenty minutes from Windsor — this one… Brad Reese — grandson of H.B. Reese, the guy who invented Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups in his basement in 1928 — posted an open letter to Hershey last week, accusing… Wall Street’s latest panic cycle is eating through white-collar sectors like a brushfire through dry timber. This time, it’s AI job-displacement fears — and the casualties are piling up fast…. The snack aisle is having an identity crisis. According to a Reuters article about the effects of GLP-1 drugs on snacks, PepsiCo just launched a reformulated Lay’s line with shorter… Christmas Day 2021. Jaswant Singh Chail climbed the wall of Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow, intent on assassinating Queen Elizabeth II. For weeks before the attempt, he’d been discussing…
We Turned Our Neighbor Into an Enemy
Hershey Swapped Real Chocolate for “Chocolate Candy” — The Reese Family Noticed
AI Job Displacement Fears — When Panic Beats Logic
Big Food Panics as GLP-1 Drugs Vaporize $12 Billion in Snack Sales
AI Doesn’t Just Hallucinate — You’re Hallucinating With It
