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. Airfares are climbing. Hotels are charging more. Rental cars cost what they cost — which is to say, too much. Summer travel costs are rising again, and the collective response… A banner encouraging flu vaccines hangs outside a clinic in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Nobody’s stopping to read it. Republican healthcare mistrust has moved from fringe talking point to measurable public health… A Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputy pulled over a woman on North Dixie Highway in Lake Worth Beach and cited her for holding a wireless communications device in her right… Fun has become the thing that keeps getting bumped. A national survey of 5,000 adults — 100 per state, conducted between April 21 and May 1, 2026, found that 48%… Some weeks, the news feels like it was assembled by a committee that got locked in a room with a dartboard and a bottle of bourbon. This is one of…
Summer Travel Costs Are Up — And Everyone’s Going Anyway
When Mistrust Becomes Policy: Republicans, Doctors, and the Widening Health Divide
Florida Deputy Cites Woman for Phone in Missing Hand
Fun Keeps Losing to Everything Else: What 5,000 Adults Said About the Leisure Gap
The Week in Chaos: Shotgun-Wielding Dogs and the Man Who Blamed Pickleball
