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 Winter Olympics figure skating competition wrapped up this week with a controversy so predictable you could’ve written the headline before the music started. Team USA’s Madison Chock and Evan… The Stanford dating experiment happened last month. Four thousand students filled out questionnaires. An algorithm matched them. They got 48 hours to meet face-to-face — no endless texting, no three-month… A pipe organ in a medieval church in Germany has been playing the same John Cage composition since September 5, 2001 — and it won’t finish until the year 2640…. The Gallup poll dropped this week with a stat that should make everyone pause: only 59.2% of Americans expect their lives to be better in five years. That’s the lowest… The Super Bowl ended last night around 10:30 p.m. Eastern. By 6 a.m. this morning, an estimated 26.2 million Americans had already decided not to show up to work. Another…
Shocking Betrayal Revealed: Shameless French Judge Destroyed Olympic Dreams
Stanford’s Dating Experiment Worked Too Well — And That’s Telling
Nine Chords in 25 Years — It Has To Be The Slowest Concert in Human History
The Optimism Gap: Why Fewer Americans See a Better Tomorrow
Super Bowl Monday Is the New National Holiday We Won’t Admit Exists
