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 Villages retirement community in Florida just landed the #2 spot on a national ranking of Gen Z migration hotspots — right behind Minneapolis and ahead of Manhattan. A 55+… A rental listing in Fort Totten, just north of Washington, DC, briefly featured something no prospective tenant expects to see: a disfigured figure emerging from — and somehow also behind… 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 Villages: Where Gen Z Moves In and Boomers Need Their Services
Bathroom Demon and All: What Happens When Realtors Skip Quality Control
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
