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. 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… Nineteen-year-old “Olivia” has blonde beachy waves, a short nightdress, and a biography promising she’s “deeply caring, supportive and attentive” — also that she “sleeps on the floor… until you call… The grill’s out. The beer’s cold. Somewhere between the potato salad and the third inning, Memorial Day became another long weekend — which is fine, except it wasn’t supposed to…
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
Boys Are Building AI Girlfriends – The Quiet Epidemic of Digital Girlfriends
Memorial Day – Freedom Bought, Never Repaid
