no more playing games about candy

I recently started reading again - I am no longer a “gamer”. Candy Crush has been deleted from my phone and if I want to play again I have to start over from Level 1 (not happening). I made it to Level 100, as in I beat it and really made it to Level 101. I meant to stop playing when I hit Level 100, but didn't because it is so evil and addicting (scary!). That damn game took up months of my commuting time, which breaks down into weeks and hours and minutes of staring at my phone. It is a little sad, really…

Thankfully, I found some really good books to read as I entered back into a more scholastic lifestyle. I read a book called Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality by Jacob Tomsky. It was a great book; nothing overly profound, just funny and a bit insightful. It is considered the Kitchen Confidential/Anthony Bourdain book of the hospitality industry. There was a lot of helpful advice in it, but the thing I found most interesting is that a twenty dollar bill is sometimes called a “flat”. The book was suggesting that passing along “flats” to bellman, front desk people, maids, etc. was a brilliant idea, of course. I couldn't believe that in my thirty-two years of life, I had never heard that term. Needless to say, I am going to start using it, and think you should read this book.