I understand the skepticism, but everything is true. I haven't hallucinated since college.

re: the questions about my conduct at the REN in Tampa. When this happened, the "suit" in my room claimed that the cigar/humidor was smoking material and the maid had seen it and he was obligated to investigate. I buy that, but the item in question was, I would have guessed, at least 90% in my bag and in the worst case just sticking out the top.

I'm not bitter about the smoking rule. I don't smoke, although it doesn't bother me. My now-and-then cigar is outside. Only A**holes smoke cigars inside. On a side note, I am against the smoking laws, so I think a company doing it on its own is hundreds of times better than the government doing it for him.

The reason I didn't pursue it onsite is, well, we were having a good weekend. I don't see my SO very often, so I didn't want to make a stand for my civil liberties instead of having some luvin'. We went out for the afternoon, had dinner, and then moved to the CY that night.

My impression of the "suit" in the room was that he had been told "enforce this" and not given tools or guidelines. He was very aggressive, but didn't seem very sure of himself or his operating parameters.

I'm still deciding what to do with "story" #1

I did call Marriott on story #2. The explanation was that the hotel collects info for marketing, and they aren't sure why the newest front desk staffer published the info in my folio. They comped the room and apologized. I'm still not pleased.