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    RuthI'm an engineer, artist, mom, wife, and registered nurse. I work on an inpatient psych unit and live in Vancouver, WA with my husband Jeff and our menagerie of dog, parrots, cats, and a couple of corn snakes.

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    Archive for June, 2007

    Why I Love My Job

    One of the things I love most about my job is that you just never know what is going to happen next. It’s never boring! Here’s just one small example of what I mean.
    The setting: The geropsych unit where I work, in “Fred’s” room, where he’s just waked up and I’m helping him dress for [...]

    Plagiarism Saga Concluded

    Amidst much continued protesting of “we didn’t know” and “it didn’t say it was copyrighted” and “everybody else does it,” (not to mention the references to how “rude” my friends and I were for complaining — stealing people’s work is what’s rude!) and “we don’t make any profit” when there are ads all over the [...]

    Plagiarism Update

    The flurry of e-mails (thank you!) generated by my previous message about WackyWits.com’s use of one of my dad’s original cartoons finally prompted a response:
    We have had an e-mail from your daughter re a page done a long while ago. She has said we used one of your pictures. This picture was freely available on [...]

    Help Me Fight Plagiarism

    This Sandi V. woman runs a for-profit humor website called “WackyWits.com,” and a Yahoo! mailing list called “Thingos.” On her site, she has a six-paragraph page about copyright infringement, with numerous links to the US Copyright code. Yet this image, which she claims ownership of, contains an original cartoon that my dad created, which was [...]

    Me and My Girl

    Me and My Girl
    Originally uploaded by Geek2Nurse.
    I have the bestest daughter in the whole world. Isn’t she pretty?