Thanks!

One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.  ~Malayan Proverb

I've not had a shout out section in a really long time, so I thought it was about time, you know how people end up here. Sure a few folks get here via search engine, but without the blogs below, no one would even wander over here for a view of the Hotel.

So when you're out and about, hop on over and visit some of our referrers and read their stuff.

Thank you ladies and gentlemen. I am in your debt!

RehabRN

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United front

These two little words can mean a lot of things, and they're coming in to play at work.

Case in point: veterans want one display in the building. Big cheese says no way and removes military display. Many, many people pissed off on this laundry list: veterans who are our customers, veterans who are our employees, spouses of veterans and spouses of employees who are veterans and visitors who hear the story. Air Force veterans, Navy veterans, Marine veterans, and most of all, since there are so many...the Army veterans.

A whole lot of wailing and nashing of teeth. Can we get the boss to believe he/she is wrong?

Stay tuned...this may take an Act of Congress.

Start typing...

Or writing or whatever you have to do. WARNING: Rant ahead!

Nurse Jackie is loose on Showtime. Thank you MJ and Kim at emergiblog for discussing this.

Yes, the brain trusts of TV has unleashed a new "saint and sinner" portrayal of nurses, and it leaves an odor of the evening ritual of Hotel Rehab...which, to those uninitiated, is sh^t. Thank God I don't have Showtime (or watch much TV).

If you want to see the trailers and promos for yourself, check out the link above.

If you're really perturbed, send your nastygrams in bulk (recruit your friends, etc.--cut, paste and steal these addresses...) to the folks below. They're ultimately responsible for this product...and if that doesn't work, share your anger with the advertisers on the show, by boycotting their products.

Are you listening, Showtime? Hint, hint: pissing off a couple of million (that's right...MILLIONS) nurses is NOT a good thing for you or your network.

Matthew C. Blank,
CEO Showtime Networks Inc.
1633 Broadway
New York, NY 10019

Leslie Moonves
President and Chief Executive Officer
CBS Corporation
51 W. 52nd St.
New York, NY 10019-6188

And while your at it, if you're an ANA member, tell them to get off their duffs and take a stand on this, too.

Rebecca Patton
American Nurses Association
8515 Georgia Avenue Suite 400
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3492
301-628-5000
301-628-5001 (fax)
1-800-274-4ANA (4262)