Ok, so it's been done before - plenty of times. But what other pop culture "change" reference can top Bowie? Tears for Fears? Blecch.
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| Believe it or not, these guys are married with kids - and not to each other. It was the 80's, people. |
This past spring, a long-time veteran of my department retired, which triggered another veteran to go on leave, and a younger worker to plan to leave next spring. And then another staff from my department took a new contract within the agency and won't be back to my team until next year. All this turnover means a lot of new faces and some instability on my team, but ultimately a huge potential for growth, which is exciting. All the same it would be nice if the turnover happened in trickles instead of this wave...
And then a fellow middle-manager has announced that he's retiring in the next two years, and a senior manager even sooner (shout out to Gord and Jim!). That'll be making room for some new blood too, which is great, but we'll also be losing two good men in the agency, which is lousy -- come to think of it, including my veteran staff that's three men gone out of the 10-12 in all. A big loss. Or, as Flannery put it,
So, time for some corporate re-structuring, some organizational review and improvement.
Promotion? Yes, please!
Speaking of which, is the re-structuring of the cast of House MD (yet again) an improvement? Well, if it were just the addition of Dr. Chi Park (Charlyne Li), I'd give a decided no.
But with the addition of Dr. Jessica Adams (Odette Annable), I'd say definitely yes. Rrrowrr!
And Dr.'s Chase and Taub returning this evening just restores a little of the balance. My prediction, though, is they'll have to bring Dr. Lisa "Cuddy" Edelstein back and demote Dr. Foreman (Omar Epps) before the end of the season, just for closure.
And some more good news: we've heard that Bethany got her wish from the good folks at the Make-A-Wish Foundation, so we'll be going to Hawaii after Christmas this year (woohoo!) and maybe put her illness behind us.
Can you say Mele Kalikimaka?
