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It is with a bit of a sniffle that we bid farewell to yodeling and lederhosen jokes.  And our fearless leader, Brigitte Rath, who once had the patience to try to teach me to say ‘cutie’ in her Austrian dialect, but I ran out of saliva on my second attempt.

So, being the boss around here?  Well…let’s put it this way…

We’re a rather, hm, interesting bunch.  And it takes a special kind of person to keep us in line.  One who isn’t afraid to shred vacation requests when we get a little too rambunctious.  And Brigitte was just the Austrian for the job.  We will miss her terribly, and I’m so sure she will miss Sarah and I breathlessly theorizing about the Walking Dead and drooling over Darryl Dixon on Monday mornings.  Actually, Sarah and I are going to miss that, too.  October?  Seriously?

Wait…where was I?  Oh yes.  Our favorite Austrian…

We wish her all the best in her future endeavors!  Please be sure you come and visit us and you’ll always have a place to stay!  And it seems only fitting that we bid our friend adieu in true Sound of Music fashion…

Bye Biggi!  We’ll miss you!

And while we’re sad to see Brigitte go we are thrilled to welcome Andee Skinner, our new General Manager on board!  We’ll see how long it is before she figures out we respond very well to the sound of the paper shredder…

Zube