an interesting challenge

Here's where it all started...Thursday night at the pub when our group joined together to wish Nancy a happy birthday, say farewell to the Canadians and Drs. Pratt and Anders, and of course to celebrate the end of a work week...Read on:

(Me) "Dr. Schuler, remember how last year my biggest goal was to get you to take a funny picture with me? And remember how you wouldn't? Well...there's NO cameras around, how about you just really quick make a funny face for me, just so I can see?" (said in a very pleading voice)

(Dr. Schuler) Insert head shake and eye roll. "Imagination is a good thing. If I do it, it would take all the fun out of it. But remember, there is photo shop."

(Me) "Don't you think you'd be better off if you just made a funny face for me really quick than inviting me to mess with your picture on photoshop? Won't that be worse?!"

(Dr. Schuler) "Just remember, we're in Israel, retaliation is a given."

So it ended there with a type of open-ended challenge of who could do the most "interesting" thing with one another's picture through photo shop and a computer.

The next day (Friday, for those of you who need a reminder)...

While sitting in the lab working on the compter, Dr. Schuler walked behind me...

(Me) "Dr. Schuler, I think I might take you up on your little photoshop challenge..."

(Dr. Schuler) "Just remember, I have photoshop, too."

(Me) "Just remember, I may not be as easy to embarrass as you..."

(Dr. Schuler) "Embarrassment may not be the goal..."

Just when I think I got the last word in, Dr. Schuler goes and one-ups me! Like he said, you can't argue with him, he's a professor. But no matter...I've got something in mind for him.



Our small group is now sitting at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv...and with nothing to do, what better option do we have than to blog and keep ourselves entertained and all you other folks reassured that we are alright? And so, since I had planned on posting this yesterday...I posted it today. It's been an interesting couple of days, but we have all made it through safe and now are just ready to come home, I believe. (Unless, of course by some miracle, we could go back and sweat and dig!)

Hope someone is still reading this...!