Happy Birthday Misha

Today is Mikhail Tyurin's birthday. Mikhail, or Misha, is currently living aboard the International Space Station. Today i had the privledge of talking with Misha and sending him well wishes on his birthday. Ginger threw a birthday party for him here on the ground and several Increment 14 Leads got the opportunity to wish Misha a happy birthday. It was quite an experience.

As a special present to Misha, Ginger asked us to help Misha find his retirement career. Since Misha has flown two long duration missions, it is unlikely that he'll continue as a cosmonaut (but who knows what he'll do?). So several people morphed Misha's bio photo into other career opportunities. Since Finding Reason needs a drummer, i thought it was fitting to introduce Misha to a set of drums. So below is the photoshop that i did for Misha. This was done with Microsoft Paint...it would be better had i had photoshop or some other high quality photo altering software.



I made a hard copy as well. The hard copy will be sent to Moscow so that Misha can display it at his home in Russia upon his return to Earth. I also prepared an electronic copy that will be sent to Misha this weekend so that he can get a better look at it. Despite working hard, we do find time to socialize and have fun with the crew.