Why we do what we do

We have been behind the scenes for quite a while, but sometimes life takes you down a path you don't expect.  Brad has played paintball for over 18 years and been a Screamin' Lead guitarist for over 30 years.  ( He plays vintage Gibson Flying V)  His wife, Tina, Mom of two, GrandMom of two, is a guitarist in her own right.  (She plays a Fender Strat and a Washburn Mustang, along with a beautiful Fender Newporter Acoustic guitar, but Not all at the same time.  That would be silly wouldn't it? ) Though she doesn't play paintball herself, her sons, Will and Mike, are avid pballers.  We look forward to serving you in the very near future.  Please feel free to shoot us a line at  bradandtina@danukepaintballgames.com and contact us in the meantime for price quotes and for information on upcoming events. 

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Chicks Rock!!!!! We are Proud to announce our sponsorship of the Dillavou Racing Team!  Sherri Dillavou is the Driver in this Great Sport!  There's Lots of Tough Competition out there and This Driver is not afraid to take it on.  Check out her site and support Local racing, See her race at the Rockford Speedway!  http://www.dillavouracing.com 

(being a chick in my own right, I feel I can take artistic and personal license and use the word, Chick.  Author / Editor Esther Friesner said it best in her forward of the book "Chicks In Chainmail" , she takes on Important Issues for Women Warriors, like "What do you do when your Armor Rides up?" and "How Do I Get the Dents out of my Brass Bustierre?".   I Thank her for making it ok to be a chick.  I worked my way through a tough apprenticeship for four long years to become a Journeyman... Not a Journey - person... or Journey - Female... No, if I cannot be a Journeyman, then I am a JourneyChick!!! I consider it my right as a post - apprenticeship, journeyman. Chicks Rock!!! )

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Ultra cool quotes by Terry Pratchett

"This had, she felt, left her a little twisted up.  Of course, to be fair, that was a parent's job.  The world was so full of sharp bends that if they didn't put a few twists in you, you wouldn't stand a chance of fitting in.  And they'd been conscientious and kind and given her a good home and even an education.  It had been a good education, too.  But it had only been later on that she'd realized that it had been and education in, well, education.  It meant that if anyone ever needed to calculate the volume of a cone, then they could confidently call on Susan Sto Helit.  Anyone at a loss to recall the campaigns of General Tacticus, or the square root of 27.4 would not find her wanting.  If you needed someone who could talk about household items and things to buy in the shops in five languages, then Susan was at the head of the queue.  Education had been easy.  Learning things had been harder  Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease.  It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.

She'd become a governess.  It was one of the few jobs a Known Lady could do.  She'd taken to it well.  She'd sworn that if she indeed ever did find herself dancing on the rooftops with chimney sweeps, she'd beat herself to death with her own umbrella."

Terry and Lyn Pratchett's  "HOGFATHER"

 Seekers of Wisdom in Discworld

"It's a strange thing about determined seekers-after-wisdom that, no matter where they happen to be, they'll always seek that wisdom which is a long way off.  Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is.

Hence, for example, the Way of Mrs. Cosmopolite, very popular among young people who live in the hidden valleys above the snowline in the high Ramtops.  Disdaining the utterances of their own saffron-clad, prayer-wheel-spinning elders, they occasionally travel all the way to No. 3 Quirm Street in flat and foggy Ankh-Morpork, to seek wisdom at the feet of Mrs. Marietta Cosmopolite, a seamstress. 

Noone knows the reason for this apart from the aforesaid attractiveness of distant wisdom., since they can't understand a word she says or, more usually screams at them.  Many a bald young monk returns to his high fastness to meditate on the strange mantra  vouchsafed to him, such as "Push off, You!" and "If I see one more of you little orange devils peering in at me he'll feel the edge of my hand, all right?" and " Why are you buggers all coming around here staring at my feet?" 

They have even developed a special branch of martial arts based on their experiences, where they shout incomprehensibly at one another and then hit their opponent with a broom."

Terry Pratchett "Witches Abroad"

 

 

For my Brother Rich

"Wish You Were Here"

So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell?
Blue skies from pain?
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
So do you think we can change
Everybody that hates
Before it's too late?
So proud to be free
But who can we blame?
Don't be ashamed
Do you think we can change?
How I wish
How I wish you were here
We're a world of lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl
Year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Wish you were here
We don't need
Need anymore pain
We just need to remain on the very same page
So much to gain
No more losing a friend
Losing ourselves
We just need your help
So glad your here

My brother, Rich Knuth, died October 6th, 1986 at the age of 20, in a single vehicle accident.  There were traces of alcohol in his system.  Please, Please don't drink and drive.

What's Up With Tina Lately?

This part of "about us" is to let people know about what is happening with Tina's recovery from the last three surgeries, and what is coming up for her future surgeries.  First of all, we really want to Thank Dr. Frank Casper, and Dr. Noel Saks, from Niles, IL and Park Ridge, IL respectively.  They are the Rocket Scientists who have been performing Miracles with their work on saving her vision, and easing the headaches she was having by using Robotics in surgery. 

When you see that GE tm commercial, the one that starts with "Fantastic Voyage" and ends with the surgical staff telling the doctor that he just told them they had to "get back to the ship", you are seeing the technology that makes these surgeries possible.  Cool Huh?

This latest surgery was on February 16th.  That was concerned with her right eye socket and sinuses.  She is doing ok, recovering according to plan, but can't lift heavy things, and needs TONS of humidity to help her sinuses recover.  ( Brad is very patient with her, LOL )

She will be seeing a different member of the rocket science team, Dr. Herb Becker (Rockford Clinic), during March to start working on the muscles of her eyes.  Cool, and scary at the same time, but, she is keeping her spirits up, and looking forward to possibly not being cross-eyed much longer. 

(6-7-2005 update)  We are scheduled to have surgery again on July 18th, so we are working on getting things together for that.  Whenever the eye is involved, there is No Lifting of even a Gallon of Milk.  It is really a pain but this too we shall endure. 

(8-25-2005 update)  Well, we have had to put off my corrective surgery again <sigh>

(2-22-2006)  Oh joy, carpal tunnel surgery...

(3-21-2006)  Woot!! My fingers work again.  Not very well yet, and not very strong yet, but at least I can push the shift key or the spacebar when I need to now!!  Wheeee!    You can check out my doc at www.drnigam.com  Doctor Nigam Rocks!!

(7-2-2006)  Well, the latest news is that like many other people in the world, I am being treated for depression.  It is hard to deal with and even harder to explain.  It can affect every part of your life.  It hurts inside and out.  If anyone else is dealing with feelings that are too much to handle, Please, Please reach out and find help.  Every person who has jumped from the San Fran Bay Bridge and survived, realized on the way down that everything, all their problems were solvable except for the fact that they were falling from the bridge.  Don't be that person, I know I won't.

Tina has Graves disease, a thyroid condition which can be fatal with improper treatment.  It was misdiagnosed for over 11 years.  The complications from this are causing her to lose color vision in one eye and is causing Diplopia also known as Esotropia.  (she's cross-eyed and has Double Vision) This can't be fixed until the Graves is under control.

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