On Sunday October 16 we went to shoot each other. With paintballs.
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Game Night!
Time for some fun and games! Board game night at Thom’s house was lots of fun. And of course, silliness happened.
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- Time to play
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- The kids square off
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- Go Rams!
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- Thumbs up for pizza
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- All together now, “You sunk my Battleship”
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- Strike a pose
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- Smile
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- Hugs for everyone
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- “I will not condone a course of action that will lead us to war.”
Gary RailCats Ballgame
On June 11th, Chicago Force went out to the ballgame and watched the Gary RailCats play.
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- United States Steel Yark
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- Settled down to enjoy the game
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- Mark’s in love
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- Liam is a little more subduded
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- Rusty Swag
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- Keep your eye on the ball
Pub Crawl
On Saturday night, Chicago Force braved the wilds of Wrigleyville to crawl some pubs. We finally remembered to take some pics at the last bar of the night.
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- Sláinte
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- Having fun at Merkel’s
Chicago Wolves Game
We went to see the Chicago Wolves vs. the Rockford Ice Hogs!
Cyphan June Book Club
June book club was at a special location:
Cyphan at the Westin Chicago North Shore, 601 N. Milwaukee, Wheeling (Milwaukee and Lake Cook).
We met on June 26, 2010 at 1:00 p.m and discussed Crosscurrent by Paul S. Kemp. We had a great time at our panel discussing the book and giving a talk on “How to start and run a book club”.
Star Wars: In Concert
On December 6th, at the United Center, the live Star Wars In Concert took place. This concert traveled with a fair-sized group of props and featured some awesome live Star Wars music synced with a giant screen. It was fun and awesome.
Death Troopers Signing
Joe Schreiber was at the Borders in Oak Brook on Monday, October 19th at 7pm to sign his new book Death Troopers.
Signing Death Troopers
Harry Potter Exhibit at MSI
On September 13th, Chicago Force went to the Museum of Science and Industry to view the Harry Potter Exhibit and have some fun. Here are some photos.
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- That car looks familiar…
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- Fly car, FLY!
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- Some actual flying things.
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- Wright Brothers anyone?
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- The city
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- Teeny tiny El!
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- This is how a Predator sees you.
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- Maggie!
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- Phil!
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- Thom!
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- Lego City
Chicago Force BBQ 2009
Orlando Park was the location for the annual CF BBQ!
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- “Wait, what am I supposed to do here?”
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- “Oh, yeah! Now I remember!”
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- Who likes to talk? We do!
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- Dan tells a tale.
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- Entrapped!
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- See, entrapped!
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- There are no words
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- Lots of standing around
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- Chris brings the booze
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- Smiles
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- Kit Fisto Worty Smile
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- Ah, the happy fami… Jason! *sigh*
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- The guys throw their balls…
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- …and back again
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- Let the Queen take over
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- Maggie and Megan with the kids feeding ducks
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- Talk?
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- He’s actually staring down a loon…
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- It looks like she’s saying, “Hmmph!”
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- Now the kid play the game, with Gina watching over them.
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- Mother and Daughter
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- Father and Daughter
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- More smiles…
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- More talking…
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- and some laughter.
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- Our photographer.
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- The gang’s mostly here!
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- Staying hydrated.
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- Standing
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- Beware the Finger of Doom!
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- Mark shows us that a CF president has to have a lot of balls
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- Entrapped, again
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- Not so interested
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- “No, no, it’s over there!”
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- Kids feeding the ducks again…
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- Maggie watching the kids feed the ducks…
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- All together now, feeding the ducks.
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- Thom has become a tunnel!
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- Now there are two of them!
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- Maeve proclaims that Thom is under arrest!
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- Liam tries to drag Thom off to jail…
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- …but he needs some help.
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- “Who is that strange man and why is he taking my picture?”
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- Now Mark is arrested…
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- …but he doesn’t come quietly!
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- watching the proceedings….
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- “In the name of the Father….”
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- Do we ever sit?
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- Oh, guess we do.
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- Or maybe we ride!
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- El Presidente!
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- …wait, why did we choose Mark to lead us again?
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- Cleanup time!
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- The ladies return from their excursion.
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- Pretty Lady #1
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- Pretty Lady #2