PSP World Cup 2006

The tall lad, behind the screen at right, is my 15 year old nephew Tyler. He refereed at the PSP World Cup 2006 in Texas last year. He's an avid paintballer himself.

I tried paintball awhile back, maybe 10-15 years ago, with some friends from work. We played at an outdoor wooded course, it reminded me of playing army when I was a kid. Only there wasn't any "you missed me nyah nyah nyah". We wore no protection other than goggles, and you knew you hit because most of the time it stung bad enough to make you yelp, howl, curse... I took one right in the mouth, split my lip, and was spitting blood and paint for awhile. Took a few beers to wash out the paint and ease the pain.