This Manatee Monday, we have some brand-new adventures for you! My husband and I took this weekend as an opportunity to relax before I finish my book and birth our baby. Naturally, our manatee friend loves the beach, so he came along for the ride. Manatee is pretty content to hang out and look out [...]
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Manatee Monday: Beachcombin’
Posted in Manatees, tagged beautiful babies, Manatee Monday, manatees, nature, shenanigans on June 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Get a better guide to starting roller derby
Posted in Derby, My super fun activities, tagged being awesome, my damn book, Roller derby, roller derby is glamorous, roller girls, shenanigans on June 12, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
As you may already know, I wrote a guide to starting roller derby. I think it’s going to end up being pretty good, because almost 20 of you (!!!) volunteered to read it and give me feedback. Thank you for that! After some research, I learned that self-published books really need two things to be [...]
Read my roller derby book!
Posted in Derby, My super fun activities, tagged being awesome, derby girls, Fresh Meat, Roller derby, roller derby book, roller derby is glamorous, roller girls, shenanigans on May 30, 2013 | 13 Comments »
I’m looking to find a few readers for my upcoming roller derby book. What do you get? A preview of the book, a shout out IN the book, a free copy when it comes out, and an internet high-five. What do you have to do? Read the book and provide some basic feedback by June [...]
I don’t miss playing roller derby
Posted in Derby, My super fun activities, tagged beautiful babies, being awesome, Betties, derby girls, Fresh Meat, retirement, Roller derby, roller derby is glamorous, roller girls, Rose City Rollers, scrimmage, shenanigans on May 24, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re regular readers (hi, friends!) or you’ve poked around a bit, you probably know that I played roller derby for a while. In August, I stopped, with the intention of getting knocked up. This goal has been achieved. This August, if all goes according to plan, I’ll be birthing a future roller derby player, [...]
Roller derby strategy: Chasing the jammer
Posted in Derby, tagged being awesome, blocker strategy, derby girls, Roller derby, shenanigans, stategy on May 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
What’s chasing the jammer? It’s running behind or next to a jammer who’s in the process of clearing the pack. Most of the time, it’s a waste of your time and energy. Jammers are fast, and if they have an extra step on you, you’re not going to get an advantageous position on her. You [...]
Roller derby strategy basics: Turnaround blocking
Posted in Derby, tagged being awesome, blocking, derby girls, penalties, Roller derby, shenanigans, wftda on April 19, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Or, why are you messing around with all that backwards stuff? Not too long ago, blocking while facing the opposite direction was a kind of special skill that super-cool blockers would pull out every once in a while to dazzle the fans. In the last year or two, it’s become more and more popular, and [...]
Sausaging effects
Posted in Derby, tagged BAD, being awesome, besterns, Roller derby, roller derby strategy, roller girls, Rose City Rollers, Sausage, shenanigans, stats nerd, Strategy, wftda, WOJ on April 8, 2013 | 4 Comments »
After Saturday night’s bout, the roller derby wanted answers. Mostly, they wanted answers to why Demanda Riot got ejected. I can see why it generated so much hubbub – the new rule is kind of weird and strict, and not many high-profile games have been played under this new rule set. Anyway, it looks like [...]
Why roller derby girls now have opinions about logos
Posted in Derby, tagged derby girls, Derbylife, fans, feelings, Frisky's soapbox, Rose City Rollers, shenanigans, wftda on March 29, 2013 | 7 Comments »
Earlier this week, Derbylife ran an article about branding and logos. According to the author, if leagues want to reflect a more professional image, their logos and branding should be professional. More to the point, they should get get rid of current logos containing elements that might really annoy the hell out of professional marketers [...]
Manatee Monday: Happy Spring!
Posted in Manatees, tagged Manatee Monday, manatees, nature, Portland, shenanigans on March 25, 2013 | 1 Comment »
I love Spring. Even if it’s a little cold or dreary, spring flowers bring me hope of warm weather to come. Wait, is there someone back there? Hi, Manatee! Don’t eat that, please. ***** Hi, new readers! We usually talk about roller derby here, but Monday is reserved for manatees. Why? Because I [...]
Manatee Monday: Taking a manatee to the zoo
Posted in Manatees, My super fun activities, tagged Manatee Monday, nature, Portland, shenanigans on March 4, 2013 | 3 Comments »
Ever since the baby elephant was born at the Oregon Zoo, we knew we had to take Manatee to go see her. Manatees and elephants are related, you know, so Manatee and Lily are practically cousins. We’re excited to go see a baby elephant! Of course, since we were there, we needed to see [...]
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