For our co-ed Halloween bout, the theme is going to be Barbie vs. G.I. Joe. I'm on team Barbie. :D

So, I’ve been thinking of possible derby names for that bout. Any opinions or suggestions? (My number will remain 2020.)

Ideas so far:

• Eye-Roll Ken
• Girls’ Toy
• Plastic Boyfriend
• Polyvinyl

Watcha think? B) Have to pick something by next Friday (10/8).

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Have you seen this? Wil Wheaton is awesome. B)

Last night, Anne and I went to watch Roller Derby (which doesn't, by the rules of English grammar, need to be capitalized, but by the rules of capitalizing Things What Are Awesome does) live for the very first time ( Read more... )

From Derby News Network --

WFTDA Releases Minor Rules Update 3.1The WFTDA released a minor update to the 3.0 ruleset on Monday. Most of the changes in the new 3.1 are small tweaks and clarifications that resolve ambiguities that became clear in the 3.0 shakedown, and will likely be invisible to casual fans. However, there's at least one ( Read more... )