Month: May 2009
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Los Angeles Derby Dolls Next Bout: Tough Cookies vs Sirens Championship Game Rematch
The fast, furious and fearless L.A. Derby Dolls, Southern California’s premiere all-female, banked track roller derby league, rolls into summer with a much-anticipated re-match between the Sirens and reigning champions, the Tough Cookies.
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Our Oakland Librarian Needs Our Help!
[readermail] Dear Pamie, I’m happy to see your blog is still going strong and that you are still writing. I’m writing, because I am frantic. I have a request that will cost nothing to anyone but the time to send a batch email. In order to save Lakeview and 5 other Oakland libraries from having…
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Eat Through Austin, Day One: The Eatening
The best part about Eat Through Austin is that as soon as you tell someone our plan, that person is immediately on board. “Oh, right on. I’m so jealous.” Dave, Tara and I are here to eat. All of Austin, if possible. That’s it. We have friends on the agenda, of course. I haven’t been…
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My Friend Ragan Is Crazy Talented.
I’m proud to pimp the poetry book of one of my dearest friends, Ragan Fox. exile in gayville is everything I love about Ragan. Spot-on hilarious, yank-your-marrow honesty, clever-clever without a hint of “i-mean-if-you-can-understand-but-i’m-sure-you-can’t,” and the next thing you know, you feel like you’ve always known him, and you’re grateful for everything he shared with…
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Even More Roller Derby: May 9th, LADD All-Stars Ri-Ettes Take On KC/DC from Kansas City and Albuquerque
Recently honored as a Treasure of L.A. by the Central City Association, the L.A. Derby Dolls prove their worth with another spectacular evening of music, mayhem and, of course, banked track roller derby at the Doll Factory (1910 Temple St., L.A., CA 90026) on Saturday, May 9. The L.A. Derby Dolls (LADD) all-star team, called…
