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		<title>DIY roller skate toe covers</title>
		<link>http://diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/diy-roller-skate-toe-covers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cherri Blaster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roller Derby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roller Skates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rough Floors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toe Protector]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cost: potential for as low as $10 Time: 2 hours If you have roller derby venues like ours, some of your floors may be rougher than a cat licking sandpaper. This can be devastating on beautiful leather skates. I used to heavily tape my toes to protect the leather from the abrasiveness of knee falls, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12457651&#038;post=1514&#038;subd=diaryofarollergirl&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">View from the top. The laces also go through the bottom middle strip to securely fasten it to the boot.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Here is the wear on my toe stop protectors after over a year of skating. You&#039;ll notice I&#039;m due to rotate some pieces to the other skate but they have held up well. Tape protects the exposed laces from getting torn. They aren&#039;t the prettiest, but they are super practical for the rought floors I skate on.</media:title>
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		<title>New minimum skills have potential to make derby go ka-boom (in good and bad ways)</title>
		<link>http://diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/new-minimum-skills-have-potential-to-make-derby-go-ka-boom-in-good-and-bad-ways/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cherri Blaster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[27 in 5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benchmarks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minimum Skills Requirements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roller Derby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roller Derby Rules]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone is slowly waking up from their weekend bangovers and hangovers to become lucid enough to read through the updated minimum skill requirements the WFTDA released. There’s no question, if a derby-wanna-be doesn’t strap on skates now and start moving, they may miss their window to play. There are some high expectations in there. But [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12457651&#038;post=1509&#038;subd=diaryofarollergirl&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So, you need a roller derby logo. Part II</title>
		<link>http://diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/so-you-need-a-roller-derby-logo-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cherri Blaster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How to design a roller derby logo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lethbridge Roller Derby Guild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roller Derby Logo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roller derby logo contests]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to part II of my roller derby logo series. If you missed part I, where I focused on the pitfalls of logo contests and the importance of recruiting a designer into a league, you can read it here. Before a logo comes into fruition, there is a lot to consider before a pencil touches [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12457651&#038;post=1435&#038;subd=diaryofarollergirl&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I forgot my blog&#8217;s birthday&#8230; again</title>
		<link>http://diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/i-forgot-my-blogs-birthday-again/</link>
		<comments>http://diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/i-forgot-my-blogs-birthday-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 03:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cherri Blaster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Happy belated birthday, blog! (March 6) As a present I&#8217;m changing your blog theme. Three years and I&#8217;m 200 away from 80,000 views. Thanks, readers. I&#8217;m so happy you find my ramblings worthwhile! Love, Cherri<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12457651&#038;post=1420&#038;subd=diaryofarollergirl&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So, you need a roller derby logo. Part I.</title>
		<link>http://diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/so-you-need-a-roller-derby-logo-part-i/</link>
		<comments>http://diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/so-you-need-a-roller-derby-logo-part-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cherri Blaster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How to design a roller derby logo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lethbridge Roller Derby Guild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roller Derby Logo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roller derby logo contests]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations! You’ve found a name, enough bodies to staff a board of directors, purchased your gear and found space to skate ‘round and ‘round. Before you master your first tomahawk or host your first home game, the team logo becomes a priority. Why? Because skating under a unified logo as a team is, well, unifying. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12457651&#038;post=1373&#038;subd=diaryofarollergirl&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The derby life cycle within the life cycle of derby. It&#8217;s a time paradox!</title>
		<link>http://diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/the-derby-life-cycle-within-the-life-cycle-of-derby-its-a-time-paradox/</link>
		<comments>http://diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/the-derby-life-cycle-within-the-life-cycle-of-derby-its-a-time-paradox/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cherri Blaster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roller Derby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, PLAYER 1 from Vancouver’s Terminal City All Stars (who incidentally is skating under her real name this season, Germaine Koh) wrote an incredibly poignant article about roller derby and her thoughts on aging. She was about to turn 45 when she wrote it. Her original post can be found on her Facebook page [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12457651&#038;post=1276&#038;subd=diaryofarollergirl&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The isolation of &#8216;no pack&#8217; derby</title>
		<link>http://diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com/2012/08/05/the-isolation-of-no-pack-derby/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cherri Blaster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Game]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Roller Derby Rules]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I played in scrimmages two weekends in a row and both were very different. Granted, the one last weekend was an intermediate scrimmage (Stettler) and this weekend’s was an advanced (Medicine Hat) so there was bound to be some obvious variances. Teams are resorting to no pack strategy more often in regular play, but happens [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12457651&#038;post=1271&#038;subd=diaryofarollergirl&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Full circle&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/full-circle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 22:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cherri Blaster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deathbridge Derby Dames]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Klash of the Kootenays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lethbridge Roller Derby Guild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roller Derby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terminal City All Stars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was a nameless fresh meat looking for a derby pseudonym and wrote to this Terminal City member to ask permission to use a modified version of her name. I&#8217;m so glad she said no. I&#8217;ve grown into my chosen name very well. At the time of receiving this I thought, &#8216;Yah right, as if [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12457651&#038;post=1269&#038;subd=diaryofarollergirl&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are you looking for me?</title>
		<link>http://diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/are-you-looking-for-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cherri Blaster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cherri Blaster Email]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contact Cherri Blaster]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve noticed the last few days in my blog search terms that readers are looking for my contact info. I make an effort to respond to every comment on my blog, so feel free to get in touch here! Or you can also reach me via email at cherriblaster@yahoo.ca, but a faster response will always [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12457651&#038;post=1264&#038;subd=diaryofarollergirl&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Take a knee</title>
		<link>http://diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/take-a-knee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cherri Blaster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Falls]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ligament]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weekends ago I played in a most amazing roller derby tournament, Flat Track Fever. I skated in Calgary’s Olympic Oval, which was amazing and also got to watch some amazing skill in women’s, men’s, co-ed and junior bouts. The Wednesday prior to the tourney, I got tangled and took and bad spill at practice. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diaryofarollergirl.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12457651&#038;post=1253&#038;subd=diaryofarollergirl&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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