By Erin Allen This morning, I go under the knife for ACL surgery. To say the preamble to this has been an emotional rollercoaster is an understatement. I've cried, even had fits in public. I've been angry, so very angry. I've felt numb inside, the shock of it all carried with me up until the end. I've been frustrated, having to put my life and activities on hold even before the surgery. I'm going into something unknown. My meniscus is also torn, and I don't know whether it wi

By Erin Allen & Sara E Walker A few weeks ago, we traveled to Denver to play in a roller derby bout against the Rocky Mountain Roller Girls Project Mayhem. Backtrack a little bit, and yes, we both joined the local roller derby league here in Durango -- the Durango Roller Girls. For those not in the know, we've both been playing flat track roller derby since 2010. The team was tough, and the bout was hard. However, it got us thinking about our human experiment and everything t