Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Column HR252
To all the ladies: Happy Valentine’s Day!
“Only a publicity stunt,” said former darting great Dr. Linda Batten. Whatever could she be talking about? Was it the PDC’s grand announcement that all Golden Elixir (aka “aiming fluid” – as if the folks in the silly costumes were aiming for …
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Howie Reed's ColumnFriday, February 1, 2019
Column 568
Love letters to the ‘Toid
It’s amazing, but true. I receive fan mail.
For example, the other day I received the following note from someone named Lester. Lester seems to think that I need help walking the fine line between making a point and pissing off the entire fifty …
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Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Column 567
The Ultimate Darts Advantage
With the World Championship just days away and then the Pee Wee World Championship to follow at Lakeside, when one considers the lengths to which a darter will go when searching for something – anything, including farts – to give themselves an advantage, it …
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Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Column 566
In the days before DartConnect
In the old days before DartConnect, someone named Sarah Parsons chiseled into a block of stone what became revered as the Ten Commandments for Keeping Score.
Scorekeepers SHALL NOT:
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Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Column 565
Do dogs understand darts?
It occurred to me after reading a Dave Barry commentary about whether dogs watch television that it was far past time to address one of the most vital of life’s mysteries. It’s a question that has perplexed the world’s best thinkers ever since the hairy …
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Saturday, September 28, 2018
Column 564
Darts in America – 2000 vs. 2018
According to a survey conducted in the year 2000 by the American Darts Organization the average dart player in this country was 38 years old. This suggests that today on average you and I are about 56. In my case (and the …
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Monday, August 27, 2018
Column 563
Rest in Peace, John McCain
Tucked away somewhere in the “sweaty hubbub of Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi is an air-conditioned oasis of American military life they call ‘The Ranch.’” According to Newsweek’s chief political correspondent, Howard Fineman, the installation is equipped with “basketball and volleyball courts, clipped lawns, a …
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Monday, August 6, 2018
Column 562
Still more darts wanderlust (Cape Town and Bangkok)
“Now when I was a little chap,” recalled Joseph Conrad at the beginning of Heart of Darkness, “I had a passion for maps. I would look for hours at South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in all the …
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Column 561
Preparing for darts in Cape Town
As I take aim at checking out the darts scene in Cape Town, South Africa (hopefully with a meet up arranged by PDC professional Devon Petersen) I am reminded of one of my more unusual experiences, from 1997… ______________________________________________________________________________
I’ve thrown darts in …
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Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Column 560
Jerry Butler for Larry Butler
As Jerry Butler says, although his famous song is about love the theme can be applied to almost anything…
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Get well Larry!
From the Field,
Dartoid…
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