Saturday, February 1, 2014
Column 457
Valentines are Fucked (an inappropriate guest column by Jerry Masterson, age 8, that has nothing to do with darts)
Valentines are fucked! And while this sentence may be similar in theme to my previous column, “Kissing Girls is Fucked!” – they are both non-debatable points.
I will now relate …
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Column 456
The ‘Toid is in a Slump!
Another year has ended. Another New Year has begun…
…and the ‘Toid is in a slump…
With all the excitement of the world steel and soft-tip championships, recent visits to darts bars in Manila, Santa Barbara, Cape Cod, Bethesda, Dallas-Ft. Worth and St. …
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Monday, December 2, 2013
Column 455
Happy Holidays from the Family ‘Toid
Dear Friends of Dartoid’s World:
It is that time of year again to share with you our adventures in this journey we call life. 2013 has been another year of magic and wonder for the Family ‘Toid…
Lori, who we adopted from Argentina …
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The first thing you’ll notice when you pick up one of Anne “Sleepy” Kramer’s new books is its weight. It’s heavy.
At ten ounces it registers just three ounces shy of a can of Budweiser or about one four-thousandth the estimated weight of the dart player featured on page 227. Yep, this is one …
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As one of my blues harp classmates, Richard Verrochi, put it, “I came to Clarksdale to do a deal with the Devil and found out the Devil was Jon Gindick – and he wasn’t dealin’.”
Gindick, as most of you dart people will not know, is one of the premier blues harmonica instructors in the …
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Sunday, September 1, 2013
Column 451
Darts in the Mississippi Delta
In three weeks I’m headin’ south, to the Deep South. I’m headin’ to the Crossroads – the junction of Highway 61 and Highway 49 near Clarksdale, Mississippi. It’s a famous place. It’s so famous that the journey must be chronicled with TWO Dartoid’s World …
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Dartoid's ColumnTuesday, August 13, 2013
Column 450
Cara has her eye on you!
Today’s “column” isn’t about darts. Its about a dog named Cara whose life began in Romania just like one of my dogs, Romy. In 2010, I adopted Romy from one of my clients’ sanctuaries in Galati. At the time she was just a …
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Dartoid's ColumnThursday, August 1, 2013
Column 449
Phil Taylor broke NO RULES!
The Old Dart Coach, Howie Reed’s recent columns about the tempest over Phil Taylor’s shenanigans at Gibraltar Darts Trophy remind me of the night I committed THE major darting transgression – and I’m not talking about throwing without a beer in my left hand. …
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Monday, July 1, 2013
Column 448
Shoe for Dart
Hallo. I just regestered now and this is forst post (so kind please be) it may seem a goofy but it serieus and am wondering what kind of shoe you wear for dart? Where I live in Mesa most of time I practice in the flip-flop …
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Saturday, June 1, 2013
Column 447
How to put the FUN back into your darts
I didn’t write this column. I didn’t ask permission to reprint it. It was written by my idol and close personal friend, “El Comandante” Erik McVay, founder of The Website That Shall Not Be Named – formerly known as SEWA.…
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