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 HR103
The greatest match of all time?
A breath of fresh air… a lover stealing that first kiss… a fine wine in a crystal goblet or a cold beer on a summer’s day. Oh yes, a romantic’s first love.
“A person remembers their first love”.
Not so the great philosopher …
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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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Thursday, November 14, 2013
Column HR102
Give thanks to John Lowe this Thanksgiving
“Darts… darts… darts… nothing but bloody darts” rang the words of Jim “The Bizz” Aspin – a longtime pal of the Old Dart Coach – back when “The Bizz” was mixing drinks and drawing lagers at a private “drinkery” on the banks …
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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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The Old Dart Coach dictated that Toeing the Oche clean out its files. With the red carpet rolled out, trumpets ready to blare “Ruffles and Flourishes” and drummers alerted for the occasional rim shot… here ’tis.
So… has the mystery of ODC’s stolen ukulele been solved? Maybe. The ODC had blamed the pilferage – after …
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Column HR100
World Cup XIX
Growing up in Oakland the Old Dart Coach was subject to the fads that swept the neighborhood like rain in Seattle. After a Saturday afternoon movie-cartoon fest with a Sheik of the Desert Serial – 14 cents for 12 cartoons, the serial plus a cowboy movie …
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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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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Column HR99
World Cup Team: BEWARE!
Author John Steinbeck opined, the “best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray.” The same is true of guys who write darts columns.
The Old Dart Coach always viewed International darts competitions as great sporting events. He fell in lust after the 1979 World …
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Friday, September 13, 2013
Column HR98
Darts, the Circus and Clowns (the DRA)
Prompted by the query, “How does your mind work?” the Old Dart Coach mused. He was bewildered by the question (and highly offended by the term “work”) but he soldered on.
His mind wandered back to a book he devoured in his …
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