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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Thursday, June 13, 2013
Column HR93
“What a difference a day makes.” 24 little hours… and an era passes.
Prophetic or pathetic, work on this effort began with quotations (and nicknames) as the centerpiece…
From “The Bard” Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet): “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name …
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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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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Column HR92
The world was Barry’s. He just let us live in it.
Mention the name William Shatner and the image of James T. Kirk, captain of the USS Enterprise on Star Trek, comes to mind or maybe even an older Shatner doing commercials for Priceline.com. Lately Shatner has been walking …
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Column HR91
Take this Jason Collins!
Very seldom does Toeing the Oche break a blockbuster news story.
Like most dart writer’s plying their craft, it damn sure ain’t art. The ODC picks up bits and pieces, adds little darts gossip mixed in with a “tad” of mindless rambling for good measure.…
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Column 446
180! Fascinating Darts Facts – a Review
Far be it from me to correct Patrick Chaplin, but I must. “Trust me – I’m a doctor,” he writes in the introduction to his newest book, 180! Fascinating Darts Facts.
I’ve read the book twice, circled passages, underlined words, folded …
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
Column HR90
Is it all lost for Adrian Lewis?
The former football coach at Florida State University, Bobby Bowden, was introduced to an adoring crowd as “St. Bobby.” After taking the microphone he explained, “The difference between a halo and a noose is about six inches.” With that short sentence Coach …
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Howie Reed's ColumnSaturday, April 13, 2013
Column HR89
Songkran – and redefining the term “arch rival”
Songkran is celebrated in Thailand usually from April 13th to the 16th.
One might axe, “So your point is?”
The point is that Toeing the Oche has a plethora of fans in the Land of Smiles who will be celebrating without …
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Monday, April 1, 2013
Column 445
One Trillion Darts
An article by Jacqueline Leo in The Fiscal Times caught my eye recently. Don’t ask me what I was doing reading The Fiscal Times.
Most of us, wrote Leo, can’t imagine the scope or volume of a million anything, let alone a trillion. For …
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Column HR88
Perception isn’t always reality
Let’s say that you’re enjoying a tall cool beverage at your favorite watering hole in Pattaya Beach. Let’s call the place Tim Bar Beer where you’ve been ushered to a duce outside table by Billy the greeter. The scene could even be at either the …
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