Sunday, December 2, 2012
Column 440
Come. Travel the World with Dartoid.
That’s been the theme of this column for nearly 20 years. From Congo to Mongolia, Nepal to Borneo, I’ve explored and written about the darts scene in almost 100 countries on six of seven continents. Yes, as Wayne Mardle once observed, I’m a …
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Column HR80
The Little Man
In 1899, the poet Hughes Mearns wrote “Antigonish” better known as “The little Man that Wasn’t There.” He wrote:
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
I wish, I wish he’d go away…
Golfer Sir Nick Faldo …
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Column HR79
Disappointed “Phil”istines
Years ago, before the Old Dart Coach was declared persona non grata by the self-appointed Grand Poobahs of darts, he included in his baggage for his winter solace visit to London a box of Dutch Master cigars. They were a gift for a fellow named Smitty who …
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Column 439
Could it be Brendan Dolan’s fault?
I don’t believe in fate. I don’t accept that it was predetermined by some Supreme Power I’d suck at darts.
What I believe in, or would at least like to, is the “butterfly effect.”
Hence, I believe, or would at least like to, …
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Monday, October 22, 2012
Column HR78
Things that go bump in the night!
We are approaching the time of the year when “things go bump in the night.”
For the non-dart world that’s the celebration of the event called Halloween or All Hallows Eve. On that night while little kids are dressing up like ghosts, …
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Monday, October 8, 2012
Column HR77
A glimpse of stocking” ain’t so “shocking” anymore
In olden days a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking,
But now, God knows,
Anything goes.
Well isn’t that just the truth. Just the other night – as a celebratory gesture – the Old Dart Coach ventured to …
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Column 438
It’s time to wake up and smell the plastic!
Thanks to the Horizon Darts (Horizon Darts) ladies, Terry Maness and Melody Foster – two great business women with the smarts to sponsor Darin Young and Stacy Bromberg and the extra smarts, despite my repeated requests and their …
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Friday, September 21, 2012
Column HR76
“Amongst” the hopeful are many with “back class”
The Old Dart Coach was a big fan of Ricky Nelson who sang Traveling Man and Garden Party. If the ODC had a philosophy, which stretches credulity to the breaking point, he would borrow a few words from Garden Party.
Those …
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Howie Reed's ColumnSunday, September 1, 2012
Column 437
Jelle Klaasen and Larry the Lobster
When in 2011 New York Congressman Anthony Weiner was forced to resign after denying and denying and finally admitting that he sent an actual photograph of his last name to a multiple women, all of America – even those who didn’t receive the …
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Column HR75
“Jumping the Shark” and Touching the “Third Rail”
Regular readers of Dartiod’s World (for those who aren’t “regular” might I suggest a nice bran muffin each morning) may have been shocked when my colleague and editor published his latest effort. In show biz terms he “jumped the shark” by …
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