Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Column 431
T-minus 30 days until the COOOOOOOP!
With just ONE MONTH to go until the start of my favorite tournament – the Chicken COOP Open – I am so excited I feel like a Pointer Sister. I’m so excited and I just can’t hide it. I’m about to lose control …
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Dartoid's Column
Monday, April 9, 2012
Column HR69
The Spirit of Jocky
The Old Dart Coach isn’t real big on poetry. This fact alone should surprise no one. Despite being a proud graduate of the Harvard of the West his poetic side starts and ends with phrases like: “There once was a man from Nantucket.”
The ODC …
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Howie Reed's Column
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Column 430
Dartoid interviews (and throws darts) with Lady Gaga!
I have experience interviewing, or at least trying to, women who don’t necessarily fit the stereotype of your typical Girl Next Door…
For example, back in the early 1970’s, I did a one-on-one with Deep Throat actress, Linda Lovelace for my …
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Dartoid's Column
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Column HR68
Jocky Wilson – small in stature but a GIANT of a man!
The photo that finds itself in this special issue of Toeing the Oche was taken in either 1992 or 1993 at the Federation Brewery in England. The occasion was the annual Christmas Charity Show which raised hundreds …
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Howie Reed's Column
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Column HR67
It’s a bird… It’s a plane… It’s Superman… maybe!
Those who know the Old Dart Coach are aware that sometimes he’s a bubble off center (actually most of the time he’s a lot more than bubble off). The world deals with this by ignoring him completely.
Those who know …
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Howie Reed's Column
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Column 429
My Search for the Wild “Darts” Man of Borneo
I’ve just returned from hunting down the Wild “Darts” Man of Borneo.
The last time I went on a Malaysian darts safari was in 1998. I’d come across an advertisement on the Internet for a sports bar called Colors Fun …
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Dartoid's ColumnThursday, March 1, 2012
Column HR66
With a Song in his Heart
An elderly friend of the Old Dart Coach cranked up the old walker recently to attend a 50th celebration Neil Diamond concert. For this trip, knowing him, he probably took along a nice bran muffin, some prune juice, and maybe some Activa as …
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Howie Reed's ColumnThursday, February 23, 2012
Column 428
E-mail Mrs. Dartoid, PLEASE!
This fall I will have been married to my wife Marylou for d16 years.
On average I throw darts three nights a week, for about three hours a night. I also throw about one tournament a month.
By my calculation this means that I have …
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Dartoid's Column
Friday, February 10, 2012
Column 427
Ask Mr. Darts Language Person
Join me now for another issue of “Ask Mr. Darts Language Person,” the only darts grammar column mentioned in the Bible but banned from The Website That Shall Not Be Named.
We begin today by stealing from humorist Dave Barry and reporting on the …
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Dartoid's Column
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Column HR65
The PDC World Cup II vs. Super Bowl XLVI
In a recently released study by the IDGARA Humane Research Center it was determined that 30% of the world’s population suffers some emotional or mental disorder. This condition manifests itself in behavior that to a normal person might be explained …
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