Dartoid

October 1, 2002
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Mabuhay from Manila!

Greetings from Manila, capital of the land of volcanoes, typhoons, earthquakes and even worse!

According to the Department of State, due to a rash of post-September 11 “bombings, kidnappings, murders and other violent incidents,” travel by Americans to the Philippines is pretty much a dumb-ass thing to …

September 1, 2002
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Meet Mac Jordomo

Some time back, while in a severely weakened mental state, I added my name to something called the Cyberdarts’ Darts E-Mail List Server. It’s run by Cyberdarts guru, Rick Osgood, from down in Houston.

Ever since, my laptop has been slammed with e-mail messages about darts from …

July 1, 2002
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To the Point (kinda) about To The Point

When you rearrange the letters of a word or phrase to form another word or phrase the result is often quite amusing. Sometimes it provides deep insight into the text being anagrammed. For example, the letters in Virginia Bottomley’s name (a long-time …

July 1, 2002
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Corrections!!!

Now that the Professional Darts Corporations (PDC) Las Vegas Desert Classic darts tournament has come to a close and its inaugural champions — Americans Ray Carver and Carolyn Mars — have been crowned, it’s time to wrap up this little series of reports and return to real life.

But …

July 1, 2002
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The Chicken Cheated!!

Due to a minor disagreement with the chicken who plays tic-tac-toe at the Tropicana and then a major disagreement with casino security this is probably the first column ever about the sport of darts which was conceived, at least partially, while in handcuffs.

Due to an appointment …

July 1, 2002
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HELP AMERICA, Mr. Bickie!!!

Today the action here at the Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) Las Vegas Desert Classic shifted from the subdued but tense environment of the qualifying floor to the big stage and the big screen. The set up is pure Hollywood. The show is classic Vegas.

In the …

July 1, 2002
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The Birth of “Mr. Bickie”

It was another scorcher of a day here in Las Vegas at the Professional Darts Corporations (PDC) Desert Classic darts extravaganza. Play started off on time but just a bit uneasy, as these are uneasy times, when PDC event emcee, Phil Jones took to the …

July 1, 2002
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Where’s Tommy’s Shorts?

The mood is very festive here, as hundreds of fun-loving darters have gathered for the first ever Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) Las Vegas Desert Classic, along with an equal number of fun-loving, bomb sniffing dogs.

Yes, security is tight in Sin City. This is because the FBI …

June 1, 2002
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Aim for Eastern North Carolina

A couple of months ago I climbed into a van with a few of my new darts buddies from Philly-land: Tommy Hill, Eddie Rodgers and his brother Al, wild-man Ed “the Kunatic” Kuhn and Donald Rumsfeld.

With Steady Eddie at the controls and to a …