Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Column HR60
Stay thirsty my friends and thanks!
Anyone with a scintilla of an education (a GED works here) knows that the phrase “Go West Young Man” was coined by Horace Greeley. Its genesis is attributed to an 1865 New York Times editorial encouraging young men to move west to take …
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Howie Reed's Column
Friday, November 11, 2011
Column HR59
Some free advice for Chris Helms
In his many years staggering down the tungsten trail the Old Dart Coach never accused the “Godfathers” of the WDF of being of being fissiparous. The thought never entered either of the brain cells that had not been affected by copious amounts of …
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Column 420
Jerry Van Loan – Does Darts and America Proud
Fanned (and rightly so) by the Old Dart Coach, Howie Reed, there’s been a bit of banter in recent weeks (although hardly enough) about the World Cup and finagling by Olly Croft, Roy Price and possibly outgoing American Darts Organization …
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Dartoid's Column
Friday, October 28, 2011
Column HR58
Goblins, Werewolves and CRYBABIES
It’s the time of the year, as the leaves turn orange and goblins appear, that Toeing the Oche rolls out its annual Halloween column. Whoops, as the Old Dart Coach has just been reminded, “there is no annual Halloween column,” which most would agree poses …
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Column HR57
Brendan “Cinderfella” Dolan
“The report of my death was been greatly exaggerated” was the text of a telegram sent by Mark Twain to the New York Journal after the newspaper reported his death. Twain was in London at the time, probably sharing a few pints, tossing a few darts …
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
Column 419
Who are we?
In the Year 2000, according to a survey conducted by the American Darts Organization (ADO) the average dart player in this country was 38 years old, so I guess you and I are now about 50. In my case (and the Old Dart Coach’s) this is …
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Dartoid's Column
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Column HR56
Who are we? Bums.
When growing up – okay, let me rephrase that – as he was getting older the Old Dart Coach often heard his parents answer his consistent whining with a quote from Psalm 37:39-40, commonly spoken as “The Lord helps those who help themselves.” The ODC …
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Howie Reed's ColumnFriday, September 16, 2011
Column HR55
Buddy, Buddy, Buddy – your silence speaks loudly.
Toss the name Sextus Aurelius Propertius around at a dart tournament and you’ll likely collect a bag full of “brook trout looks.” Brook trout looks? That’s when you look into someone’s eyes and, in the words of Gertie Stein, “there is …
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Column HR54
The ADO Caved to a Cabal of Ego-driven Dictators
Long before the Old Dart Coach was the ODC he was a grad student at San Jose State College, now San Jose State University. Interesting that, he attended both Oregon State College and San Jose State College and once he …
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Howie Reed's ColumnThursday, September 1, 2011
Column 418
Darts Wanderlust
“Now when I was a little chap,” recalled Joseph Conrad at the beginning of Heart of Darkness, “I had a passion for maps. I would look for hours at South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in all the glories of exploration. At that …
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