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January 16, 2007
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The Bloodshot Open

In February, 2003 – almost four years ago – I drove from Pennsylvania to Ohio for the fifth annual Columbus Darters Association (CDA) Bloodshot Open. What I remember most about the $5,000 tournament is the drive home. It’s taken me until now to get over the trauma.…

January 1, 2007
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Darts in the Islamic Republic of Iran

While I had hoped business travel might coincide with the 13th staging of the Asia Pacific Cup in Kuala Lumpur in September, it was not to be. News reached me fast however and I was pleased to learn that my old Filipino friend …

December 28, 2006
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Dartoid’s 28,000 mile darts road trip

WELCOME to Dartoid’s World, the only column about darts that has been ranked three times consecutively in a row one time right after the other among the top causes of barfing.

Today’s subject is my recent three-week 28,000-mile darts journey from Tampa, Florida to …

December 15, 2006
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My Friend the Doctor

For several years now, pretty much since the day I learned he existed, I have been corresponding with the so-called “Doctor of Darts” – Patrick Chaplin. Despite a handful of failed attempts to get together, Patrick and I have not met, or even spoken. Yet thanks …

December 1, 2006
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Cambodia’s Funky Munky and a Child named Mom

The advertisement was bound to catch my eye:

Pie and Darts Night – The Funky Munky
Enjoy a savory selection of pies and seasonal vegetables every Friday evening followed by a traditional British darts tournament.

I was hooked immediately.

I like apple …

November 6, 2006
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Bulls Eye – The Movie

“Last year, more people were killed by auto accidents, heat stroke, lung cancer and natural causes combined than by any one tomato.”

— Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, 1978

No, this column is not about the cult classic Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, possibly the …

November 1, 2006
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Federal Express Stole my Darts!

Some things make no sense. Take the price of gasoline in America.

Over the past year the price of a gallon of gasoline has spiked nearly a dollar to over three dollars a gallon. The reasons given: Chinese demand, Hurricane Katrina, the war in Iraq, …

October 2, 2006
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Darts in the Secret City

Almost sixty-five years ago 75,000 Americans kept a secret.

It began to unfold in the isolated green hills and rolling valleys in the quiet Tennessee countryside where, just one year later in 1943, one of the legendary country and gospel music quartets of our time …

September 21, 2006
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The 2007 World Series of Darts ?

Now ain’t that the million dollar question. (Or, if you were unlucky and not born in red, white and blue knickers, the $100,000 question.)

If you follow the various darts website forums you’ll already know that the prevailing opinion (almost 60% according to …

Sepember 4, 2006
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Umby’s UnFranchise

For the past few months I’ve been talking with Jerry “Umby” Umberger about an idea he has to help aspiring darters achieve success. While I can’t claim to completely understand the idea and probably never will, let there be no doubt about Umberger’s motivations or that his idea …