Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Column HR149
Coincidence? NEVER!
In the genre of espionage novels there’s no such thing as a “coincidence.” Nothing “just happens.” The genre began in America back in 1821 when James Fenimore Cooper published “The Spy.” Robert Ludlum, Frederick Forsyth, Tom Clancy and John le Carré pound home the “no coincidence” point …
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Wednesday, September 15, 2015
Column HR148
Beware of what you say, when, and to whom
With the most honorable editor gallivanting around the world – even temping the theory that “One Night in Bangkok Makes a Hard Man Humble” – an old adage comes to mind, which states…
“When the cat’s away the mouse will …
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Thursday, August 26, 2015
Column HR147
The King ain’t dead… and the Queen, Anne Drtr, is alive (and living in Malaysia)
Sports fans the world over are a fickle lot. They will hate a player or team one day and then be shouting their parses the next. When the Old Dart Coach was playing bartender, …
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Column HR146
WIM-O-WAY… WIM-O-WAY… WIM-O-WAY…
An email arrived from Firth of Tom which should never be confused with the Firth of Clyde. Everyone knows that the latter “encloses the largest and deepest coastal waters in the British Isles.” The Firth of Tom lives in Ireland, the land of Guinness – home …
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Column HR145
The darts greats of yesteryear would prosper today
The Old Dart Coach (for those who are not aware) has a bit of an ego. Sure, this may come as a shock to some, but most will shake their heads with savoir-faire and mutter, “Tell me something I don’t know.”…
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Thursday, July 9, 2015
Column HR144
All hail American women dart players!
It’s been said that a goldfish has a very short attention span. The often heard comment (frequently said to the Old Dart Coach) is, “You have the attention span of a goldfish.” A new study conducted by Microsoft shows that humans have an …
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Friday, July 3, 2015
Column HR143
They celebrate July 4th in England too!
In 1863, a group of people gathered in London, possibly in a pub, to set down the rules for footbol. Civilized people call it soccer. Rules of darts? Simple folks in a bar. Like the rules of darts, the rules of soccer …
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Saturday, June 27, 2015
Column HR142
Tony, Peter and David – the new Pep Boys?
Manny, Moe, and Jack were four guys who started an auto parts store in the 1920s that became the huge success called the Pep Boys. Four guys? There were actually two Moe’s but saying Manny, Moe, Moe, and Jack didn’t …
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Column HR141
Cinderella “Honk” Kong and the WDF World Cup FIASCO
Toeing the Oche is the cutting edge. Granted sometimes the knife’s a little dull…
The Old Dart Coach picked Scotland to beat England in the World Cup. On the other hand, he also picked Scotland to beat defending champion Netherlands …
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Howie Reed's ColumnMonday, June 8, 2015
Column HR140
Still “trending” after all these years (like it or not)…
Toeing the Oche has been around a long time and has built a formidable cabal of critics. Yet the column is still “trending” while other efforts are in the rubbish bin. For the most part, the critics criticism is …
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