Dartoid’s Column

Saturday, April 1, 2017
Column 534
Fidel Castro, Ernest Hemingway, and Darts in Cuba 

“Entering a totalitarian state,” wrote a recent traveler to Cuba of his arrival at Havana’s José Martí International Airport, “I expected more militaristic security. Instead, I was warmly welcomed by female immigration and security agents wearing uniforms that included shorts and …

Thursday, February 23, 2017
Column 533
“I collect friends” – Stacy Bromberg (1956 – 2017)

Today at King David Mortuary in Las Vegas, Nevada, along with a couple hundred others from as far away as England and Japan, I said good-bye to one of my best friends ever.  Stacy Bromberg was just 60 years old.  …

Friday, February 10, 2017
Column 531
Hey Dart People!  BEWARE of Dogs Bearing Notes!

It’s been a week now since my wife left town. Marylou, always organized, shipped her shoes ahead in a big box and then hopped a flight to Houston. Her sister lives there. They’re gonna go shopping. Probably for shoes.

My dog, …

Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Column 530
Dogs – the cure for all darts’ woes!

It occurred to me recently after reading a Dave Barry commentary about whether dogs watch television that it was far past time to address one of the most vital of life’s mysteries. It’s a question that has perplexed the world’s best …

Thursday, January 5, 2017
Column 529
CONGRATULATIONS JOHN PART!

Massive CONGRATULATIONS are due three-times world champion John Part, who just the other night was inducted into the PDC Hall of Fame.

I last spent time with John at the CDC finals in Woodland Hills in September. But I recall so many other occasions, from Las …

Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Column 528
It is TRUE!

Her name is Yvonne Whitfield. Until a chance meeting a couple of years ago I hadn’t thought of her, let alone seen her, since 1974. She recognized me. I don’t know how – I look nothing like I did all those years ago.

We dated a …

Monday, October 31, 2016
Column 526
It’s Halloween! Or Punky Night, if you live in Somerset, England!

This evening, as we in America toss Tootsie Rolls into sacks thrust at us by sticky little children cleverly disguised as sticky little children in sheets, across the pond in Somerset, the Brits are handing out goodies to …

Thursday, October 20, 2016
Column 525
Please help cute Katie run again!

If you’re a regular reader of this column you will be aware that only occasionally does Dartoid yield his opinionated (some say disgusting) persona to his creator. In fact, over the past 20 years and through 500+ columns about darts Dartoid has stepped …