Dartoid’s Column

Saturday, October 1, 2016
Column 524
Clinton or Trump: Who do you pick for your darts team?

With the debates on and the presidential election about to enter the homestretch, and with pretty much 100 percent of the electorate on record as despising one or the other of the two major party candidates, now is …

Thursday, September 9, 2016
Column 523
Solutions

It has been said solutions to the ADO’s woes have not been offered, that only unfair bashing occurs.

This is not so.

And it would seem that ADO president David Hascup, the guy many – at least I – had so much hope in initially has been co-opted …

Thursday, September 8, 2016
Column 522
ADO Blames Financial Woes on a Dead Guy!

American Darts Organization Communications Officer, Steve “I could singlehandedly change not only the ADO, but darts in this country” Brown (who is either paid or not paid by the ADO – no one will say) has recently published the August 2016 …

Thursday, September 1, 2016
Column 521
A little bit O’ Seoul

In 1995, some friends and I rode bicycles from Dublin to Moscow. At a clip of about 75 miles a day, the 2,500-mile journey took a month. Two lonely weeks were spent monotonously plodding along the desolate old gulag inmate-built Trans-Siberian Highway. Early on, …

Monday, August 22, 2016
Column 520
Let’s hope the rumors aren’t true!

We hear it all the time, have for years. Complaints. Excuses. Blaming. And a wish!

There are no professional darters in the USA.   

There isn’t any money in the game here.  

The country is too big.   

Travel is too expensive. 

Best of …

Monday, August 1, 2016
Column 519
Darts in Bali

I’m not sure what people expect to find when heading to the Indonesian island of Bali. All I was looking for was the darts…

I connected through Bangkok. In one of the airport bars, I met a pretty, 20-something girl from Portland, Oregon, who’d found a …

Thursday, July 14, 2016
Column 518
Howie Reed is an AUTHOR!  

Here are four well-known facts about Howie Reed: 1) He is a Republican, 2) He loves the ladies, 3) He can drink most anybody under the table, and 4) He throws darts as bad as me.

Given that Howie, aka the Old Dart Coach, …

Friday, July 1, 2016
Column 517
Darts on Easter Island?

Getting to one of the most isolated islands on Earth, Easter Island, is a journey even in the most normal of circumstances. Getting there from another of the most remote places on earth, Machu Picchu, is exponentially more challenging. But traveling from Machu Picchu to …

Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Column 516
Bromberg and the ‘Toid storm Machu Picchu!

If you are one of the half-dozen regular readers of this column you will be aware that a few years ago three-times world champion Stacy Bromberg and I began planning a trip to Peru to explore the pre-Columbian 15th Century site of …

Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Column 515
The Countdown is ON.  Darters set to help citizens of Flint, Michigan.

Just 30 days remain until the Michigan Cup – a Benefit for the People of Flint. Organized by the Michigan Dartsmen’s Club – special thanks to Quoc-Huy-Ly-Huynh (aka Willy Doit), Kory Nichols and John Upham – …