Dartoid’s Column

Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Column 468
Where’s there’s smoke there’s fire!

Smoke is billowing about the private ADO “empire” like at Hamas House on a crisp mid-summer’s eve.

There are embers too.  Lots of embers.  And there’s a crowd around the campfire…

A few are trying to keep the embers cool, attempting to stop them …

Monday, August 4, 2014
Column 467
If I were president of the American Darts Organization…

I’d go rogue.

I’d take BOLD ACTION today.

I’d let the chips fall, even if they fell on me.

Many, perhaps most, would submit that the ADO is irrelevant, a near dead organization walking, limping, crawling to its grave …

Friday, August 1, 2014
Column 466
You Might be a Darts Addict if…

Okay…

You might be a redneck if you think a family reunion is a good place to pick up girls.  You might be Jewish if your greatest athletic achievement was in debate.  If you own a $3,000 machine gun and a $5,000 …

Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Column 465
Can the American Darts Organization be Saved?

The more I shake the bushes to coax out information – long kept secrets – about the American Darts Organization’s (ADO) financial situation and related matters, the more shocked I am at what I learn – and the more concerned I become.…

Monday, June 2, 2014
Column 464
America NEEDS a National Darts Regulation Authority!

Recently there have been some incidents on the American darts circuit and in Facebook darts  discussion groups that underscore the need for some sort of serious process – an overarching  regulatory authority – to be established to set out standards of behavior …

Tuesday, May 19, 2014
Column 463
Wimmenfolk, Rumpelmint and DARTS in the Ozarks

With just d8 days remaining until the start of the annual Chicken COOP Open it is time to re-run my chronicle of my first visit in 2006 to the longest running – and best – outdoor tournament in the world.  I nearly …

Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Column 462
Stefan Lord tried to KILL ME!

For more than half a century, from 1927 until 1990 (with a break during the war years and a brief reappearance in 1997) the News of the World Darts Championship was the granddaddy – the “tournament every darts player wanted to win.”

He …

Tuesday, April 14, 2014
Column 461
WELCOME Jamie Barron and Jambo’s Darts!

It’s been a long time coming…

I’ve been searching for years…

The search has ended.

I am thrilled to welcome a new columnist to Dartoid’s World – Jamie Barron.  Beginning today, his column (Jambo’s Darts) will appear regularly at this site.  Just look …

Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Column 460
Fax from Dartoid in Rwanda!

Hi.  Kelly Ragland again.  Just received this message from Dartoid:

Rags!

I’ve messed up bad!  I’m in jail, man.

They released my friend, Jak.  His dad’s with NBC so he has some pull, I guess.  He’s going to try to get this faxed to …

Monday, March 31, 2014
Column 459
Dartoid Arrested!

This is Kelly Ragland.  I maintain Paul Seigel’s website – Dartoid’s World.  I received a call from Paul’s wife, Marylou.  Paul and a friend have been arrested in Africa – Rwanda.

They were caught trying to board a plane with a suitcase full endangered wood and some …