Dartoid’s Column

Thursday, July 14, 2011
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The 2011 Soft Tip World Championship, Hong Kong

For years Dartoid’s World has made the case that the center of the darts universe has been shifting.

Now it has.

I have written that the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) should wake up and smell the noodles, that it should take …

Friday, July 1, 2011
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Scoring for Show, Doubles for Dough. Bobby George’s Darts Lingo.

Okay, I admit it. I don’t understand the British. I don’t understand a fookin’ thing they say. I’ve tried. Honest I have. Now I’ve even read a book that’s supposed to explain it all. Ain’t sure it helped a …

Wednesday, June 1, 2011
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A long overdue apology to Dave “Boy” Green

After a decade of hesitation (which I now regret) I attended my first Chicken COOP Open (the 25th anniversary of the tournament) in Noel, Missouri in 2006. I had an outstanding time, met hundreds of terrific people, witnessed an outpouring of …

Sunday, May 1, 2011
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Mr. Rat EXPOSED! Erdogan Camelback SPEAKS!

In 2006, after months of vigorously tracking the elusive Mr. Rat – the seer of darts seers, the prognosticator of darts prognosticators – through an intermediary (the former Caroline Sams) I finally prevailed and secured the Great One’s agreement to respond to the …

Tuesday, April 12, 2011
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Who really is the Old Dart Coach?

As you read these words the Old Dart Coach, Howie Reed, is en route to Thailand…

The country will never be the same.

In a few days he will meet up with his long-time friend David Brook, former Chief Executive of Federation …

Monday, April 4, 2011
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The Diary of an Unhealthy Dart Throwing Slug. Week Nine of Nine.

March 28, 2011
People often ask me which darts column, from among all those I have written during the past 15 years, was the most popular (or at least the most widely read). Far be it from …

Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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The Diary of an Unhealthy Dart Throwing Slug. Week Eight of Nine.

March 22, 2011
I’m in the middle of the penultimate week of my nine-week odyssey through the world of fruits and vegetables and am on course to reach my goal weight. Not for a moment does this …

Saturday, March 19, 2011
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The Diary of an Unhealthy Dart Throwing Slug. Week Seven of Nine.

March 19, 2011
Shedding more of my slug weight was easy this week. I barely ate.

Like you, I am sure, I spent much of my time following the news about the devastating events in Japan – …

Monday, March 14, 2011
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The Diary of an Unhealthy Dart Throwing Slug. Week Six of Nine.

March 11, 2011
I remember one summer day when I was seven years old. It was 1960. My mother (who, the same year, told my dad he could pack her in a box and send her to …

Monday, March 7, 2011
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The Diary of an Unhealthy Dart Throwing Slug. Week Five of Nine.

March 2, 2011
Today marks the half-way point in my quest to make it to nine weeks on Reverend Raw’s Whole Health Plan and whittle away a quarter of myself – 53 pounds – to reach my …