Dartoid’s Column

April 1, 2001
Column 101
“Pop” Goes The Power

With the shocking news about England’s nine-time world darts champion, Phil “The Power” Taylor’s, conviction for “fondling” and “groping” a couple of 23-year-old girls still hot off the press, the question inquiring darters all over the world are asking is, “just what is the difference between …

February 1, 2001
Column 100
Thanks a Ton!

Being as this is my 100th of these little ditties, there are several people to whom I owe a debt of gratitude — who have traveled at least a portion of the crazy path I’ve followed since picking up my first set of darts. Each in their …

January 1, 2001
Column 99
A Computerized Dart?

Second only to the Asian chick, Lola, on Temptation Island the hottest topic these days is the super-secret invention, code-named “Ginger,” set to be unveiled to the world in 2002 by its multi-millionaire inventor, New Hampshire’s Dean Kamen.

According to the investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston …

January 1, 2001
Column 98
Darts Personification

Dart Game
— by Crissi Sweeny

It stared at me, silently challenging me; taunting me with its red eye, it screamed at me to play.
Its eye lit up as I turned on the light.
It silently laughed at me as I stepped up to the line – …

December 1, 2000
Column 97
National Darts Hall of Fame!

If you care about the sport of darts you must try to find a way to support the efforts of Jim Poliquin, Jerry Umberger, Laurett Meddis, Ed Edwards, Elli Nicoll and other dedicated dart people to create a meaningful National Darts Hall of Fame (NDHoF). …

December 1, 2000
Column 96
Baseball Players are Wussies!

Next to the Bush/Gore election results in Palm Beach County the most frightening set of numbers I’ve seen recently are: “36-38-40”. No wonder Bill Clinton chases other women.

The most impressive, albeit obvious, statistic in years however, has got to be the one recently published by …

November 1, 2000
Column 95
“I’m Going to Toledo!”

If you’ve seen the film Summer of ’42 or if you went to high school before the days when a good-night kiss and sex were essentially interchangeable, you will appreciate the range of emotions I felt recently when I, sort of like Hermie in the Summer …

October 1, 2000
Column 94
Professor Poopypants and the Royal North American Open!

Like many of you, over the years I have picked up a book here or there and gradually accumulated quite a little library of reading about our sport. I now have all six books that have ever been written about darts. Without …

September 1, 2000
Column 93
Dear Debbie (from Tulsa?)

Dear Debbie:

I recently received your nasty little letter. So you’re from Tulsa, eh?

Nice place.

“You suck,” it began. “You’re sexist. What you write is insulting to your readers and, besides, you don’t know squat about darts.” At first, of course, I myself was insulted. …

August 1, 2000
Column 92
Bucky Bakalac (1951-2000)

“MY DREAM IS TO BE REMEMBERED AS A DART PLAYER”
— Bucky Bakalac

Perhaps it’s just me. But I don’t think so.

I haven’t a clue what I was doing the day John F. Kennedy was shot as his motorcade edged through Dealy Plaza in Dallas. My …