In this post I offer you anagrams of my name.
I tried this on LiveJournal, and I shared it on Facebook I think, and on ISC, for livejournal.
But I believe nobody read it.
This is the product of me sitting in a chair with these letters on scrabble tiles for a while, and mixing them around to make various sets of words.
It is for amusement only.  It is not intended as legal advice or medical advice or for professional use of any kind.

Anagrams
Kevin Nathaniel Leeds
AEEEEII
DHKLLNNNSTV

DENTAL SIN LIKE HEAVEN
INVENTED LIKE A HANSEL
INSANE LIKE HALVED NET
SINNED NAVAL LIKE THEE
SINNED LIKE NEATH VEAL
EVIL LINEN DEATH SNAKE
TALL VINE NEEDS HANKIE
LIKE SALVE IN TEEN HAND
ALIENS TINKLED HEAVEN
TIN ANVIL HEALED KNEES
KEEN ANVILS IN THE DALE
TALK, LIE, SIN, END, HEAVEN
KNEEL IN THE VIAND SALE
DEVI HEEL LEAKS TANNIN
ENDIVES HEAL TANK LINE
LANKIEST LINEN HEAVED
LET'S! I LIKE AN EVEN HAND
I HANDLE EVEN SATIN ELK
I HANDLE EVEN ALE STINK
I HANDLE EVEN SKIN TALE
I HANDLE EVEN TEAL INKS
HAND-KNIT SLEEVE IN ALE
HENNA SKILL EVENT IDEA
ALKALINE HENS EVIDENT
HAVE LINKED SALINE NETS
HANSEL EVIDENT IN LAKE
LEAK EVIDENT IN HANSEL
ELK INVENTS A HEADLINE
LETHEAN SKINNED ALIVE
AN ANKLE IS EVIL. THE END
HANDLE IS LIKE AN EVENT
SHE INVENTED ALKALINE
I SHALL NEED A KIN EVENT
I, KEVIN, SHALL NEED A NET
A KEEN HALL IS INVENTED
TEEN VANDAL LINE HIKES
INVESTED IN A KEEN HALL
SEEK VANILLA IN THE END
NINE ELEVEN SALT KHADIS
NINE ELEVENTHS [AL KAIDA]
NINE ELEVEN HALTS A KID
NINE ELEVEN HALT A SKID
TEN KILLED AS IN HEAVEN
TEN KILLED! - A SIN! - HEAVEN
A SKILLED TEN IN HEAVEN
EVEN KEEL HID IN A SLANT
VALIANT HEN SEEN, LIKED
NINETEEN KHEDIVAL ALS
NINETEEN HALVAS LIKED
NINETEEN HAVE AD SKILL
INANE DEVIL SHALT KEEN
INANE DEVIL SHAN'T KEEL
INKED TEEN HALVES NAIL
NINETEEN SHILLED KAVA
NINETEEN SHAKE LAV LID
HATE ENLIVENED SLINKA
NEAT SHAVED ELK IN LINE
INNATE ANKLE SHE-DEVIL
LEAVES HELD INK INNATE
INANE KITH LEND LEAVES
HEED INANE LINKS, VALET
A DEVILISH NEAT KENNEL
ELEVENTH ALIEN IS DANK
I, THE NANA, KILLED SEVEN
I KILLED THE NANA (SEVEN) ('nana' is 7 in Japanese)
I EVEN KILLED THE NANAS
HE SEEK TINNED VANILLA
LIVID HENS AT KNEE LANE
DEVIL SEEN IN A HEN TALK
THE INSANE DEVIL ANKLE
HE KILLED AN INSANE VET
THINK AS AN EVIL NEEDLE
THINK SANE, LIVE LEADEN
KNELT, HEAD IN VASELINE
NINE LAKES, THEN A DEVIL
SLINKED IN HEAVEN LATE
ELEVATED IN KHAN'S LINE
SINK A DATE EVEN IN HELL
THINK ELEVEN IS A DEAL?
KILLED IN A NET? HEAVENS!
KENNELED IN THE SALIVA
KNEEL IN SALIVA! THE END
THEN I LEND SALIVA KNEE
DISHEVEL AN ANKLE NITE
HAVE ALL NINETEEN KIDS
SLEEK NINE-D LEVIATHAN
ELK DENSE IN LEVIATHAN
KEENEST VANILLIN HEAD
EVEN NAILED THE SLINKA
ELEVEN LAND AS I THINK
AN ELAND HELISKI EVENT

2006 NSC

Too much data to blog!

* Forgot my glasses, so could not experience the full brilliance of the tournament room in one panoramic peek.

* Motel six, walked to the tournament and back, shortcut through Wantilan Luau!

* Best record: 9-2; Worst record: 12-14; final record: 14-14

* TSH records on NSA website show me as a "Lucky Stiff" #2 with wins of 3, 6, 9, 12, 19, and 20 for a total of 90, far behind Laura Scheimberg with 3, 3, 4, 7, 10, 16 for a total of 43.

* Spoke to almost everyone I meant to. Two omissions are Keith Nishimi (division 4) and Brian Galebach. (To Do: Look through all the contestants and try to recall what conversation or game I had with each one.)

* Possible Detriments:

- Fatigue factor: time zone may have hurt me; i'm a night person mainly and I had some insomnia.

- Forgot My Medicine: Forgot to take a certain endocrine pill the first morning.

- Competition Factor: All the competition was about as tough as I am.

* Missed the $50 survey (rating too low!); took the Raffle survey (Tuff....) and found it very interesting (it was asking me a lot about my study and preparation for tournaments).

* Thanks for the Ride: Cynthia Seales gave me a ride to the Orlando airport, and Jean McArthur drove me from the Austin airport to home. (Hmm.)

*Deadly Sin: Pride. I occasionally get the feeling that a game is just supposed to be won by me, because I am better at scrabble than my opponent. Then I don't bother to think about the tiles, the score, the endgame, and the words I am playing! Sloth also contributes. Fatigue factor is involved. (Hmm.)

* New Insight of the Week: (from "Management of the Absurd" by Richard Farson, p. 37):

"Feelings Rediscovered: One of the most useful ideas to remember is what we might call the "reciprocity rule" of human behavior: that over time, people come to share, reciprocaly, similar attitudes towards each other ... If I have a low opinion of you, ... eventually you will come to feel about me the way I feel about you. ... If we generally respect our colleagues and employees (and scrabble opponents!) those feelings will be communicated without the need for artifice or technique. And they will be reciprocal."

Hello, Scrabble World

Here is my Scrabble self:

As a child and growing up, my family played Scrabble. My mom played me Junior Scrabble which I remember vaguely and fondly. My grandmom played me Scrabble and my cousins played my Scrabble. I think my Dad even played me scrabble once.

Sometime in 2002 I found the Scrabble Server, ISC.

Someone on ISC was impressed by my "living-room player" bingos and recommended Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis, and Everything Scrabble by Joe Edley. I read those and then I went to the Tucker Scrabble club in Decatur to play. After gaining some experience there I entered my first tournament in Rome, Georgia in 2003. This is an intense contest with a 25 minute clock for the entire game, and a person can lose a whole turn just for getting a single letter wrong! I came in near the top of the beginner division.

Over the past three years I have played in twenty tournaments with a cumulative record of 171 wins and 132 losses. My rating has risen from 999 after my first tournament to 1526 now and I am studying more words every day. I hope my brain is young and healthy enough to keep growing my scrabble vocab! A lot of the words that are useful in Scrabble are not especially useful in other fields, so I am facing a danger of wasting my time in this endeavor. However it is enjoyable and if I present a friendly and positive attitude to Scrabble folks then I hope something good may come of my Scrabble contacts.

My tournament record is available in detail at this link to Cross-Tables.com.