This is the "official shot" that was put up on the NSA website.
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For a link to the photo page on the National Scrabble® Tournament website click here. (The sign pic of me is the third one on this page.)
Here I am with one of the many Mr. Potato Head statues in downtown Providence. (Mr. Potato Head was the toy that made Hasbro famous, and Hasbro is the current owner of Scrabble® Crossword Game.) This particular statue is made up to resemble Edgar Allen Poe, thus Mr. "Poe"-tato Head. Cute, huh? (Some of my fellow tournament competitors in the background there.)
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Inside the tournament room in front of the "big board" spreadin' the word. Yes, I did have several folks ask "Who the heck are Rick & Bubba?"
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For a look at the tournament room at full capacity click here.
One other shot from the opening reception with my good buddy Dr. Mike Baron, a psychologist from Albuquerque, NM.
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I didn't get to play Mike during the tournament, but some of the people I did play included an astrophysicist, a librarian, two teachers, two computer programmers, a truck driver, and one of the top players from Thailand, Mr. Charnwit Sukhumratanaporn.
"Stay in it!"
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