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Tyler

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I was born. I graduated from a university with a degree. I have a job where I now live. I have a family and friends. I enjoy some things and dislike others. Someday I'd like to reach my goals.

I don't reciprocate friend requests from random strangers, no matter how hot they are. A quick message is all I ask.

My Interests

AI, AIM, Atlanta Braves baseball, beer, being loud, big bucks and no whammies, bloviating, chatting, Chelsea Football Club, Chicago Blackhawks hockey, Chicago Bulls basketball, chilling, computer science, Connecticut Huskies basketball, crosswords, food, games, going crazy, hanging out, hating rival sports teams, hockey, humor, introspection, laughing/yelling at idiots on game shows, lazing, logic, missing the Hartford Whalers, New York Giants football, overly investing myself in my sports teams, programming, puzzles, reflecting light off my wristwatch into people's eyes, Rensselaer Engineers hockey, sarcasm, self-improvement, stand-up comedy, surfing the web, thinking, TV, unpredictability, video games, words, writing, bevels, alphabetization

I'd like to meet:

James Ensor, Belgium's famous painter.

Music:

Caesars, Collective Soul, The Donnas, Flim and The BBs, Ben Folds, Foo Fighters, Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, The Hellacopters, The Hives, John Hiatt, Bruce Hornsby, Joe Jackson, Freedy Johnston, Linkin Park, Matchbox Twenty, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Nirvana, The Offspring, Puddle of Mudd, Reel Big Fish, The Rippingtons, Sum 41, They Might Be Giants, Traveling Wilburys, Weird Al Yankovic, Sena Jurinac, damn near anything

Movies:

Airplane!, Apollo 13, Bad Santa, Borat, Clue, Dirty Work, Dogma, Happy Gilmore, Liar Liar, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Major League, My Cousin Vinny, Ocean's Eleven, Office Space, Old School, Road Trip, Snatch, South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, UHF, Wordplay

Television:

The Amazing Race, The Apprentice, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Around the Horn, Beauty and the Geek, The Colbert Report, Da Ali G Show, The Daily Show, Deal Or No Deal, Drawn Together, Family Guy, Hell's Kitchen, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Jeopardy!, Jim Rome is Burning, The Joe Schmo Show, The Knights of Prosperity, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Lingo, Monk, MXC, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Numb3rs, Pardon the Interruption, Press Your Luck, The Price is Right, Real Time with Bill Maher, Reno 911!, The Simpsons, South Park, SportsCenter, The War at Home, Wheel of Fortune, Wonder Showzen

Books:

Douglas Adams's, Scott Adams's, Dave Barry's, Dan Brown's, Neal Stephenson's, America: The Book, The Holographic Universe, anything funny, anything thought-provoking, anything containing puzzles, anything Zolaesque

Heroes:

You.

My Blog

www.tylerhinman.com

It's up. Read, dammit.
Posted by Tyler on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 02:38:00 PST

2007, we hardly knew ye

December 2007It's the end of another year, so it must be time for Tyler Hinman's Annual Life Update and Address Book Weed-Out Extravaganza. As usual, I appreciate your indulgence and, if we've lost to...
Posted by Tyler on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:50:00 PST

Saved by the bevel

So I thought I'd present my crossword tournament wrap-up. It's mostly spoiler-free, but I do get into specifics about the championship puzzle.As you read, I managed little sleep the night before depar...
Posted by Tyler on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:18:00 PST

One to remember

Greetings all--With the passing of another year comes another letter from me, something I hope is a positive aspect to offset my generally sucking at the holidays. I hear of everyone getting their sho...
Posted by Tyler on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:05:00 PST

My other blog is an LJ

Yeah, I'm never going to write in this thing.Go here if you're interested in my sporadic haranguing.
Posted by Tyler on Thu, 25 May 2006 12:49:00 PST