Tyler Durden

Ok, I'm a Wikipedia addict. I can admit I have a problem. I start by checking a simple fact, and the next thing I know, I've lost an hour reading, linking article to article.

So, earlier this week I found myself reading about the movie, Magnolia. Well, it began harmlessly enough. Bill, the DJ on Radioparadise, played a Fiona Apple song, Extraordinary Machine, only it was the "leaked" version, not the album version. There were still a few holes in my understanding as to why that album's release, so I looked it up on Wiki. How does one get from Fiona to Magnolia?--well, P.T. Anderson, Magnolia's Director, and her dated.

Dood. You titled this entry, Tyler Durden, and the picture--WTF?

Hold on. I'm getting to it.

If you saw Magnolia, you may have had some emotional reaction to the Tom Cruise character, Frank T. J. Mackey. Remember "Seduce and Destroy," the seminar about how to sleep with a lot of women? Well, it's based on a real person, Ross Jefferies, who publishes books and holds seminars similar to what is shown in the movie.

Apparently, Jefferies* comprises a part of the "seduction community," a group of men selling books and advising on sleeping with a lot of women. One of those men is named Tyler Durden. In the book, Fight Club, that name corresponds to an emphatically masculine character. I tried to determine, which use of that unusual name came first, but Wiki has it's limits. It does mention that the seduction community's Tyler Durden changed it from another name.

So what's my point? Can I fit anymore nonsequiturs in this entry? My answer: banana popsicle.

Ok, actually, I want to throw out a Dylan lyric from Boots of Spanish Leather, and let readers, if any, draw their own conclusions. Though, I will offer this, I've been happiest since I learned to just be myself.

Oh, but if I had the stars from the darkest night

And the diamonds from the deepest ocean,

I'd forsake them all for your sweet kiss,

For that's all I'm wishin' to be ownin'.

* There are Wiki articles on this guy and the seduction community, but you'll have to find them yourself.