Has anyone ever told you that blogging is useless and a waste of time? Well, they are wrong and I have evidence to prove it. One red paperclip.
I was reading the paper the other day when I came across this story.
A 26-year-old Montreal man appears to have succeeded in his quest to barter a single, red paper-clip all the way up to a house.
It took almost a year and 14 trades, but Kyle MacDonald has been offered a two-storey farmhouse in Kipling, Sask.
MacDonald began his quest last summer when he decided he wanted to live in a house. He didn't have a job, so instead of posting a resumé, he looked at a red paper-clip on his desk and decided to trade it on an BLOG.
He got a response almost immediately — from a pair of young women in Vancouver who offered to trade him a pen that looks like a fish. With every trade he looked for something bigger and better than the previous trade. He eventually scored a house! You can check out his blog at http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com
I thought this was a pretty neat idea. Hmmm.... I want to own a cottage one day and I am looking at a half eaten chocolate chip cookie on my desk. Anyone interested? Hey, why not, if it worked for him it can work for me. 
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
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5 comments:
haha, i'll give you, no i'll make you a muffin in september, for that half-eaten cookie!
ps. when you get your cottage, i have dibs for the summer months, since i was the first to trade you!
i will give you a hug! thats like.... above the cottage, that is succeding your expectations... and liz, i def. get the summer months... you need to go work (for once)
i hope you know that i will be collecting on these! :)
don't worry, i'm already practicing my muffin baking skills, hopefully by september they will be perfect! :) can't wait to relax at your cottage during the summer months. haha.
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