My Two Cents

This guy is either a genius or a loser with way too much time on his hands. I’m leaning toward genius. Some of you may have already heard about Kyle MacDonald, seeing as he made his final trade on July 5 of this year. To make a long story short, MacDonald traded a red paperclip for a fish pen about a year ago via the bartering section of Craigslist. He continued to “trade up” until he acquired a house, the desired end to all these means. He’s now living comfortably up in Saskatchewan, Canada, in the beginning stages of—what else?—writing a book about his experiences.

Haven’t had a chance to read much of his blog, but it looks like fun. Other links abound, including several to his MySpace page. Maybe I’ll see what crap I can dig up around here starting Thursday, my first (and 12th to last) day of summer vacation…