How do I set up a mailing list?

Hey, I've got RSS feeds and blog updates via email and all sort of other jazzy stuff around here, but I'd really want is a run-of-the-mill old school mailing list. Well, to be toally honest, I really just wanted to capitalize on the opportunity to use the phrase "run-of-the-mill". Does anybody out there know a good place that provides a free or very low cost mailing list thingy? Shoot me an email at oneredpaperclip.com if you've got any hots tips on this matter. I'm really chomping at the bit to start running with the mill. Rumor has it that running with the mill is awesome - Kyle

one keg paperclip

Just got this email from Carolyn at The Keg. What an awesome idea:

"Kyle, love the Alice Cooper afternoon....how cool is that?!?! Anyhow, 3 Keg staff are cycling across Canada, stopping at Kegs ( www.kegsteakhouse.com ) along the way, and are raising money for kids. The website is at: www.cycleforspirit.com They are great guys, and are really getting Keg staff from across North America (there are 94 locations in Canada and the US) behind them... just four days in and they have raised more than $46K if you can believe it. Between great sponsors (Giant Bikes, Helly Hansen, Molson's....) and The Keg offsetting costs for the trip, 100% of what is raised will go to charity. And a really fun part of this is that they HAVE to get back to St. John's in early August.... Jeremy, one of the riders is getting married on August 20th (his fiancée Erika is amazing and helped the guys to come up with this plan). So... how does the red paper clip come in? Well, Basics did up 10,000 4" metal red paper clips. Each store will have 100. Staff are encouraged to keep trading up, and bring their item to a silent auction at their location. All of the money raised will go to the ride. It's fun, gets everyone involved, and everybody wins. Who wouldn't want to do this one? I have put a mention about you on the site, the link is: http://www.cycleforspirit.com/donationstodate.htm. Here's a shot of the boys from our event on Monday... have a great week-end! Cheers, Carolyn Torhjelm -Executive Director - The Keg Spirit Foundation"

If you've got any fundraising or charity projects on the go, feel free to use red paperclips! Send me the links and I'll post about it! - Have fun - Kyle

one afternoon with Alice Cooper

WAIT! - Before you read this:



Okay this one's crazy - not just for the fact for what I now have on the trading block, but for the way it happened. I just got a phone call about this. I said yes on the spot.

The person who lives in the other half of Jody Gnant's duplex in Phoenix is named Leslie. Leslie pays rent on her half of the duplex. Leslie had an idea on how to not pay rent for one year in her duplex. Leslie works at Alice Cooper's restaurant in Phoenix, Alice Cooper'stown. Leslie didn’t have anything to trade but had a valuable resource - her boss! She asked Alice Cooper if he would help her get free rent for one year. She told him her idea. Alice Cooper listened. Alice Cooper was honored to help out one of his staff in such an awesome way, and jumped at the chance.

And that's how it played out. Alice Cooper agreed to spend an afternoon with a fan so that Leslie can get one year of free rent. Yes, as far as Leslie and I are concerned, Alice Cooper is pretty much the coolest living legend/restaurant owner of all time.

“one afternoon with Alice Cooper” includes:

-one afternoon with Alice Cooper.

One of a variety of activites is possible: golfing, songwriting, jamming, hanging out, dining, Alice's courtesy laughs at your clever "We're not worthy's" ... the sky's the limit. Maybe he'll even invite you to hang out with him on his radio show in Phoenix or chill backstage at a show....it really depends on whether you meet up with Alice in Phoenix or meet him on one of his days off while he's on the road for his upcoming summer tour, which, by the way, kicks off May 1st. (And if you click on the tour schedule, no, you aren't dreaming - Alice Cooper plays Milwaukee on July 3rd.)



So that's how it is: Leslie now has one year of free rent in her duplex (well, actually, she has to move to the other half of the duplex - I really think we should hold her to it.), and I now have one afternoon with Alice Cooper. Now I'm a huge Alice Cooper fan, and would love nothing more than spend an afternoon boring him silly with my favorite Milwaukee-related lines from Wayne's World, but I pledged to keep making trades until I get up to a house. And "one afternoon with Alice Cooper" isn't a house, so I've gotta make a trade!

MY PROMO "EVENING" WITH ALICE COOPER:



Yeah, I can't believe it either.

Big thanks to the combined force of a packed Fargo house and Alice Cooper for making one red paperclip rock harder than I'm sure any of us ever imagined. Tonight was insane. A balloon was filled with blood. It exploded all over the crowd. I "never saw it coming." I then got hosed off stage by a giant stream of blood. The giant red paperclip got ripped to shreds by the crowd. 20/20 from ABC caught the whole thing on tape. I then autographed pieces of giant red paperclip. None of this has ever happened before. To me at least.



Thanks Alice. You rock.



Safe to say I won't ever wash that shirt.


Alice Cooper's Links:
nightswithalicecooper.com www.alicecooperstown.com www.alicecooper.com www.myspace.com/alicecooperstown www.myspace.com/officialalicecooper

offers for one afternoon with Alice Cooper

**IMPORTANT**

These offers are for one afternoon with Alice Cooper. If you want to make a trade for any of these items listed below, PLEASE MAKE ME AN OFFER FOR THE ONE YOU WANT! It will be very easy for me to choose which of the below items to take if my next trade is already lined up! Thanks - Kyle. BE CREATIVE! I'm not holding out for any offer in particular and I don't expect to get a house for one afternon with Alice Cooper. However, my offer still stands that I will trade one afternoon with Alice Cooper for a REAL General Lee - which I'm sure we can all agree will be the best intermediate trade item of all time. Ever.

********** OFFERS FOR ONE AFTERNOON WITH ALICE COOPER ********** Hi Kyle, I have been racking my brain to come up with "the offer of all offers", but alas, I find that the best I can do is offer my 57 inch TV with surround system that I purchased less than 1 year ago. It's the only thing I own free and clear. If I owned a home, I would give it to you Kyle - lock, stock, and barrel just to spend one afternoon with Alice Cooper. I'm a 47 year old Alice Cooper junkie and Alice was huge when I was in high school in the 70's. My older brother and I use to steal each other's Alice albums - he had one, I'd have another - it was great! I've followed Alice Cooper's career ever since. Being the only girl of the family (I had 3 brothers), my mother would not let me attend concerts, although my brothers were allowed, so I saw my first Alice Cooper show in October of 2001 in NJ. My son (age 19) bought the tickets for me as a birthday present - WOW! I couldn't talk for three days!!! We went again the following October - same effect! Now I have always hoped that one day I would get to meet Alice Cooper to thank him for the many years of entertainment he has brought, and continues to bring to my life, but I have to say, Kyle, you have a daunting task with all the great offers that have been made, to have to choose only one. I have to honestly say that if I were you, my offer would rank kind of low on the totem pole - but that's OK. My 17 year old daughter asked me how would I live with myself if I didn't throw my "top hat" into the ring and try? She's right - so there it is! I offer my 57 inch TV with the awesome surround sound system that I watch my Alice Cooper DVD's on for one afternoon with Alice Cooper - it will sure look great in the living room of your house when you get it!! I can't wait to see what offer wins Wednesday night! Thanks - this has been great fun! Jacci ********** Kyle, for one afternoon with Alice Cooper I will offer you a Kiss snow globe. This is an electric snow globe and it lights up and has a motor to automatically make it "snow". This is a big snow globe. I also have the original box it came in.(see pics) The globe and the box are in mint condition. Mark ********** Hi Kyle, Before I make my offer, I would like to give you some background on why this means so much to me. I took my son to his first concert for his 9th birthday. You guessed it, we saw Alice Cooper. Matthew loved all his music from back in the day so it was only natural. Matt is now 14 and I have taken him to see Alice every year since. His bedroom looks like Cooper central with various items from shows, stores, and EBay. Last year, I was fortunate enough to purchase tickets with a meet and greet package. My son actually got to meet Alice and have his guitar signed by the legend himself! You have no idea what a Mother feels when she sees the look of elation in their childs eyes. At that moment in time, I was the best Mom in the entire world - yes I was!!! My son will be starting high school in the fall and that is when kids begin to pull away from their parents. Before that happens, I want to give Matt one more memory that he will never forget. I am willing to offer $1000 in Massachusetts scratch tickets in $1, $5, or $10 denominations. I know it's not a fire truck, but it's the best I can do. Do you feel lucky Kyle? Your new house could be just a scratch away! ********** Dear Kyle, We are huge Alice Cooper fans so I'm going to make you a pretty fair offer for the afternoon with Allice Cooper. 1,000 Glow Stick Powered Basketball or Volleyball packages. (a $20,000 retail value). I'll even include any name or logo on all the balls. If your interested, check out the products here: www.flybynightsports.com/store.html If I don't hear from you then good luck with your venture for a new house. Earl ********* Hey Kyle: My name is Gino, I am a martial arts school owner near Pittsburgh Pa., and a very huge Alice fan,I am willing to trade 2 years free martial arts instruction at my dojo. I will also throw in two free karate uniforms. Let me know what you think. My website is houseofmartialarts.homestead.com - Thanks, Gino Bovo ********** KYLE: Tin Weasel (Pro Rock Cover Band) will play 4 Hours of Classic and Contemporary Rock (Live) for any Event in CA NV or AZ (Wedding, Corporate, Grad Party, Whatever). Our normal charge is $900 to $2500 for a Performance (depending on how much lighting, sound, travel, etc is required). If you want to put that up for Trade, we will accept the "Alice Day" and will NOT utilize the "Alice Day" until we have performed for the Trade Winner. Let me know. I think you may get a taker. BARRY HEGRENES President www.garagebanned.net *********** hi kyle, first of all i have to tell you i think what you are doing is genius and hilarious and of course creative. i would love an afternoon with alice cooper. his wit and intelligence would be an evening to remember. i have one of three options to trade; 1. a living room concert at the home of your choosing with janis ian or 2. a 40 1 hour therapy sessions a year with me either by phone or at my office for 2 years ( i am a psychotherapist in practice for 23 years, near orlando; specializing in relationships, acoa issues, recovery and personal evolvement) or 3. train your dog to become a psychological service dog for any mental/emotional issues you may have ; ) good luck to you on this journey!! warmly marcie cramer www.psychservicedogs.org ********** My boyfriend is one of the biggest Alice fans around. I would like to trade you all that I have, my talent of spirit mediumship. I offer you 1 reading each week for 30 minutes via either email or phone (at my charge). I have been a spirit medium (aka psychic, but better) for over 30 years and currently work with police agencies on missing persons and murder cases. You can learn more about me from www.tangledwishes.com Warm Regards, Kristy ********* Kyle, My Daughter is a big Alice fan (so am I), I would trade 1500 shares of Hempline Inc. It is a private company going public and I will give 1500 shares of Hempline or 1500 shares of Yonge Street Capital which is the public company Hempline is taking over, your choice! Regards, David *********** WE HAVE A 1974 WELL PRESERVED FIRE TRUCK (PUMPER) THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TRADE FOR THE ALICE COOPER DEAL. GREAT FOR LARGE-GROUP WET T-SHIRT CONTESTS & KEG RUNS. GREAT FOR THE HABITUAL DRUNK DRIVING OFFENDER, AS THE POLICE WILL NOT PULL OVER FIRE TRUCKS. THANKS FOR CONSIDERING OUR OFFER. BOB & TOM ROCK!!! CHERYL & ROBERT BAUMANN SARDINIA OH ********** hey whats up dude! for the afternoon with ALICE COOPER i would like to offer tattoo time in my Middlesex, New Jersey tattoo studio HOUSE OF 1000 TATTOOS. i am willing to do up to a full sleeve or a full backpiece. depending on the desired artwork and time involved inking you, which greatly depends on your ability to sit still .the total value will be around $5000 depending on those factors.my portfolio is available for you to view any time just let me know and ill send pics. i do full custom work in any style anything from old school traditional,huge cover-ups in black&grey and color, portrait work, biomech, custom tribal to just about any idea you can think of and have 12 years in the business.looking forward to hearing from you! thanks for your time! rick schreck *********** Hey Kyle, i got a couple of offers for the Alice Cooper meet and greet, first of all i have a rolex watch authentic of course,1980s stainless steel model in fine working form, i collect them so i only buy good pieces, or secondly i can offer a phone number which is quite famous its the JENNY song from tommy tutone, 867 5309.,.. anyhow i own the number and i get hoards of calls from everywhere from people wanting too talk 2 jenny, let me know, ciao and take care, Alex ********** Kyle, I would like to offer you a trade for the afternoon with Alice Cooper. My dad is a huge rock fan (and a huge Bob & Tom fan...that's how I heard about this trade). I would love to acquire this opportunity for him for Father's Day. In exchange for one afternoon with Alice Cooper, I am offering a gray 1988 Ford Thunderbird that runs great, although it does have a broken fuel gauge (I watch the mileage), a "disconnected" sway bar, and a hidden oil leak. In addition to the T-bird, I will include $200 worth of Tupperware (I am a Tupperware consultant), a batch of homemade sugar cookies, and a $50 donation to the Defenders of Wildlife in your name or a loved one's name. Please think about my offer because I would love to give this once in a lifetime opportunity to meet Alice Cooper to my dad. Thanks, Rachel www.my.tupperware.com/rachelstrong ********** Hi, My name is Patrick Holl, I am the President of Mid West Music Video and I would like to offer a trade for the Day with Alice Cooper, I would like to trade a $6000.00 Custom Video Package, "Regular Rates Apply" Travel Charges not included in the trade, and must be used with in 1 year of the trade. You can visit Midwestmusicvideo.com and see everything the package includes. I am a HUGE Alice Cooper fan, and would trade just about anything for this. Thank you, Patrick Holl ********* Okay so we have an idea that may just put you in a higher value of trading. We work for a nonprofit that currently has a building that has been unnamed. Having a building named after your family would normally cost at least a million. We will offer our Learning Center to be named after your family or maybe One Red Paper Clip. The ORP. The Learning Center is located in central Phoenix, good notoriety, and hot market. Here is a quick overview of what we do in Arizona. Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development Serving abused, abandoned, troubled and neglected youth in our community since 1973. Tumbleweed serves our homeless, runaway, and at risk youth in Phoenix, Arizona. We provide shelter, counseling, outreach, job development, education, and more to youths ages nine up to age twenty-two. http://Tumbleweed.org So would you like your family name sealed in history? Value = Over a million Reason- Why not, don't we all want a building named after us? -Meghan ********** Hi Kyle. I applaud your novel idea for trading up for a house! I own a very cool specialty coffee shop called Javalina's Coffee & Friends. Javalina's is located in Tucson, Arizona, a metropolitan area of about a million people, and we feature live music on Friday and Saturday nights. I would trade a free drink every day for a year for an afternoon with Alice Cooper, plus I would let my 2,000+ newsletter subscribers know about your unique idea for procuring a house. In addition, if Alice was willing to do a two-hour evening performance at my shop instead of the afternoon, I'll list the show in our newspapers and local radio station calendars as well as on my website and link to your website. I'll also do my best to catch the attention of the local media in hopes of getting a write-up in the paper which would further get the word out about your quest for a house. By the way, if you could make it to Arizona for the afternoon or evening with Alice, you would have the opportunity to spend some time with him up close and personal yourself. Thank you for considering my offer, and best wishes for successfully getting the house of your dreams! Bonnie Vining - Javalina's Coffee & Friends - www.javalinas.com/calendar.html ********** I offer camping rights to our backyard for 6 months in Meridian Mississippi, one of the most boring and pitifull towns in the south. We are moving out tomorrow, and the house is for sale. We'd love to offer six months in our charming home's backyard, since it means folks from all over the world will see that it's for sale ! By the way, it's a very reasonable asking price of only $99,000. On the event that the house sells before the camping (squatting) time is complete, the lucky camper will win an all expenses paid Greyhound Transport trip to the beach! Camping is such great fun, what else could you ask for ? ********** Hi Kyle, I'd like to make an offer for the afternoon with Alice Cooper. Since Alice is an avid golfer, we are offering 10,000 lifetime memberships with DateAGolfer.com. Each membership currently costs $9.99US because we are running a special so this is a value of $99,990.00US. Our regular price for a lifetime membership is $99.99US so if we decide to stop our current special and go back to our regular price, the value of the 10,000 memberships will go up, potentially to almost $1,000,000US. The person who takes possession of the memberships is free to sell them at whatever cost they would like. Even though we are currently charging $9.99, they may sell them at a discount or at an inflated price if they wish. They may even give them away as gifts if they wish. As a side note, I'm going to see Alice tonight in Halifax...can't wait! Thanks for considering our offer and congratulations on an incredible idea. I thought the Million Dollar Homepage was neat, but this is even better! - Mike ********** To trade I will give 12 concert tickets to see Casey Pilgreen & The Born South Band. If you are from Texas then you know Casey Pilgreen he is the hottest thing to hit Texas. We will give you backstage pass at each concert. This is for the Concerts only how you get to the concerts will be up to you. I will also throw in a fan page just for you on his web site. (NO Adult pages or distasteful pages) That's right for one year you will have your fan page on www.caseypilgreen.net. Thanks for the site and the trade idea. Billie ********** I will trade you 1 holiday week at a resort(Villa Del Palmar) in Cabo San Lucas for the afternoon with Alice. Imagine spending new years eve in Cabo!!!!!!! -- Brenda. ********** Hi, my husband, Steve, would love to golf with Alice Cooper. In exchange, I would be happy to put in a small (10' x 10') summer garden for someone here in Phoenix -- consultation on what would work, dirt, mulch and plants and labor included! I am Jeanne Winograd. Hope someone likes this idea. :-) ********** I would trade you one rosewood xylophone. It has three full octaves and a case. It is a professional instrument, not used for many years, in great condition. I also have an electric guitar, Washburn model A10, if you would rather have that. I’d trade either one. Thanks, Bob ********** Hey man, I work in the country music industry in Nashville, TN (I do radio promotions) I will offer a full year of radio promotion (getting your song played on the radio - about a $36,000 value!) in exchange for the afternoon with Alice Cooper! Thanks! Matthew Wilkes ********** Kyle, my name is Kelsey and I live in the happening college and outdoor town of Missoula, Montana. I heard about you "trading up" your paper clip on the news....rad stuff. Anyway, I don't know if you are bartering just for the house or what, I'm a little confused. Anyway, I am willing to barter a weekend in Missoula, with guided flyfishing on your choice of our many Blue Ribbon trout Streams with a professional guide. Food and Lodging will be provided. All I can promise is a good time. I know it's not a house, but it seems to me, and I might be a bit confused, that there are all sorts of trades going on through your website. Please clear up my confusion and let me know whats up. I hope I can work something out with you or someone else. Meeting people is fun, and Missoula is awesome. Peace from Big Sky Country. Hope to hear back from you soon. Kelsey ********** one Anne Rice signed book collection and never opened 20th anniversary limited signed Interview With The Vampire, a triple signed by Anne 25th anniversary Playboy with bottle of Lestat Cuvee wine - Denise ********** Kyle, Man am I torn! Alice Cooper (a favorite since my teen years) vs. a tour of Air Force Two. Seems to me that the Alice Cooper afternoon holds far greater value. In addition, the AF2 deal includes gaining clearance from the Secret Service. No scofflaws need apply! That could severly limit you trading partners. How dare I possibly tie your hands as such! So you ask - Is the Air Force Two thing for real? Further, who the hell has ever heard of AF2? OK. Here's the deal. It is real, and it flies Washington D.C. dignitaries (except for the President) all over the world. And how can some lowly Hoosier possibly hook me up with such a deal? Well, my best friend's brother is currently on of the pilots of this craft. Can I pass off my rights to tour the aircraft? I have my doubts. I knew however that I could no longer withhold this information from you. It is yours to now deal with! David Kelly - Greenfield, IN ********** Hi, I'd like to trade space for you for 1 week in my RV at Burningman 2006. I have a 30 ft RV with air conditioning, shower, toilet, kitchen which will be well suited for spending the week in during the heat and playa dust stirred up by the wind. I have all the towels, medical kit, and accessories needed for camping. I'll do all the driving from SF area, make sure you can shower and even have a golf cart to cruise in for the deep playa trips. I work at the BMIR Radio station, so you would be able, if you like to join me on my nightly 9-10pm Sexy Sunburn Erotic hour of music show. I'll be throwing in some booze and hauling off your trash for you. You just need to come with your clothes and your favorite food. Thanks for this opportunity, Sunburn Sarah **********

one wikipedia entry

...actually, there are two: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_red_paperclip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_MacDonald No idea how these got set up, but I expect to see some very "creative" editing on these bad boys in the near future. open source + people I know = a gold mine of awewsomeness have fun - Kyle

Blake not Ricky

Ricky is a new dad. That's right. Ricky's wife, and my cousin, Carmen, just had a baby boy yesterday. His official name is Blake not Ricky. Seriously. Okay, no, just joking. It's Blake. Straight up. But nevertheless, a big congrats to Carm and Ricky. We're all off-the-charts happy for you. 10 lbs 5 oz! Just a predicton, but I bet Blake's gonna be an absolute bruiser. In other, less stork-related current events, things are also super choice. I'm chilling in L.A. with my dad. We've been doing gnarly Sunset Strip activites like eating french toast, buying discount running shoes at shoe warehouses, and going to bed early. I know, we're so Hollywood. And I'm also "taking lunch" with some folks tomorow. Yeah, it's pretty funny to say that. Not sure if it's cool to wear my cut-off clam-diggers to the restaurant we're going to.....only one way to find out I guess. Actually, I have some pretty big meetings this week. I should probably sharpen up and make myself look real professional, like I know all the answers. Something real good. Like gold bracelets. There's been a TON of articles about one red paperclip that've gone out in the last little bit, but this Belgian one is especially rad. Oh yeah, I know you were in suspense, but I've got bad news: the rental car place was all out of Dodge Stratuses. Sorry to dissapoint. It's all Chevy Malibu this week. Man, I really wanted that Stratus. Sometimes you gotta dream. We hung out with Jody Gnant quite a bit the last few days. Jody's one of the coolest, most happy and down-to-earth people I've ever met. Her album is just gonna rule. Feel free to swing over to her site and pre-order it! Actually, you know what - things really did get a bit Hollywood around the MacDonald camp. Pops is now an executive producer on Nirvan Mullick's Hollywood epic, The 1 Second Film. We also woke up to the fact that we've had our pants down to our Canadian cell phone provider's $2 per-minute roaming charges, and slapped some American SIM cards in our phones. We've both got 310 area codes now. Man, K & I MacDonald are becoming some real heavy-hitters. 310 area codes, executive producer credits, discount running shoes.....we're a so-cal force to be reckoned with, yo. There's no stopping us. K, gotta go to bed. I don't wanna miss the French toast. Kyle

Stairing Problem

Okay, I said I'd never sell out and all that, but I caved. Here's my new sponsor: (I think we can all agree that there's nothing on earth that even comes close to being as amazing as this product.) I double dare you to buy this quality dog-enhancing product. Actually, I double dog dare you. have fun - Kyle

Funnix

Phoenix was awesome. Sunny, hot, and super fun. Jody Gnant is an all star. Since we were in Phoenix, the wild west, Jody and I made the trade at high noon. Jody now has the recording contract, and I've got myself an entire year worth of rent in a nice little duplex. It's got a porch stoop, a shady tree, heck it even has a white picket fence. Yep, the whole nine. It was really great to finally meet Jody and all her friends and family. A real good group of folks! Thanks again guys for scoring me a place to stay! Jody's gonna swing on up to Toronto over the next few months to record her new album. You can pre-order copies at her site. It was a huge day. We ran all over town with her boyfriend Scott to do TV interviews at all the local stations and even made the "official" trade in front of cameras that shot for the evening news. A lankmark one red paperclip day. Phoenix was a crazy, sleep-deprived, caffeine fueled blur. I was on TV NINE times yesterday, including CNN twice and Good Morning TV in England. Over the last 48 hours I've done about 70 radio interviews over the phone - with a back-log of about 200 radio interviews to go. Gonna be a busy week. On one interview with an Australian radio station, Jody went on the phone and did an of the cuff version of the "red paperclip" song she's planning to write. So cool. But I have to say the media highlight of the last few days was wearing a bow-tie with flashing lights when I talked to Tucker Carlson on MSNBC. Tucker officially gave up his trademark bow-tie last week, but I'm keeping the dream alive for the rest of us. My dad even flew down from Vancouver to hang out for a few days. We rocked out last night at Alice Cooper's Town. Big thanks to everyone who turned up for the "Team Paperclip" bash. It was really cool meeting y'all. Jody, my Dad and I are all in L. A. now. Jody's at the ASCAP "I Create Music" Expo and pops and me are here for a smorgasborg of reasons - including the pulse-quickening possibility that we might even rent a Dodge Stratus. L.A. is such a ticking time bomb of awesomeness. I can't wait till to see what happens next. Keep your bow-tie tight - Kyle

Alice Cooper's Town Wednesday night in Phoenix

This is an open invite. Anyone and everyone is welcome to rock out with us: I just got an email from Jody Gnant. She just organized a bit of a shindig at Alice Cooper's Town in downtown Phoenix on Wednesday night. from Jody: "They have this really cool little room called the Dungeon that will perfect for our party. We will also have access to the rest of the club for our group, should it be a large one. Who knows? Alice Cooper might even get in on the adventure." That's so awesome. I had no idea Alice Cooper had his own town. And yes, I totally think this is the kind of trading adventure Alice Cooper should get in on. Maybe if I trade up to a house, I could trade it for Alice Cooper's town....hmmm...So if you want a fun night in the town, swing on by Wednesday. www.alicecooperstown.com Alice Cooper's Town 101 E. Jackson St. Phoenix, AZ 85004 map here It's been so long since I've been to a good shindig - Kyle

imPRESSive

Okay, I've been totally obliterated with all the media attention that came about today. Apparently the front page of the ABC News website had a picture of The Pope, Bono, Tom Cruise, and me. Don't think I'm gonna let all this media madness go to my head though. Nope. My mom still cuts my hair and I intend to keep it that way. Big thanks to ABC for the crazy New York City experience. I never thought I'd ever say "Good Morning" to America on national TV, let alone two days in a row. By the way, I'll take you up on that weatherperson gig any day - just give me the call! I am a Geography major, after all. I can drop phrases like Cumulonimbus and Warm Front with the best of 'em. Yup, if you're really lucky, we might even get into talking about oxbow lakes... I somehow even scored a spot on World News Tonight as well. You can see the clip here. The big ABC weekend coincided with a story by the Associated Press, so articles about one red paperclip were published pretty much everywhere on the planet. I really can't believe how this has taken off lately. It's totally overwhelming, and totally rad. If you'd like to interview me about one red paperclip, or anything else for that matter,please contact me via email or phone. I will personally respond to every single email, and say yes to every single interview request...it just might take me a little while to do so. Today I'm flying to Phoenix to meet up with Jody Gnant and make the official trade of the recording contract for the year's worth of rent in Phoenix. I'll decide what my next move will be later this week. Things are definitely heating up. I better remember to pack shorts. see ya soon - Kyle

Let's make a swap!

That's right! I will send you a highly-coveted one red paperclip patch if you send me an original (on paper) newspaper/magazine article about one red paperclip to the address below! Yes, that's right, they're highly-coveted. You can send just the article, or the full newspaper, whatever works for you. Be sure to send me your full mailing address so I can send you your one red paperclip patch!

please mail all articles to:

503 Main Street
Kipling Saskatchewan
S0G 2S0
Canada

I wonder how many swaps we can make?!

Have fun - Kyle

PS - I made this offer back in April too, and well, um, I didn't exactly have any patches ready at the time and, um, they're just finally being mailed out this week.....sorry for the delay guys....BUT this time they're ready to go right away!

ABC World News Tonight Monday

This just in: I'll be on ABC's World News Tonight on Monday as well. Be there, or...have a Tivo - Kyle PS - Let's be myspace friends! .

Good MONDAY Morning America

Well, I said Good Morning to America today. My first time ever. They just added me to the line-up for Monday's show as well. Looks like I get to say good morning to America for the second day in a row! Nice! Not sure what time I'll be on - but Monday April 17 tune in to ABC and watch Good Morning America! It's gonna be awesome. See you there! - Kyle

Good Morning America

Despite my desire to do so, I can honestly say that I've never had a decent chance to say Good Morning to all of America before. Until now. This Easter Sunday, April 16, I'll be on Good Morning America on ABC. It's going to be awesome. one red paperclip coming straight at ya from Times Square. I'm flying down Saturday. Pretty excited about this. Pretty dang excited. Watch ABC Sunday morning at about 7-7:30AM on the East Coast (might be different Central time/ West Coast etc...) if you wanna see me say good morning to America. It's gonna be fun. And in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight. - Kyle

one year in Phoenix

. Hold on a sec - before you read the description of "one year in Phoenix", swing on over to Jody Gnant's website and listen to her music! Okay, now that you're back and bought Jody's CD and all that at her website, let's get down to the details about the year of rent in Phoenix. Jody Gnant has the recording contract - I get one year in Phoenix. I hope the recording contract can help Jody get her singing career underway - who knows, maybe one day she'll even record with Lionel Richie! one year in Phoenix includes: -One year free rent in the heart of downtown Phoenix. (If needed, the apartment can also come fully furnished.) -roundtrip airfare for two from any major airport in North America. Features: Live right in the heart of downtown Phoenix. Short walk to Roosevelt Arts District, Major Arts and Entertainment Facilities, Sports Arenas, ASU Downtown Campus, the Capitol, etc. 1BR, 1Bath, historic bungalow style duplex with 9 foot ceilings, oak floors, living room with fireplace, separate dining room, new kitchen, laundry room. 700 square feet. I can throw in four third-row tickets to an AZ Diamondbacks game, which is walking distance to the recipients new home. Here's the house: (Map to location here.) I'm pretty jazzed about this - my first foray into real estate. I so don't have any official real estate trading credentials or anything like that. I don't even drive a Dodge Stratus. I should probably get myself some business cards, a briefcase, and above all else, a car phone.

have fun - kyle

offers for one year in Phoenix

**IMPORTANT**

These offers are for one year in Phoenix. If you want to make a trade for any of these items listed below, PLEASE MAKE ME AN OFFER FOR THE ONE YOU WANT! It will be very easy for me to choose which of the below items to take if my next trade is already lined up! Thanks - Kyle.

********** BE CREATIVE! I'm not holding out for any offer in particular and I don't expect to get a house for one year's worth of rent in Phoenix. However, my offer still stands that I will trade one year in Phoenix for a REAL General Lee - which I'm sure we can all agree will be the best intermediate trade item of all time. Ever. **********

Send your trade offer to: oneredpaperclip@gmail.com or let me know which one you think I should take!

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THE OFFERS

one oldtimer mobile home

a year of rent in Phoenix + return airfare + tickets to a Arizona Diamondbacks game i'll will offer you an oldtimer mobilehome in The Netherlands.Vriendelijke groet. Wow. Look at this thing! I've never even BEEN in an old-timer mobile home before. Imagine the summer you could have in a thing like that! -- Do you want "one old-timer mobile home"? If you do, send your offer to oneredpaperclip@gmail.com

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one summer in Hollywood

Love the site - you must be havin a blast! I am leaving for a 3 month trip back to my hometown of London, England and am prepared to offer the following: One bedroom in a stunning apartment in Hollywood, CA for 4 months rent free. Fully furnished including wet bar, full size pro poker table, 50 inch plasma TV, surround sound system, wireless internet, suede couch that seats 5, beautiful leather queen bed, LCD TV in master bedroom. Balcony overlooking a large designer shaped pool with palm trees. Apartment is located in secure unit. Summer is comin and there is nowhere better to be! LA will be thumpin and the pad is conveniently located within walking distance of major nightlife including Sky Bar, Standard and Shelter nightclubs. Now I know this is not quite enough so there is a kicker!! Also with the apartment is a car. A PORSCHE CONVERTIBLE to be exact! This will be available for the lucky recipient to enjoy as his or her pleasure. * Great condition inside and out – no scratches, dents, dings or rust! * Sports Package throughout car – including sports steering wheel and Porsche turbo gear stick! * 18in Porsche Turbo alloy wheels This is a fun car! Of course before I leave I will stock the place with everything you might need. I am leaving around April 22nd (tbc) so time is ticking. Good luck with whatever decision you make. You will get the house - the question is when, not if! - Marc Now THIS is what I call a summer package. Nice. It's going to be very hard not to just take this offer and drive around in the Porsche all summer! -- Do you want "one summer in Hollywood"? If you do, send in your offer for One Summer in Hollywood to oneredpaperclip@gmail.com

********** one house plan

Alright Kyle, here's my offer.You want a house, right? Well, what do you know, I happen to design custom homes. I work in an architecture office here in Phoenix, and am willing to put together a set of architectural plans (sans stamp, being that I'm not registered yet) and work with you to create the home of your dreams. All for a year in phoenix. What do you say? - Lina

Sounds like a plan! Not sure about how the "stamp-factor" alters the viability of this plan, but let's see what the people say... -- Do you want "one house plan?" If you do, send in your offer for One House Plan to oneredpaperclip@gmail.com

********** one 30-second TV commercial

Yo Kyle I work at a video post house in St Louis Mo. I will trade the latest item for a full blown 30 sec television commercial. Aprox value $8000 David sextro - www.newworldpost.com

Wow! This is very cool. A full-on commercial. You never know - this could be the next "WAAAAAAZUP!" -- Do you want a 30 second TV commerical? If you do, send in your offer for one 30-second TV commercial to oneredpaperclip@gmail.com ********** Rachel's 24 hour lap-a-thon

Hello, this is Rachel. I currently work for a gentlemen's club in Roppingi, Tokyo, Japan where I earn my living by stripping. We make money out of bottles of champagne that we open or private dances we perform for our customers. Private dance consists of topless dance in privacy with the restriction of strictly no physical touch allowed from clients' side. Or you will be kicked out of the club and banned for good. This private dance costs 7,000yen (apx. $60) for 5min session and it is renewable. So I came up with the idea of how much it would cost for me to perform a 24hr consecutive private dance session. Quite simply, an hour can hold 12 sessions multiplied by 24 makes it 288 sessions times 60 is $17,280. I don't know how much an year rent in Phoenix is worth but I thought someone might be interested in trading for it. What do you think? Have a great day and hope to hear from you soon!! Best regards, Rachel. Hey Rachel, I can honestly say that I've never partook in a lap dance before, and my girlfiend would probably frown on the idea. But you know what? I'm sure there's somebody out there who'd be willing to make an offer for a 24 hour lap-a-thon from you. -- Do you want a 24 hour lap dance from Rachel? If you do, send in your offer for Rachel's 24 hour lap-a-thon to oneredpaperclip@gmail.com

********** Jay's Hot Ride

Yo i dunno about your whole crazy adventure, but i got a 1991 chevy blazer with major modifications on it, i attached a pics or two , i think im the first offer . WHAT DO I GOT TO LOSE!!

Jay - Phoenix Yo Jay. Not much. -- Do you want Jay's hot ride? If you do, send in your offer for Jay's Great Gray Lowrider to oneredpaperclip@gmail.com

one trade coming up

Okay, the deadline for trade offers for the recording contract is today (Tues April 11) at Noon Pacific Time. (L.A./San Fran etc..) If you still have an offer for the recording contract, send it to me (oneredpaperclip@gmail.com) before then! You can see the current offers here. have fun - Kyle

LETS BE SUPER-AWESOME MYSPACE FRIENDS!

LET'S BE MYSPACE FRIENDS! WE CAN HANG OUT! AND EXCLAIM TOGETHER! HEY! MAYBE WE CAN EVEN EXCLAMATE TOGETHER! I LOVE TO EXCLAMATE! -- Kyle!

Wanna be in my top 8?

This'll be fun. Okay, the first 8 people to change their myspace user profile picture to a picture of YOU with ONE RED PAPERCLIP get to go in my top 8. (yes, photoshopping your pic is cool.) The first 8 people to email me a link to your profile get the nod. If my top 8 isn't filled with 8 RED PAPERCLIPPERS, then that means you still have a chance! Get in touch with me however you can - send your myspace link to oneredpaperclip@gmail.com or send me an IM or add me as a friend with your newfangled one red paperclip myspace screen shot or call my cell and spell out your myspace name or telepathically make it happen somehow or...you get the idea. you can scope out the one red paperclip myspace at (myspace.com/oneredpaperclip) have fun, and don't drag your feet if you wanna get in the top 8! -- Kyle

KROQed

I had a great chat this morning with Kevin and Bean (and Lisa) on KROQ. Through the magic of technology, you can listen to it all here. Thanks guys, I'll fill in for Morgan Freeman anytime! Kyle

Trade Your Stuff

NOTE: *This is separate from the "official" series of trades I'm making from one red paperclip to a house* The value of my trading items is getting 'up there', so that means that fewer and fewer people are able to get in on the trades. Taking that into consideration, and the fact that A LOT of people mentioned that they wanted a place to trade stuff, I set up the official one red paperclip trading post: www.1redpaperclip.com/stuff/forum Feel free to post things you want to trade or make offers on the stuff that's already there. (I'll let you in on a little secret - there's even one red paperclip up for grabs...) I eventually want one red paperclip to be a fully functional swap site with ultra-cool personal blog features and all sorts of other great stuff, but until it happens, the trading post is where it's at! If you're a web designer and want to put together a really awesome trading website - something that will blow all the other trading websites out of the water - get in touch with me. I'm not looking to create a run-of the mill website here. Oh no. I'm talking, like, web 3.0, with the potential to go large. Cutting edge, innovative, snappy, and all those other cliche buzzwords. AND, on top of all that, it's gotta be fun. I've got some ideas, but my web design skills are worse than bad. Chicks DO NOT dig me for my computer skills. I'm really holding out for somebody who scores based on their web-design prowess - a real hardcore super geek who knows your stuff and ain't afraid to admit it. If that's you, call me: 514-833-3980 I can drum up some seed money to make this happen. I think it'd be cool to launch the new one red paperclip trading site by the time I trade up to the house. (whenever that is...) It'll be a definite win-win for everybody involved. Have fun - kyle

KROQ

This is awesome: I'm gonna talk to Kevin and Bean on KROQ Thursday morning (April 6th) at 9:05 AM Pacific time. If you're in L.A. = 106.7 FM. Everywhere else = www.kroq.com Roq on - Kyle

1:02:03 04/05/06

I just did a radio interview in Perth Australia. Well, I'm still in Montreal, I just did a live phone interview with a radio station in Perth Australia. Technology is fun. Perth Australia is a LONG way from Montreal. A very very very long way. But thanks to technology it was possible. Although, I missed out on so much good jet lag. And chatting it up with lots of Aussies. That's okay though, there's an Aussie bloke named Darren staying with us this week. He's rippa. It looks like there's gonna be some super fun radio interviews over the next little while. Gonna spread the word about the recording contract and see what happens. Should be heaps of good fun. Supa fun. In the meantime, feel free to read some short stories I wrote. They're all true. They're all fun. You can also swing on over to the official one red paperclip myspace page and we can be cyber myspace friends. Since myspace is officially taking over the world, I guess it's the kind of thing that sorta kinda just has to be done. Oh, and I made this post at 1:02:03 04/05/06. Think about that when you're standing around the water cooler. Water cooler cone cups get soggy - Kyle

Who Are These Guys?

Okay, it's come down to this. My brother Scott sent me this picture about three years ago, and I haven't been able to have a good night's sleep since. I really want to get to the bottom of this. Actually, I really NEED to get to the bottom of this. I miss sleeping well at night. Does anybody know who these guys are? Can you please pass this picture along to somebody else who might know? I even set up a blog entirely dedicated to the hunt for the true identity of these fantastic men. Feel free to pass this URL around: www.whoaretheseguys.blogspot.com Thanks for any help whatsoever, I'm sure we'll all sleep so much better at night if we can unmask the identity of these mysterious pastel-covered dudes. My friend Dan and I think they're a band, and actually sort of decided that their name is "The Thunder Ponies." If they are infact a band, then it's a pretty safe bet to assume that they're called "The Thunder Ponies". But maybe they're a comedy troupe. Or perhaps the guys who invented the word "tubular". But, then again, they could be anyone. I really don't know. It's driving me mad. Tighten up your headband - Kyle

Pops is 54

It's my Dad's birthday today. April 4, 1952. Fifty-four. I'm still not even half as old as him. He just emailed me, "Went for a run today. Found another fan." (At which point, you really need to read this story.) I'm happy he found another fan - birthdays are like that, fun things happen. Fun things like finding fans. Hey! Send my Dad a happy birthday email! He'll like that! You never know, maybe he'll even trade his new fan with you... ian(at)softcinch(dot)com Happy Birthday Pops - Kyle

Good Old Fashioned Parking

Montreal has the most insane parking restrictions in the world, hands down. Today was the first day of the summer season parking restrictions. The snow is gone so the rules ramp up. It's kinda like opening day in baseball. The meter maids come out of hibernation, shine up their trusty pens, and fire away. I woke up this morning and could feel something just wasn't right. I rolled up the blinds and looked out at our beautiful red Corolla station wagon, parked aginst the curb in all its glory. My glance rose up to find a freshly laid white parking ticket placed dutifully under the left wiper. Rats. Not the best way to start the day. Nothing like getting a fine while you sleep. I was caught completely off guard, never saw it coming. Today was the first day of the big-league parking restrictions - I usually last at least a week before getting nailed like that. Dom told me to chill out and look on the bright side. "It's supposed to be funny - it's a parking ticket." I figured she was right and made the best of it by opening a fresh box of Mini-Wheats. Mini-Wheats always cheer me up. They're wholesome and delicious. Dom went outside to grab the ticket. She came back in with a huge smile across her face. She dropped the ticket on the table, "Here you go, Mr. Grumpy." I glanced down from the nutritional information on the Mini-Wheats box (high in dietary fiber by the way) and pried open the ticket with disgust. Those bastards. Writing tickets while people sleep. I looked at the damage. $0. A Warning. I looked up at Dom and matched her smile. She took the ticket from me and said, "See Mr. Baboon, it's supposed to be funny - it's a parking ticket." Dom was right. It was funny. The Mini-Wheats were just a bonus. I never thought I'd ever say this, but today I was happy to drive a Corolla, instead of a Fiero. But then again, tomorrow's another day. Check your meter - Kyle

Sitting on My Hands and Holding Out

...and yes, all you stereotypical accent lovers, that's a stereotypically Canadian "out" - pronounced "oot" as in boot or root or shoot or loot or fruit or flute or Beruit or hot pursuit - you get the idea, eh? Yeah, so stereotypical accent nonsense aside, I'd like to publicly announce that I'm holding out until I get "the" offer for the recording contract. Yes, I'm sitting on my hands. Now, there are plenty of amazing offers for the recording contract, but unless somebody makes me an offer on one of them so I can pre-trade it for the next, I'm really not certain that I'm moving up in the trading game with any of them. (Check out the current offers here) The two offers people tell me to take, The Mexican Bar and the Full Body Tattoo, are really choice, but I'm not so sure about re-trading them. Everybody says I should go for the Full Body Tattoo. Nobody is willing to make an offer for it. I think we can all agree that it'd be pretty awesome to trade for the full body tattoo, but it'll probably be that hardest thing for me to re-trade. Ever. (If you want a full body tattoo, send your offer for it to oneredpaperclip@gmail.com) The Mexican Bar offer is amazing, and I talked to Emilio on the phone and he seems like an awesome guy, but he still hasn't sent me any pictures of this "beach bar" in Acapulco. So as far as I know, it might just be a shack on a swamp. I'm getting heaps of emails from people who say that I should make more trades to keep things around here interesting. I'm also getting heaps of emails from people who say that I should hold out until "the" offer comes in. It's about 50/50 right now. Half of you are bored - half of you think I'll be an idiot to take anything I've been offered so far. Now, I'd like to make trades as quick as possible, I'm not trying to bore you. The bottom line is: boring is boring. But the other bottom line is: I'm trying to trade up to a house. It's come to the point where I've said it so many times and so many people know about it that I'll pretty much be a total chump if I don't trade one red paperclip for a house. An interesting predicament - not exactly the kind of thing anything in life ever prepares you for. So it's come to this: I can make lots of trades real fast for hard-to-re-trade things and swap myself into a corner, or I can sit on my hands and see what comes along in the offers department. My hands are really really warm right now and I wanna go for something, but I think we can all agree it'll be way more awesomer if I trade up to a house than if I screw up and end up with something that nobody wants and get left on the side of the information superhighway with my thumb out trying to score a ride. It's hard to screw up when you're trading paperclips and pens, but it gets really easy to drop the ball when you're playing around with stuff like cube vans and recording contracts. From here on out it's gonna take some shrewd trading to get to that house. Remember, I'm just a guy with an internet connection and a blog. That's it. I've got literally zero personal resources to put forward in order to make this happen faster. I am not independently wealthy and have no big cash savings I can pull from to get on airplanes and make tons of trades. The revenue from the google adsesne ads on this site covers my internet connection costs and pays a little bit of my rent. A very little bit. Every trade apart from the ones in Yahk has occurred in my spare time when I've been on the road with my part time job as a trade show rep for Table Shox. Yes, I've been really lucky. Amazingly lucky. I still can't believe this has taken off the way it has. It's totally mind blowing. But I think we can all agree it'll be a whole heck of a lot more mind blowing when I finally trade up to a house. The funness of that will be off the charts. So, can you help me spread the word about the project and the recording contract currently up for grabs? Your help will be MASSIVELY appreciated. The more people that find out about the one red paperclip project, the more awesome the offers will be, and the more radical it'll be for you to follow along with this site. Think of it as win-win! This site gets thousands of hits a day right now, but as the value of the items continue to increase it means that fewer and fewer people are able to get in on the trades. (I know, that really sucks. Big time. I'm gonna set up a sweet little web site where we can all start making trades for the kind of stuff we all actually have lying around the house. It's going to be so cool. Soon, soon.) If there's any possible way you can help spread the word about this recording contract (ie. calling up radio stations, talking to your buddies who have a band, text-messaging people who got axed from American Idol etc..) , please let 'em know. I've only made it this far because others have helped out and I'm counting on y'all to help me get to the house! Remember - there'll be an open invite to come hang out at the house when I get there! I'll even bake cookies for everyone! Yes, maybe even chocolate chip cookies! It'll be so win-win. You help spread the word so can I trade up to the house, and I'll bake you cookies! And yes, I'm still sitting on my hands, but I'll wash them before I bake the cookies. And make the next trade. Bye for now - Kyle