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My name is Kyle MacDonald and I traded one red paperclip for a house. I started with one red paperclip on July 12 2005 and 14 trades later, on July 12, 2006 I traded with the Town of Kipling Saskatchewan for a house located at 503 Main Street. (Click on pictures below to read about each trade!)

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Scotty and that guy named Fiddy did it!

This, my friends, is officially awesome: link

Can you digg it? Digg!

11/29/2006 01:52:00 AM - permalink 8 comments links to this post

There is a BIG Hitch 50 'State 49' Bash in L.A. on Monday

"The Whole Gang" including me and Dom and a whole bunch of others'll be in L.A. to try and help get Scotty and Fiddy to Hawaii by Nov 28th, the 50 day deadline. (They left Times Square with not much more than their thumb, and a goal to hitchhike to all 50 states in 50 days - read more about it at www.hitch50.com if you have no idea what I'm talking about...)

If you can make it to the party, awesome!


Where: Carpe DM Bar
When: Monday Nov 27 2006 8:00 PM
Most specific where: 5710 E. Los Angeles Ave, Simi Valley, CA 93063 - map
Cost: $10
The band Fermata will play, half of the ticket price will go to the "Help Scotty and Fiddy get to Hawaii fund." All proceeds beyond that will go to something really, really, cool.

See ya there! - Kyle

11/24/2006 11:59:00 PM - permalink 5 comments links to this post

A video of my mom cutting my hair when I was like three years old



She cut my hair last Saturday. I'm still fascinated by hairbrushes.

Kyle

11/22/2006 11:37:00 AM - permalink 6 comments links to this post

Barcelona

First off, do you digg photoshop challenges? With prizes? You do? Great. Click here and digg it!

Received this in the ol' email box yesterday:

Yesterday, in the Auditorium of Barcelona (Spain), the Catalonian Open University (UOC) delivered diplomas to the new graduates. I received my diploma of software ingeneer, with on red paper clip! Before ending the ceremony, the Rector's University explained your history and told us that from now on, everything is possible for us, we just have to beleive in our dreams, as you made. I will always keep this red paperclip with me to remember the message. Astrid.

So that ruled. Way to go Astrid!

Have fun - Kyle

11/13/2006 09:19:00 PM - permalink 6 comments links to this post

The Greatest 56 minutes of your life

This is the broadcast of the TV show "Unbelievable" on Fuji TV in Japan back in May. Six parts. Re-enactments. Graphics. Surprised audience. Japanese subtitling. Pretty unbelievable stuff. I officially declare this the greatest hour of television ever produced. Well, besides that episode of America's Funniest Home Videos episode where they Bob Saget gave 100 000 dollars to the outfielder who caught that home run ball and fell over the chain link fence and got hung up by his underwear. I think he was from Montana.

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11/09/2006 01:05:00 PM - permalink 10 comments links to this post

PBS

pbs_logo.gif I was asked to write a review for Antiques Roadshow by PBS. They sent me a super special pre-broadcast sneak preview DVD in the mail. I opened the package. I watched the show. I wrote about it. It was thoroughly enjoyable. You can read about it here:

www.pbs.org/nights/blog/2006/11/antiques_roadshow.html

Oh, and it turns out quite a few people went to Dom's blog, even though I pleasantly asked them not to go there yet. Shame, shame.

Kyle

11/08/2006 02:08:00 PM - permalink 2 comments links to this post

Dom has a blog

But she's nervous and shy about it. She asked me not to let anyone know about it. Yet. So whatever you do, please do not click here.

thanks,

Kyle

11/07/2006 01:48:00 AM - permalink 1 comments links to this post

Scotty and Fiddy are going to Alaska

The best part is that they have no idea how they'll get back to the lower 48.

UPDATE: Digg it here!
Kyle

11/01/2006 02:59:00 PM - permalink 4 comments links to this post


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    On July 12th, 2005 I posted a picture of
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    on this website. I traded my one red paperclip with Rawnie and Corinna for
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    which was exchanged with Annie for
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    that Shawn saw and bartered his
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    by the town of Kipling Saskatchewan Canada.


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