Normally, I don’t indulge in linking to other people’s blogs just because they’re interesting … but I’m making an exception for Kyle MacDonald, because he recently completed his quest to trade one red paperclip for a house.

Yep, you read that right. He started with a red paperclip, and bartered his way through a doorknob, an electric generator, a recording contract, and a snow globe … to end up owning a house in Saskatchewan in less than a year! (actually, he’s making the final trade on the anniversary of his first trade, so it technically took him a year to get from paperclip to house). Really impressive. He should be a used car dealer … or a horse trader.