Who would have thought it was possible to parley one red paperclip into a house? One man did. He had a funtastic (not a typo) adventure, met a lot of interesting people, helped a few people, and landed himself a house, a key to the town, and a day as Honorary Mayor. And he did it all in a year!
Here’s his blog with the whole story, and you can read it by clicking the picture links for each trade in the sidebar on the right. If we were all willing to go a little further out on a limb, I wonder what the world would be like…
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Imago Dei on 14 Jul 2006 at 11:08 am
What’s so wrong with Theocracy?
We were created a theocracy. The government God established was a theocracy. And no, I’m not talking about the United States of America. When God created humans and he established government, we were a theocracy. There was no higher authority than God…
Conservative Cat on 14 Jul 2006 at 1:16 pm
Today at Human Events Online, political scientist Mike Franc discusses the effects of the 2003 tax cuts. The most important paragraph is this one. [The Congressional Budget Office] informed lawmakers in May 2003 that the tax cuts would cost the…
Planck’s Constant on 14 Jul 2006 at 1:56 pm
When you can no longer be right-wing
Richard A. Yonuger, a rather intelligent young man of the right wing persuasion checked himself into a major teaching hospital in New York last week. What happened next will astound you. The author of “Why We are Right in Iraq” …
Lil Duck Duck on 14 Jul 2006 at 2:45 pm
The best of the ducks this week!
Here’s a recap of my favorite posts of the week in case you missed them. I hope to be spending most of the weekend out and about with the lil’ duck, and NOT at the computer….. we’ll see, eh??
Lil’ Duck’s recent adven…
Planck’s Constant on 14 Jul 2006 at 8:57 pm
If the UN, the leftist sissies of the EU, and our own defeatists would just mind their own f*ckin business and let Israel do its job, perhaps the world can be rid of a least one sub-specious on this planet: Hezbollah.
Don Surber on 14 Jul 2006 at 8:58 pm
WaPo is right on Israel
If you want to know where the center of the country is, read the editorial page of its most Washington establishment newspaper, the Washington Post. Its support of Israel this morning made me proud to be an American:
Blue Star Chronicles on 14 Jul 2006 at 9:21 pm
So What’s Everybody Talking About?
Rhymes With Right on 14 Jul 2006 at 10:07 pm
VRA Renewal: Solving The Problems Of 1964 Until 2032
In 2032 I will, God willing, turn 69. The data used to determine which states need special monitoring for racial discrimination in voting will turn 68 — making it more than old enough to collect social security if that program…
Planck’s Constant on 15 Jul 2006 at 12:08 am
Got a Problem? Make it like Zidane Butt Head!
Things are not always as they seem. For instance, look at this completely innocent photo: If you watched the FIFA World Cup of Soccer in Germany last week you might have heard about the infamous Zidane head-butt. But everyone sees things differently…
The Florida Masochist on 15 Jul 2006 at 7:47 am
The Knucklehead of the Day award Part One
We have so many Knuckelheads today. They are descending on us like manna from heaven.
Saying that, our first winner is an appropriate one. He is Roman Catholic Cardinal Angelo Sodano.
Hey it worked! I’d never trackbacked before…
And thanks, Laura, for the compliment on my new look!