{"id":632,"date":"2006-07-09T23:00:13","date_gmt":"2006-07-10T07:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.krunk4ever.com\/blog\/?p=632"},"modified":"2006-07-09T23:00:13","modified_gmt":"2006-07-10T07:00:13","slug":"one-red-paperclip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.krunk4ever.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/09\/one-red-paperclip\/","title":{"rendered":"One Red Paperclip"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve talked about the One Red Paperclip<\/a> guy in one of my previous posts<\/a>. Apparently he’s successfully traded all the way to a house! And it only took 14 trades, although some are quite questionable.<\/p>\n

From paper-clip to house, in 14 trades<\/a> (from \/.) – A 26-year-old Montreal man appears to have succeeded in his quest to barter a single, red paper-clip all the way up to a house. It took almost a year and 14 trades, but Kyle MacDonald has been offered a two-storey farmhouse in Kipling, Sask., for a paid role in a movie.<\/em><\/p>\n

Wow! Just amazing!<\/p>\n

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Random Crap<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

It’s been awhile since my last random crap post, huh?<\/p>\n

I downloaded a movie trailer with the filename: tcm_thebegining_h720p.mov<\/em> and thought it was a Turner Classic Movie called The Beginning<\/em>, but it turns out TCM here actually stood for Texas Chainsaw Massacre<\/em>, which also has one of the few words that still keeps the British ‘re’ (i.e. centre<\/strong>) instead of ‘er’ (i.e. center<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

911 loose change 2nd edition<\/a> (from \/.) – I downloaded this video awhile ago, but finally had a chance to watch it. Basically more conspiracy theories about the whole 9\/11 event. I’m not saying to believe everything they say as I certainly don’t, but it’s interesting of what is revealed and not revealed. I skimmed through certain parts, but it is a long documentary (almost 1.5hrs)<\/p>\n

Tongues are big business in the meat trade<\/a> – Each year, U.S. beef, pork, and poultry companies export hundreds of millions of dollars worth of various meat items that most Americans never see on store shelves, but are considered a delicacy elsewhere. Foreign countries buy steaks, pork chops, and chicken too but it is the stomachs, tongues, kidneys, livers, and chicken feet<\/strong> that U.S. meat companies are particularly anxious to export because if sold domestically, those products would bring much lower prices.<\/em> I certainly do miss eating much of this stuff back in LA.<\/p>\n

Limo driver gets big tip: a kidney<\/a> – “He gave me part of his body. He saved my life<\/strong>,” Faraj, a diabetes sufferer whose kidneys were failing despite a three-times-a-week dialysis regime, told area television stations.<\/em><\/p>\n

Desktop Linux Defined: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10<\/a> (from \/.) – SUSE 10 looks so pretty. I think it’s time to upgrade.<\/p>\n

Ultraviolet Secrets<\/a> (from Ungsunghero) – no this doesn’t have to do with the movie, but our credit cards and driver’s license having UV logos on them is something I never knew about. I was just researching what the difference between UV light and blacklight is and found: What is the difference between a black light and a normal light bulb?<\/a><\/p>\n

Fight erupts at shoe sale; customer shot<\/a> – When customers rebelled against orders to close the store because of overcrowding and started to fight with one another and with salespeople, a store employee shot his gun into the air<\/strong>, Anatolia said. The bullet struck the foot of a customer<\/strong>, who was taken to a hospital, while the shooter was taken into police custody, the agency reported.<\/em> Sigh… it’s just a shoe sale. Then again, I bet over 80% of the female population would disagree with what I just said.<\/p>\n

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\nPhotos from Things to do when your coworker goes on vacation<\/a> (from ChewyDensise) – this actually might rival some of the stuff that happens on my floor.<\/p>\n

Nude stand-in wants exposure<\/a> – A Chinese actress who played Hollywood movie star Zhang Ziyi’s naked body double in “The Banquet” wants her name in the movie’s credits, state media reported Friday. … Huayi’s deputy head, Xu Li, said Shao’s name wouldn’t appear in the movie’s credits due to contractual issues and decried the actress’s posting of the dispute on her blog.<\/em> There wasn’t anything interesting about this article, but the fact that there was very little information of Shao Xiaoshan (\u90b5\u5c0f\u73ca). After a bit of digging around, I found more info and actual pictures of this body double: \u51af\u5c0f\u521a\u300a\u591c\u5bb4\u300b\u4e2d\u7ae0\u5b50\u6021\u88f8\u66ff\u660e\u661f\u90b5\u5c0f\u73ca\u60ca\u7206\u88f8\u4f53\u5185\u5e55\uff08\u97f3\u9891\/\u7167\u7247\uff09<\/a><\/p>\n

How to Avoid being Arrested by Cops<\/a> (from \/.) – a very educational video about what civil rights you have during an encounter with police officer(s). Definitely worth the 45min it takes to watch it.<\/p>\n

So I was watching movie trailers awhile back and while I was watching the trailer for Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man<\/a>, he said a phrase that reminded me of childhood book I read: He’d spend days on every line, so he spends a year looking at a song.<\/em> The book it reminded me of was of course Sideways Stories from Wayside School<\/a>. In one of the stories, there was a kid that drew really fast and would finish his painting in less than a minute. The teacher told him to slow down and started telling him how great artists like Van Gogh or Picasso tooks years to finish a masterpiece. The kid understood and as he left school that day, he talked to Louis (the ball guy\/janitor\/recess monitor) about drawing a cat. Louis said he can’t wait to see it tomorrow. The kid goes, “Ha! I don’t think I’d even be done with the whiskers by then.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve talked about the One Red Paperclip guy in one of my previous posts. Apparently he’s successfully traded all the way to a house! And it only took 14 trades, although some are quite questionable. From paper-clip to house, in 14 trades (from \/.) – A 26-year-old Montreal man appears to have succeeded in his … <\/p>\n

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