Day 86 of visiting 100 blogs in 100 days...

Day 86 of visiting 100 blogs in 100 days...
Meet Kyle, the ultimate day trader - no, not the ordinary day trader that sits at a PC, but one who parlay a red paper clip into a... Kyle's blog, One Red Paper Clip has brought him fame as a newmaker of the week:

THE MODERN-DAY MONTY HALL

KYLE MACDONALD had a paper clip and a plan -- trade up until he had acquired a house. Six months and eight trades later, the 26-year-old from Montreal already has a cube van. "When I first started, I'd have settled for an outhouse," laughs MacDonald, whose website -- oneredpaperclip.com -- received 150,000 hits one day. "But the way things are going, I might end up with a real house."

He recently traded a snowmobile for a ski and snowboard trip to Cranbrook, B.C., which he swapped for the van. "It's easy to trade pens and doorknobs, but it's getting a bit tougher now," says MacDonald, who hasn't spent or made any money on the project. "The ads on the site pay the rent." He plans to eventually write a book about his adventure, but still needs to find a publisher. Maybe he can trade for one.

Kyle, may all of your dreams and vision of having a house come true... even your apartment rent. Wishing you the best!