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Discuss “Going once, going twice”

“My name is Kevin and I want to sell you everything I own.”

On March 10, Kevin Boyle made his first post to his blog, “one lump sum” (onelumpsum.blogspot.com), where he announced to the world — or, the world wide web, anyway — his intention of selling his stuff. All of it.

Boyle, a 24-year-old living in Friendship, Pa., created a single eBay auction containing all his worldly possessions — save a 2001 Taurus and a handful of sentimental items, according to an article in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

“You’ll love this stuff,” Boyle wrote. “Seriously. I love this stuff.” What’s interesting about Boyle is that he’s not on some stoical quest for material detachment. Boyle’s aspirations are slightly less profound:...

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