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The rent is too damn high? Not in Trundle, Australia: An Australian rural community desperate to encourage new families to move in and revitalize the town is offering to rent farm houses to inter...

https://www.segacs.com/2010/town-promotes-buck-a-week-rent.html

A few things that have been on my mind lately: 1. Idiots are their own worst PR nightmare. Let ’em talk long enough, they’ll shoot themselves in the foot. No need to do it for them. 2. Lazine...

https://www.segacs.com/2010/things-ive-been-thinking-about.html

Plus, a whole bunch of other wars, conflicts, armed skirmishes, and general disputes: The Power of Ridiculous Reasons: I mention these examples because I think the world needs another ridiculous ...

https://www.segacs.com/2010/scott-adams-solves-mideast-crisis.html

Oh, the irony: Texas’ gay marriage ban may have banned all marriages Barbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston lawyer and Democratic candidate for attorney general, says that a 22-word clause in a 2005 ...

https://www.segacs.com/2009/no-more-marriage-in-texas.html

The first decade of the century (the 00’s?) is coming to a close in a little more than a month. A lot happened in the past ten years. Need a recap? Here’s Newsweek’s American-centric but st...

https://www.segacs.com/2009/the-decade-in-review.html

Mermaid sightings in Kiryat Yam have been reported for the last several months: An alleged mermaid, said to resemble a cross between a fish and a young girl, only appears at sunset. It performs a...

https://www.segacs.com/2009/the-little-israeli-mermaid.html

You’ve heard of Rock the Vote? Now we have a movement targeted at a slightly different demographic. Sarah Silverman’s The Great Schlep is a movement to encourage Jewish (and other) Americans ...

https://www.segacs.com/2008/schlep-the-vote.html

Here’s a shocker: Canadians don’t like to wait in line. In related news, the sky is blue. The post No, really? first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2008/no-really.html

Best meal of the week? Friday night dinner? Sunday brunch? view results The post Poll time first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2007/poll-time.html

The crown has passed… to Mexican multibillionaire Slim Helu, worth an estimated US $67.8 billion. Something tells me that Bill Gates isn’t too upset. His US $59.2 billion can buy a lot of con...

https://www.segacs.com/2007/bill-gates-no-longer-worlds-richest-man.html

You Are a Brownie Cheesecake A little chunky and a little gooey, you pretty much run on sugar! You take hedonism to the extreme.. And people love you for it. What Kind of Cheesecake Are You? (Lin...

https://www.segacs.com/2007/yummy.html

Alanis parodies one of the most ridiculously awful songs of all time. Hilarious! The post Isn’t it comedic? first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2007/isnt-it-comedic.html

Want to travel from Ottawa to Amsterdam this summer? Bruce asked Google Maps for an itinerary. Here’s what it came up with. Good luck with Step 23, Bruce. The post Just ask Google Maps first...

https://www.segacs.com/2007/just-ask-google-maps.html

Check out the top 100 April Fool’s hoaxes of all time, as judged by the Museum of Hoaxes. The post April Fools first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2007/april-fools.html

Royal Caribbean has been advertising a lot lately, and every time I see one of their cruise ship ads, I remember that the campaign once won an “award” for worst use of music: The big winner, ...

https://www.segacs.com/2007/one-from-the-vault.html

As a self-described chocolate junkie, I feel it my civic duty to share this news. Now we can all feel better about our addiction. The post Good news for chocoholics first appeared on Segacs's ...

https://www.segacs.com/2007/good-news-for-chocoholics.html

Confused about which provincial political party to vote for? Didn’t think so. Me neither. But you can take this quiz anyway, just for fun. Not too surprisingly, my result was overwhelmingly for...

https://www.segacs.com/2007/yet-another-pointless-election-quiz.html

But this one’s the Muppets, so of course I just had to take it. (Via Red “Swedish Chef” Rabbit): You Are Scooter Brainy and knowledgable, you are the perfect sidekick. You’re always willi...

https://www.segacs.com/2007/another-random-pointless-web-quiz.html

This is the seemingly-innocuous beginning to the plot of pretty much every B-grade horror movie: A German pensioner who won a prize and worldwide fame for breeding his country’s largest rabbit ...

https://www.segacs.com/2007/attack-of-the-killer-rabbits.html

Four years ago, I blogged about the National Geographic survey that found, among other things, that 11% of young Americans couldn’t pick out the United States on a world map. Now, National Geog...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/national-geographic-survey-4-years-later.html

Of all the descriptions I’ve seen of Kimveer Gill, the asshole who shot up Dawson College yesterday, the most concise and to-the-point comes courtesy of Wikipedia. Here’s a screen shot of the...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/wiki-concision.html

You scored as Hermione Granger. You’re one intelligent witch, but you have a hard time believing it and require constant reassurance. You are a very supportive friend who would do anything and ...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/another-pointless-quiz.html

California students face a daily dilemma: (Hat tip: Marieke) The post A little comic relief first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2006/a-little-comic-relief.html

How do you turn a paperclip into a house? Ask this guy. Hmmmm… I wonder if he knows Rumpelstiltskin? (Hat tip: Mark) The post Let’s make a deal first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2006/lets-make-a-deal.html

I’m getting tired of the comments war going on in the thread below. SSDD. So here’s a thread for you all to talk about… um… cats. Yeah, cats. That’ll do. What is it about bloggers and c...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/bloggers-and-cats.html

HappyNews.com: all good news, all the time. Eye-rolling optional. (Hat tip: Mark). The post The cure for cynicism and depression first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2006/cure-for-cynicism-and-depression.html

The Onion headline, Dec 7 2005: Rest of U2 perfectly fine with Africans starving: Rock band U2, currently on tour in North America, is well-known for its human-rights advocacy, particularly its o...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/onion-scoops-ap.html

That’s a question that 17 lucky coworkers in Alberta get to answer today, after winning last night’s record Lotto 6/49 draw. I’ve never played the lottery and I probably never will. I’ve ...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/what-would-you-do-with-54-2-million.html

There’s nothing better than satire done right. This week’s headline: Bush Nominates First-Trimester Fetus To Supreme Court: WASHINGTON, DC — In a press conference Monday, President Bush nam...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/gotta-love-the-onion.html

I am 43% Evil Genius. I want to be evil. I do evil things. But given the opportunity, and a darn good reason I may turn to the good side. Besides I am probably a miserable evil genius. Take the E...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/and-on-a-lighter-note.html

This blog meme is floating around asking people to go here, find the top 100 songs from the year they graduated high school, and list them crossing out those you hated and underlining the ones yo...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/blog-meme-to-make-you-shudder.html

I must be tired, cause this sounds oddly tempting: BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Short on sleep? The Mall of America in Minnesota is selling naps for 70 cents a minute thanks to a Boca Raton compan...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/nap-for-70-cents-a-minute.html

The President of Turkmenistan has banned lip synching: He has outlawed opera and ballet and railed against long hair and gold teeth, but now President Saparmurat Niyazov is determined to wipe out...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/watch-out-ashlee-simpson.html

Fairly amusing in that so-wrong-but-somehow-so-deserved kind of way. (Via Imshin). The post Fairly amusing first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2005/fairly-amusing.html

Dear Karla Homolka: Please die. Signed: everyone. (Source: you know who you are). The post Seen on MSN as a nickname first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2005/karla-homolka-please-die.html

The new British Airways campaign contains some words I already know and even a few that I use, some words that I didn’t know but that explain a lot, and some words that I strongly suspect might...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/brit-speak.html

Here’s the thing about chain letters… you can groan about them all you want, but sooner or later one gets to you and you find yourself completing it and passing it along despite yourself. Pie...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/book-tag.html

This has been circling the net like wildfire, coining a new catchphrase: “In the future, everyone will be Hitler for 15 minutes”. (Hat tip: Damian Penny). The post The new Godwin’s Law f...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/new-godwins-law.html

This quiz seeks to go “beyond red or blue” and classify American voters according to 9 different political categories: Contrary to the widespread impression of a nation only divided into two ...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/more-pointless-quizzes.html

The website www.petakillsanimals.com was promoted on a billboard that I walked by at least a dozen times this week while in New York. I admit, it worked, because it stuck in my head and I went to...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/peta-kills-animals.html

Fear not… for us Jewish people, it’s a good luck day. Or so I’m told. See more here. Maybe I should’ve bought a lotto ticket. The post Friday the 13th first appeared on Segacs's World ...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/friday-the-thirteenth.html

Anyone else think it’s cool that today’s date is 05/05/05? Okay, I’m easily amused. The post By the way first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2005/by-the-way-2.html

The state of Virginia is declaring war on fashion, with the introduction of a bill to ban low-ride pants: Del. Algie T. Howell Jr., a Democrat, has filed legislation that would levy a $50 fine on...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/virginia-bans-low-ride-pants.html

So I’ve decided that I’m a serious chocolate addict, and my evil friends are all enablers. So is the genius at Jean Coutu who decided to sell mini-Toblerone at 2 for 79 cents. A surprising nu...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/my-name-is-segacs-and-im-a-chocoholic.html

In the cool link of the day department, 43 things offers the opportunity to make a gigantic to-do list for your life. Hat tip: Elana, who wants more people to read her blog… so this post is kin...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/to-do-lists.html

Allison links to this great Israeli McDonald’s commercial that spoofs Pulp Fiction. View it and laugh. The post Very funny commercial first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2005/very-funny-commercial.html

Congratulations! You are Miranda. Which Sex and the City Character Are You? brought to you by Quizilla I also think I’m a bit addicted to that show. The post More random quiz time first appe...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/more-random-quiz-time.html

According to this religion quiz, seems all those years I spent thinking I was Jewish were wrong. I shall join the ranks of Lisa Simpson because I believe I’m actually Buddhist: You scored as Bu...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/more-pointless-quizzes-2.html

Chocolate may cure coughing: A chemical compound, theobromine, which is found in cocoa, has proved more effective at stopping persistent coughing than codeine. SWEET!!! Those of you who know me a...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/chocolate-may-cure-coughing.html

According to this political quiz, I’m a “centrist”. Hell, I didn’t need a quiz to tell me that. (Via Peaktalk). The post Political quiz first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2004/political-quiz.html

10. Pick a long song, like “American Pie”, and try to remember all the words. 9. Play anagrams with the English side of the Machzor text. 8. Start a rumour that a high school classmate is eng...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/top-10-ways-to-pass-time.html

Organizers fear terrorist attacks on upcoming Al-Quaeda convention Fears of possible terrorist attacks have led organizers of the Sept. 27-30 al-Qaeda International Convention to take unprecedent...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/onion-does-it-again.html

Americans: don’t like your choice between Bush and Kerry? Tired of political races having too much attack and too little chic? Vote Carrie for President. Go check out the site; it’s a hilario...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/carrie-bradshaw-for-president.html

Do you suppose we could call him a guzzly bear? (Hat tip: Mark). The post Mmmm… beer… first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2004/mmmm-beer.html

The media is reporting that Svend Robinson is expected to plead guilty on Friday to stealing a ring at an estate sale. So why am I so amused? Is it a simple case of schadenfreude? Maybe. Is it be...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/svend-robinson-is-expected.html

This applies just as much to Canadian politics as to American: Poll: Many Americans Still Unsure Whom To Vote Against WASHINGTON, DC — According to Gallup Poll results released Monday, 6 percen...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/undecided-on-who-to-hate-more.html

Burnside has the secret to a long, healthy life: drink beer, avoid exercise: Hermann Dornemann, the oldest man in Germany, celebrated his 111th birthday on Thursday. The secret of his longevity? ...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/drink-beer-avoid-exercise.html

Montreal What Canadian City Are You? brought to you by Quizilla How coincidental! I guess that’s good cause, well, I live here and all… (Hat tip: Elanamatic). The post Random pointless quiz...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/random-pointless-quiz-of-day.html

How to know when sex ed is severely lacking in some people’s educations… London – A German couple who went to a fertility clinic after eight years of marriage have found out why they are st...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/german-couple-fertility-clinic.html

Ok, maybe not funniest ever. But pretty damn funny. I challenge you to read this without laughing. Oh, scroll down on the page past the movie review first. (Via Tainted Glass.) The post Funnies...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/funniest-satire-ever.html

Jab. The post Jab first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2004/jab.html

Liked the movie? Then get the t-shirt! Gotta love Jewish humour. (Via Dave). The post Anti-PC site of the week first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2004/anti-pc-site-of-week.html

Josh Freed on multitasking. So true. The post Multitasking first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2004/josh-freed-on-multitasking.html

Is it just me, or are people in my field taking a bit of a beating in the press lately: Hey, I’d still rather be in advertising than a lawyer joke. The post It’s tough being in advertising ...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/its-tough-being-in-advertising-these-days.html

Today is Friday the 13th, and some of you superstitious people are probably out there watching out for black cats or broken mirrors. I’m not too worried, personally. After all, everyone knows t...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/superstitious.html

This one’s courtesy of the e-mail forward gods: The Canadian Temperature Guide: (10* C)Californians shiver uncontrollably, Canadians plant gardens. (1.6* C)Italian cars won’t start, Canadians...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/and-on-a-lighter-note-2.html

Why I love the Onion: Bush 2004 Campaign Pledges To Restore Honor And Dignity To White House Addressing guests at a $2,000-a-plate fundraiser, George W. Bush pledged Monday that, if re-elected in...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/honor-and-dignity.html

I really gotta get me one of these! Immortality via pet-care (via Damian): SHE WAS at Winston Churchill’s side during Britain’s darkest hour. And now Charlie the parrot is 104 years old…and...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/churchills-parrot.html

Packing up boxes of old stuff that I haven’t even looked at in years inevitably caused the nostalgia to kick in. So maybe that’s why I was so excited when I stumbled on Emily Jones’ list of...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/a-stroll-down-memory-lane.html

Well, the good news is, I’m back up and running again. I had to reformat my hard drive this week, after all but killing my computer. To make a long story short, it rebelled against my attempt t...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/tech-woes.html

I’ve decided that the ultimate in cruelty is bringing a box of fresh Krispy Kreme doughnuts to the office on a Friday. How on earth do they expect me to resist??? The post Mmmm doughnuts fir...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/mmmm-doughnuts.html

The talk of the blogosphere has been the article in this week’s Onion: Mom finds out about blog. Yeah, that’s gotta suck. I personally nearly split my head open from falling off the chair whe...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/onion-mom-finds-out-about-blog.html

Just when you thought the answers were no longer out there: The sensational truth about everything. The post The sensational truth about everything first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2003/sensational-truth-about-everything.html

This is good for a chuckle or two. Look closely. (Hat tip: Tom). The post LOL first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2003/lol-wmds-cannot-be-displayed.html

Check out the great new Honda Accord commercial (via Damian). Pure genius! And it was all real. The post Cool car commercial first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2003/honda-accord-commercial.html

Oh, before I forget, today is Friday the 13th. For those of you who are interested, you can read up on the superstition behind the date that gave Friday the 13th such a bad rap. And of course, if...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/paraskevidekatriaphobia.html

The Onion strikes again: Brent Dobson, a 19-year-old Army private who was reunited with his loved ones on May 8 after a harrowing two-week ordeal as a prisoner of war in Iraq, is already “sick ...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/ah-families.html

“I’m just a man . . . in a silly red sheet . . . digging for kryptonite on this one-way street . . . “ (Via Mark, but really via Josh who says Mark’s trying to take the credit). The pos...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/caped-crusader.html

In advertising classes, profs would love to go on at length about the most famous ad blunders in history. The Chevy Nova story has reached urban-legend proportions, for example. Well, this one ha...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/oops-hong-kong-ad-blunder.html

Sometimes, The Onion seems almost impossibly funny: The post New Fox reality show? first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2003/new-fox-reality-show.html

The best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America’s Cup, France is accusing the US of arrogance, Germany doesn’...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/you-know-world-is-different.html

I may be a cynic, but I’m not alone. The post Cynicism first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2003/cynicism-2.html

And onto more important topics: I’m taking an unofficial poll. Chocolate or caramel? So far among the friends I’ve surveyed, it’s 11 for chocolate, 4 for caramel. You can use the comments t...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/reader-poll-2.html

And now for a really important issue: Where do the missing socks go? (via Rick Hiebert). The post Socks first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2003/socks.html

Great e-mail forward (via Adina): American flag: $25 Gasoline: $2 Cigarette lighter: $2.50 Catching yourself on fire because you are a terrorist asshole: PRICELESS If this guy died he’d be on m...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/priceless.html

Josh Freed thinks it would be kinda cool if we all had doubles, like Saddam. The post I want a double! first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2003/i-want-a-double.html

Okay, that’s it. I’ve had it. Everywhere I read about “lefties” this and “lefties” that. The “lefties” that control the Concordia CSU. The “lefties” that rally against Bush an...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/lefties-of-the-world-unite.html

Discover has 20 ways the world could end. (Via Jonathan). The post For those pessimists among you first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2003/for-those-pessimists-among-you.html

A story is told of a Jewish man who was riding on the subway reading an Arab newspaper. A friend of his, who happened to be riding in the same subway car, noticed this strange phenomenon. Very up...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/jewish-humour.html

The anti-war idiotarians are at least good for a laugh sometimes. This is from a group at McGill University protesting war with Iraq (via Yoni): When you’re happy and you know it, bomb Iraq If ...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/when-youre-happy-and-you-know-it.html

This glossary of blog terms at Samizdata made me laugh. The post LOL! first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2003/glossary-of-blog-terms.html

LGF’s Idiotarian of the Year contest is getting some excellent nominations. My nominees: David Ahenakew The Concordia Student Union (especially exec members Sabine Freisinger, Yves Engler, Ralp...

https://www.segacs.com/2002/idiotarian-of-the-year.html

For all you quiz-addicts out there, now you can answer ten short questions to determine your true political beliefs with the World’s Smallest Political Quiz. Instead of the traditional left-rig...

https://www.segacs.com/2002/worlds-smallest-political-quiz.html

The Passing Phrase project set up by Eli Birnbaum may not teach you your aleph-bet or turn your bar mitzvah Hebrew into fluency. But it sure is entertaining. If you want to know what the Israeli ...

https://www.segacs.com/2002/learn-hebrew-online-sort-of.html

This quiz link (courtesy of Mike Silverman), can help you find out. It’s humourous, but it also surprisingly accurately described my beliefs as fitting most closely in with secular humanist Jud...

https://www.segacs.com/2002/what-kind-of-jew-are-you.html

A bunch of people have been asking me about that National Geographic survey, in which 11% of Americans couldn’t pick their own country off a map. Not that Canada did so great either, mind you. ...

https://www.segacs.com/2002/test-yourself.html

Apparently, I’m an INTJ, according to BLOGinality. Who knew? The post Just for fun first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2002/just-for-fun.html

Only 89% of Americans could point out their own country on a world map. Now that’s just sad. The post LMAO! first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2002/lmao.html

A tragedy like this shouldn’t be funny. But it is. SIX MILE, Ala. (AP) – Two sisters were killed when their vehicles collided head-on on a rural highway as they travelled to visit each other,...

https://www.segacs.com/2002/coincidence-factor.html