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GNN: Spring Brings Slowdown of Internet Traffic

Joanne Huspek @ April 30, 2008 # 4 Comments

Dateline: Internet
It appears that a recent global warming trend which is resultant of the hemisphere being treated to spring has been directly related to a slowdown of Internet traffic.
This is been especially noted here by the editors of Gnus Non-News. According to data provided by www.statcounter.com, a dearth of visitors to the non-news site has […]

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GNN: Non-News Update from the Upper Midwest

Joanne Huspek @ April 16, 2008 # 4 Comments

Dateline: Royal Oak, Michigan
Weather: Sunny, blue skies, no clouds. Light wind. Perfect for raking up the crap in the garden. Hey, how did that McDonald’s cup end up in my pond? I don’t even go to McDonald’s!
Time: 11:11 a.m. EDT. I’m goofing off, waiting for my other half to go over the payroll before I […]

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GNN: Woman Felled By Marauding Virus

Joanne Huspek @ April 8, 2008 # 3 Comments

Dateline: Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
This non-correspondent and Editor in Chief is first on the scene with breaking news…
As the snow melts (finally) and the skies sparkle with a glorious blue, and all things little and green are poking their tender heads out of the ground. Well, you would think, all must be perfect in the world.
No.
This […]

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GNN: Sports Team Wins!

Eidetic Tabla @ April 7, 2008 # 4 Comments

Dateline: Abstraction
One sports team played against another sports team. One of the teams won. The other lost. The fans claimed to care. Fans of the winning team got drunk, shouted a bunch and did some minor vandalism whereas fans of the losing team got drunk, shouted a bunch and did some minor vandalism.
The coach of […]

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GNN: Amateur Website Disorganized

The Stickman @ April 3, 2008 # 7 Comments

Dateline: Here
The editorial staff here at Gnus Non-News has observed that their site is poorly organized. This reporter made up the following conversation:
Bongo said, “It’s set up like a blog instead of a real newspaper.”
JLH said, “We ought to organize it into sections by topic - you know, like a travel section and so on.”
Bongo […]

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GNN: Man Oblivious, Woman Aware

Eidetic Tabla @ April 3, 2008 # 7 Comments

Dateline: A Parade
A man took his children to a parade. He and his children joined the parade and followed along the path of the parade watching both the other people in the parade and the people watching and being confused by said parade. On arriving at the parade’s stopping point, the children and supposedly sensible […]

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GNN: The News, Non-News and Random Ramblings ~ An Editorial Redux

Joanne Huspek @ April 3, 2008 # 2 Comments

What is news? This is how dictionary.com defines “news:”
–noun (usually used with a singular verb)
1. a report of a recent event; intelligence, information.
2. a person, thing or event considered as a choice subject for journalistic treatment
My personal take on the “news” is that it’s evil. Ever read Jeffrey Gitomer, noted motivational speaker? He has convinced […]

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GNN: My First Non-News Article

Siouxy Article Writer @ April 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Like many living things that hibernate during winter, I am just beginning to emerge from my igloo. This non-correspondent has noted the following items:
1. The sun is still yellow.
2. The sky is blue, for the most part. Clouds are still white and/or gray.
3. A beer tastes pretty damn good. I’ve discovered Russian Baltika, which is […]

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