Neckass asked whether the Gazette was "still going." This is the 731st issue.
He asked at the café, where the paper is on every table. He was holding one. He asked over the top of it.
Today's issue
From the editor
Why a paper
This paper will report what he did. It will not say why, because nobody knows, least of all him.
— The editor
In brief
- Neckass read the room and disagreed with it.
- Neckass wrote "no rush" and followed up four minutes later.
- Neckass said he would sleep on it. That was in March, and he has slept well.
- Neckass told the group he had booked it. He had looked at it.
- Neckass said "keep the change" to a card reader.
- Neckass's houseplant has outlived three of his hobbies.
- Neckass responded "maybe" to his own birthday.
Corrections
- An earlier edition called Neckass's plan a plan. It is three words on a page. The Gazette regrets the error.
- The Gazette stated that Neckass had finished. He had stopped.
- We described Neckass's apology as an apology. It was the sentence "well, sorry you feel that way."
- An earlier edition quoted Neckass as saying "no worries." There were worries.
Weather
High 68°, low 51°. Winds W 6 mph. Sunset 7:10 p.m.
Sunny, according to Neckass, who has not been outside and is going by the window.
Classifieds
- PERSONAL: to the man who was five minutes away — we have gone home.
- FOUND: set of keys, outside the gym. Owner has never been inside.
- FOR SALE: bicycle, never ridden. Has lived in a hallway since 2022.
- WANTED: someone who can end a conversation with Neckass. Nobody has yet.
- WANTED: someone to smell some leftovers. They are nine days old. Urgent.
Letters
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He has been five minutes away from my house for four years. I have moved.
— A former neighbor
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I am in IT. The printer is out of paper. That is all that is wrong with it. That is all that has ever been wrong with it.
— IT