News Net Ian’s Pizza on State moving across the street for more space to house all its awesomeness

Since sifting through dull newspapers, hyperbolic blogs, and overflowing RSS feeds for meaningful news can be an arduous process, News Net catches and compiles both the amusing and the significant reports that were overlooked over the weekend. Here are some things to think about as workweek begins.

• Ian’s Pizza will be moving from its 115 State St. location across the street to the space formerly occupied by the Madison Children’s Museum. In exchange for its liquor license, Ian’s will gain 25 percent more space by renting out the first floor of the old museum, with the possibility of banquet space on the second floor in the future. That boost in space will come in handy the next time the Capitol-adjacent pizza laboratory finds itself flooded with protesters—more important, it gives the restaurant owners enough room to build the wonderful Wonka-esque pizza factory of our dreams, complete with a chipotle barbecue sauce fountain and eggplant parmesan forest. Expect a distribution of golden pizza box pressure guards some time in 2013.

• The GAB released an official statement on the Twitter commentary covering its live stream of the recall signature verification process: “The Government Accountability Board is not affiliated in any way with the Twitter accounts commenting on the recall cam activities.”

• While more than a thousand Walker supporters turned out for a rally Wauwatosa over the weekend, the Wisconsin State Journal had an interesting suggestion for conservatives who stayed home wishing their candidate wasn’t so actively despised across swaths of the state: Dump the guy for another conservative. Yes, Walker could potentially be dumped in a Republican primary before the general recall election even takes place, should conservative voters decide that they dislike him for being a secret communist or something. That might explain why Walker worked extra hard last week to prove that he really, really hates socialized medicine.

• The Isthmus reports that the latest video capitalizing on the popularity of Shit Girls Say was shot right here in Madison, at the bar of the Tornado Club. Shit Bartenders Say might not make mixologists look like very much fun to be around, but at least we learn a little something about julep strainers and poor muddling technique.