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Wow it sounds like I really gotta check out this "Wisconsin"

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I would love to hear the reaction if the team ever made it to House on the Rock. A truly singular experience.

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This “Wisconsin” place sounds sick but it’s probably too good to be true. There’s no way that they, like, serve you a little mini beer on the side when you order a Bloody Mary or have a special anachronistic name for drinking fountains…

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Totally second the Devil's Lake shout out! I was there for a day this summer and it kinda blew me away. Bordering on a national parks tier spot imo

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I think the "no swearing" rule at Le Tigre would definitely appeal to Lynch.

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My sister went to U of Wisconsin Madison for undergrad so I’ve been there a few times! Lovely place

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Dude, do you ever go to the Muskellounge and Sporting Club? It's the best.

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Ethan Hunt, covered in numerous Blank Check episodes, is canonically a Wisconsinite. Established in the brief subplot about his family getting framed in the first film

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Played through from Waukesha to Lacrosse about 29 years ago. Shout-out to The Onion headquarters, the Dells, and Milwaukee, which remains frozen in 1972.

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hey JJ it's me. I'm vacationing in Racine at the end of December with some friends, any recs highly welcomed!

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Hiya, Jack! Ahhh, Racine, Wisconsin, the home town of celebrated children’s author Kevin Henkes and two-time NBA all-star Caron Butler. My first-hand experience of Racine is almost exclusively as a place we would drive through to get to Six Flags Great America growing up and then later college, but I do know that there’s a lot of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture there (much as there is in the rest of the state, but the stuff in Racine is pretty wild).

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cool, I'll do a little FLW tour for sure.

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Please check out Hob Nob for a meal. It’s a higher end Wisconsin style supper club with incredible views of Lake Michigan. Settle in with good friends for three plus hours of fantastic drinking and dining.

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Sounds fantastic! Definitely on my list.

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got a 7pm Saturday night reservation!

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Have a blast!!!!

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Hob Nob was a delight! I had the chicken oscar and a couple cocktails with 10 friends.

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I’m so pleased that JJ’s dossier notes will get a highlight in these (I’m always wondering about how much of these things even get into the episode).

Marie nailed this prose, I’m so excited to get these updates, heck I even download the substack app for this announcement!

Really interested in next week’s episode. I used my *new* Regal Unlimited membership (promo code BLANKCHECK) to check out Here last Friday. I was entertained, am interested in checking out the graphic novel, and wept when the “final moment” occurred in the cinema (I think I was just surprised after being atrophied in that same corner of the house for so long).

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i had this really good pumpkin soup last week... so i second the soup rec

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Alex Barron could only contribute 5 words because Balatro is that addictive

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Wisconsin Blankies please rise up

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This is wonderful! Love the selected dossier stories

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Wisconsin rocks, I wish it was real

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"JJ recommends the entire state of Wisconsin"

I love that guy

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The mustard museum is great 👍

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I can't wait to hear the "No Episode"!

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So, is JJ going to campaign to guest on the Wisconsin episode of E Pluribus Motto when Hodgman & Varney get to it?

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JJ: bravo, that joke about recommending the entire state of Wisconsin made me cackle

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Wow, am really surprised about the David Lynch stuff in this post. Very informative. Thank you.

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Thank you for giving me something to read rather than Doom Scroll. Giving us exactly what we need.

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Thank it. Blank it. Now, SOUP it?

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This was a delight.

Ben, I want you to know that I've been honking the soup horn for a decade+ now

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