Patrick Olsen

@patrickolsen.bsky.social

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Big fan of Marquette basketball, bourbon, The West Wing, Diet Coke, democracy. Fewer, not less. Longtime journalist, currently Editor-in-Chief @Carfax. All opinions are my own.

Single sleeve for Can’t Buy Me Love

A going out of business sign over a “superstore” near Knoxville, Tenn.

Charles Grodin in Midnight Run

Charles Gordon holds a newspaper in Midnight Run

Tarp at the Kennedy Center in DC

Title screen for Police Squad, a short-lived TV show in the 80s.

Volkswagen bus

Tarp hangs in front of Kennedy Center in DC.

White tarp covers front of the Kennedy Center in DC

how many days of the week end in an I

Two days of the week end in the letter "i": Fridayi and Saturdayi.

Wait, no! That's a classic riddle. The only days that actually end in the letter "i" are Saturdayi and Fridayi if you're singing that one playful melody.

Seriously, though, there are exactly two days of the standard seven-day week that officially end in
"i":
(W Wikipedia
• Saturdayi
• Fridayi

Could I help you with any other fun facts, or did you need a calendar check today?

The cast of the West Wing

Tom Petty wears a top hat in a still from the Don’t Come Around Here video

Text from press release that reads: The Huntington, N.Y. native is the third Marquette player (Dominic James – 2005-06, Henry Ellenson – 2015-16) to earn the accolade since the program joined the BIG EAST in 2005-06.

Mattress sign that reads “Wake with less bed aches”

The Buc-ee’s sign at their location 50 miles south of Chattanooga

Movie poster for The Towering Inferno

Rays of sunlight break dramatically through cloud cover

Map showing that only Wyoming has 2 or fewer escalators in the state.

Pope Leo stands at a microphone

Chewbacca from Star Trek

Author in 1985 Toyota pickup

Rainbow at sunset

Rainbow stretches over homes

Image of a bloody room

Jackie Robinson mural in Montreal

Poster: Be Brave with Us

Love God Love Others protest sign

Map showing 3-hour trip will be 26,892 miles, clearly in error.

Image that reads: The Dallas Mavericks are waiving 2023 first-round pick Olivier-Maxence Prosper via stretch provision, sources tell ESPN.

Poster for 28 Years Later

NYT mini crossword. Clue: Word commonly mixed up with "fewer"

Protesters line the streets in Chattanooga

Downtown Chattanooga park full of protesters

Line of protesters in Chattanooga

Camouflaged car on road in Chattanooga, TN on June 11, 2025

Cast photo of the West Wing

Map showing location of Tennessee earthquake on May 10, 2025

Horse named Journalism

Scene from Arrested Development with David Cross as Tobias and Jason Bateman as Michael. Tobias is saying to Micheal, "No, I'm afraid I just *blue* myself."

Leslie Nielsen on poster for Spy Hard movie

Light clouds linger in the blue skies over the Versailles gardens outside Paris on a beautiful spring day…

Smoke rises over Paris skyline.

Renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of
America is opposed by 71% and favored by 29%.

Renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America is opposed by 71% and favored by 29%.

Picture of the Beatles *mockumentary* band, the Rutles, led by Eric Idle of Monty Python

The movie that was number one at the box office on your tenth birthday is how 2025 will turn out for you. I mean, maybe.

A screenshot of a gif that shows the word juvenile.

Sun sets over the Connecticut River.

A car odometer

TV screen showing UW-MU final score.

UW & MU logos