El Spotto

@spotto.bsky.social

You may recognize me from such places as #NOLAtwitter. You may address me as Sir El Spotto, as befits my status as a Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Sealand (OMS), or you can just call me El Spotto. It ain’t that big a deal.

It is also worth noting that for my trip from Shelby to Concord (north side of Charlotte, where the raceway is) and back, my mpg in Raijū was…56mpg/23.8 km/l. That’s…insanely impressive on a 16 year old car.

Ok, I want that Rayquaza set. It looks really good in person. I chose not to spend $130 though. Instead I bought the GameBoy for $60. Even scored a birthday minifig.

Lego pokemon sets. Munchlax, rayquaza, and Arcanine.

Two weekends hence I’ll skip I-40 to visit my stepdad and go over the mountains through Weaverville, Marshall, and Hot Spring NC instead. Some of you have been there. Virtually. @greatdismal.bsky.social The Peripheral was filmed in the first two towns. Hot Spring is a rest stop on the AT.

Since 1pm and entirely contained in two doozies of storms we have had 2.3 inches/5.8 cm of rain. I think we have one more chance tonight. Then possibility the rest of the week. About time. Everything is so dry.

Y’all saw how dumb my go live was yesterday. Same today. Still, i was diligent and checked in every 60-90 minutes to make sure there were no billing incidents. The. I played video games and watched the entire Shark Week ouvre going back as far as I could find. Even told my director this.

I have been stoked that parts are cheaper and repairs are less involved on the Prius than on the New Beetle. And now i have learned that to change the spark plugs i need to remove the metal shelf the wiper motor sits on, plus the wiper arms and the plastic cowling at the base of the windshield. 🤨

Bwahahahaha. Flipped on another of these totally fake cryptid hunt shows and these dudes are seriously pulling the old Gen X quicksand bit. I hope they find an ancient Hawaiian idol next and trouble follows them home.

And I got distracted and sacrificed three strips of Black Forest bacon to the kitchen spirits. Let’s try again without looking at the instructions for replacing the cabin air filter in the car.

So this Shark Week offering is using caught on cam footage talking about the 2024 Florida shark attacks. All I have to say is the beaches at both attacks were swarming with nurses and that probably made all the difference. Virtual high five to all the nurses on my timeline.

So I need to stay home and somewhat online for this go live? Fine, I’m watching all of shark week starting with any of these shows with shark badass Rosie Moore. First up: Bull Shark Dinner Bell. Seems like a bad idea ringing that bell, but whatever.

Not sure why my body insisted on being up at 5:30, but it did. So I took Raijū out for a pre-dawn drive since I buffed the headlight lenses clear last night. I think I want to replace the bulbs. They’re ok, but could be better. High beams are brilliant, so I assume the lows are just worn.

“I found a video of how to run the batter life test and guys you’re supposed to use the parking brake while pressing both the gas and brake” Uh…do younger drivers not use the parking brake normally? I guess that’s more important when you learned to drive on a manual transmission.

Who is NOT taking the Prius on a shakedown spin today? Ok yeah, the guy who seems to be the only billing analyst on call for a hospital go live. Not a clinic, an entire dang hospital. I will be ruining so many weekends for my teammates when I call them.