So I get a LinkedIn notification today. Apparently the developer that we in I.T. were instrumental in getting terminated from our group got himself a new job.

Even mentioned the company he’s working for which is sort of a no-no but wait it’s LinkedIn. Had me pondering whether I should send an anonymous missive to the corporate leaders of the company telling them that one of his co-developers once said of the subject “PyGeek my ass!” in a 02:00AM message to be on our Slack app. He said it in reference to PyGeek’s coding ability in Python, as in he’s no geek about Python when he doesn’t correct framework issues.

But I’ll be nice – after all the developer we helped to terminate – he’s family, a friend of Dorothy, light in the loafers, etc. Yeah, gay, like me and a few others in the org. But his attitude to quote Andre 3000 was potty. And he was Vegan too. I generally loathe vegans.

So I had the first one well over a decade ago. That was the left upper rear molar. This time the left lower rear molar.

This time around they did some testing first, including x-rays. The X-ray is interesting – it’s all digital now. No more films. They just have you hold the sensor in your mouth and it’s a brief burst of energy and it shows up on the computer screen.

Now for the procedure itself  had a very pleasant female endodontist and her assistant. Full masks and everything. The former root canal had an endodontist that had the worst case of halitosis ever.

And they did the typical dental dam, but also had goggles so flying bits wouldn’t get in my eyes.

And I also noted they had a microscope. In fact I was talking to the Doctor and her assistant – I too use one at work to effect circuit board repairs on computers. Similar magnification and manufacturer of the scope too, AmScope.

So those are just a few of the changes I noted this time around. Fascinating.

Call me the Karma Nudger. I have put some thought into this and this post is derived from a Facebook post someone made about Karma.

It said “Don’t waste your time on revenge. Those who hurt you will eventually face their own Karma.”

To which I replied  “Dunno sometimes you can nudge karmic justice. Proven that where I work, one VP and one development leader”

That is I’m talking about sites that allow you to get a youtube video link, paste it in and the site strips the audio out and converts it to mp3 format.

I know youtube-mp3.org came under the heavy hand of U.S. Copyright law. And that’s ok – there are hundreds, perhaps thousands of sites that do the same thing.

The genie is out of the bottle. And law enforcement and our justice system don’t have the resources necessary to combat this threat to the entrenched industry here in the U.S.

They could have sold the tracks for 10 cents, 25 cents – but no thanks to Apple it’s a buck or more per track. And so people will do what people will do. You’ve got to fill up the music library.

So we bought two packages of Trader Joe’s Lobster Ravioli but no sauce to go with it. What to do?

And then I remember I had half a red onion, and half a beef steak tomato. Plus some minced garlic, red pepper flakes, garlic powder, some tomato paste and some Lobster bullion paste. Sauteed the onion and then garlic and added chopped up beef steak tomato. Let the whole thing meld and then into the brew went the Lobster paste, tomato paste, and water along with a tiny bit of salt and pepper. Let that simmer for a bit while the ravioli cooked. My only regret is I didn’t have any fresh herbage. But hey in a pinch you do without.

Then spooned over the freshly cooked Ravioli and grated some Parmigiana Regiano and Asiago cheese on top. Totally tasty stuff. Moderate saltiness, and the red pepper flakes gave it a nice kick. And the thing was, it was one shake of the red pepper flakes.

So growing up I remember these street lights:

Then into the 1970’s and they got replaced with High and Low Pressure sodium lights that cast an orange glow over everything.

And finally, here in the 21st century there’s a little bit of a change taking place. now we’re seeing LED based street lights – with their bright white light illuminating our highways and biways.

Well this photo tells the whole story. Look at the difference between LED and HPS.

And here’s what the LED light look like. These are slightly different from the ones National Grid has going bonkers installing in my neighborhood. So too has the MBTA – all their trackway lighting in Boston  is now LED based.

In fact that above – it’s $100. So better light, energy efficient and less expensive. Why wouldn’t the incumbent electric power utility choose this?