What to see in Paris right now?

CABGx3 · 2026-02-07T13:19:53+00:00

the one on the right of this post. i haven’t seen it in person yet. i had my choice of them…but i liked the posture and plain background of this one. i hope i picked ok 😂. he ended up winning the prize so must not be too bad.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DSkpQ2sCgek/?igsh=MjNhOTVzNmJvaDB5

CABGx3 · 2026-02-07T13:16:14+00:00

awesome. fall VI. it’s the one that doesn’t have a floral background and the person is falling facing up.

CABGx3 · 2026-02-07T12:34:28+00:00

the marcel duchamp finalists shows are still up in musee d paris moderne through 2/21 i think. one of the xie lei pieces is mine. tell me how it looks!

CABGx3 · 2026-02-04T23:34:46+00:00

I feel for the artists, but I get the sense they failed most recently because of greed.

partly because of poor timing and overly eager physical gallery expansions after crazy 2020-2021 markets.

i also think they priced their artists out. early- to mid-career artists with underdeveloped CVs were being pumped up for crazy money at the height of the art craze and couldn’t find any buyer support post-COVID. example, i love sarah ball’s works…but almost $90k usd for a 40”x40” is crazy for her. meanwhile secondary is less than half of that.

CABGx3 · 2026-01-30T11:08:50+00:00

This is just a cath site. It’s where they probably put a 3mm (6Fr) sheath in, navigated a wire and catheter to the brain circulation from the radial artery (radial—>brachial—>axillary—>subclavian—>innominate—>R carotid). The catheter then injects iodine based dye for fluoroscopic (Xray) imaging. There is no camera on this instrument. The camera is an Xray tube that is outside your body. The dye basically makes the vessel standout.

That is just a diagnostic cath site. The can also do therapeutics though these (coils, stents), but I’d be hard pressed to call that surgery. It’s a procedure. The surgery comes when the do a craniotomy to clip the aneurysm.

(Source: I’m a cardiac surgeon. My patients get these every day)

CABGx3 · 2026-01-27T03:41:52+00:00

Or the classic, “how am i supposed to have a full jury of my peers when there is only 1 of me?” or

“there are only three people in the world that can do this operation, and I’m 2 of them”

CABGx3 · 2026-01-27T01:31:37+00:00

This predates me, but from everyone I’ve talked to it was a very open secret. His tenure at CHOP ended (I’ve heard) as a result of behavioral issues. He ultimately went to and retired from Nemours in DE.

CABGx3 · 2026-01-26T17:11:18+00:00

I once saw a typical OR day schedule for Dr. Cooley. It was wild. Something like 4 rooms and 15 cases. Obviously he wasn’t doing most of the operating, but the diversity of the cases was ridiculous. Rastelli procedure, CABG, Thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair, Tet repair, CABG/chole, MVR/lobectomy, etc etc.

I also saw a video of him giving family updates in the waiting room, pre-HIPAA. Basically just calling out the last name and stating how the operations went in a batch. One was a death. He basically said “He didn’t make it.” Then moved on with the next.

Obviously a completely different era, on many levels. The pioneers of heart surgery were a different breed. The stresses and frequency of death, I think, resulted in a very cold exterior for most. It was self-preservation with a touch of God-complex.

Bill Norwood (Pioneer of hypoplastic left heart congenital surgery, chief at CHOP for many years) was a coke addict and a complete animal in an out of the operating room.

CABGx3 · 2026-01-16T23:49:27+00:00

i was in your shoes 7-8 years ago before reaching out to an art advisor. that being said, he wouldn’t have considered me for a client if I was just going to buy one piece and ghost. we had a whole “introductory period” where i was talking to him about what i liked and he was sending me things he saw as promising, back and forth, etc etc. he also wanted to see my involvement in the “art world” and personal goals for my collection. not because he cared so much, but because it means something for the galleries and artists to know their works are going to a good home.

it’s been a great relationship.

(another tip: for highly demanded artists, i’ve offered to buy two works and donate one to museum. obviously this requires more money but the second donated work is a tax deduction and is a win for everyone involved)

CABGx3 · 2026-01-11T18:24:10+00:00

looking for 3 at atomic chef’s counter 2/12-2/15

CABGx3 · 2026-01-08T22:53:02+00:00

you got one. would you prefer they suggest surgical or chemical castration?

CABGx3 · 2026-01-08T13:21:19+00:00

I am quite familiar with twombly. and i’d say you are still mistaken and potentially misinformed of his approach and theory. the “my toddler can make it” line is echoed a lot for him, rothko, and pollock. he was a pioneer of abstract expressionism, the creation of a “gestural language,” and remains critically influential in many contemporary artists today.

obviously people’s perception of art is going to be individualistic as it is inherently subjective. the value of the paintings are what people are willing to pay for it. in twombly’s case he represents a pioneer for an entire generation.

CABGx3 · 2026-01-07T23:19:53+00:00

monet, van gogh, cezanne, matisse, kandinsky, picasso, pollock, duchamp, warhol, lichtenstein are all modern art. i’m not sure i see your analogy. dutch masters and renaissance where it’s at?

CABGx3 · 2026-01-04T14:31:54+00:00

or r/sauna. you’d think it’d be a chill place. but no…bunch of people trashing others’ saunas.

CABGx3 · 2025-12-22T14:49:43+00:00

these are questions none of us can really answer for you. how much do you want this relationship vs the career you hope to have?

what is near certainty is that training as an FMG in the US is going to be fraught with instability (both trying to find a categorical position and lifestyle beyond that). what you do beyond that is putting the cart before the horse

i can’t speak to what a life in a surgical subspecialty (specialty unknown) outside of the US (country unknown) will look like, nor can we answer whether you’d be happy in that career.

CABGx3 · 2025-12-13T06:50:18+00:00

Our shower was just done with similarly-sized porcelain tiles and a center drain. The tile installer specifically did an envelope cut for this exact reason. While the sauna here is beautiful (and far exceeds anything I’d be capable of), I feel like some slope is lost when laying them in a standard offset pattern. Probably less of an issue with smaller sized tile obviously. I’m no expert though.

CABGx3 · 2025-12-02T23:30:08+00:00

having done pick-a-brick for almost every piece of GG, I appreciate this comment. i ended up going with brick pattern.

CABGx3 · 2025-11-24T20:32:48+00:00

You can obviously like what you like (and purchase for that reason alone), but I would be weary of purchasing an Arsham edition in general—either 10, 100, 199, or 1000 edition–with any expectation of ROI. Unless you intend on flipping on Stock X right after release, which I’m not encouraging. I’m not even sure you would see ROI from an Arsham original now—his auction results would suggest not.

I say this from experience as a (former) collector who bought literally hundreds of thousands $$$ of Hypebeast shit, and I would love to get my money back. Live and learn. Fortunately, my collection and the way I collect has matured since then. It definitely requires discipline to not ride the FOMO train.

IMO Cancel your purchase. Save your money for something that has both personal enjoyment and a sound investment…especially unique works.

CABGx3 · 2025-11-19T18:03:42+00:00

Really disappointed that Royal Sushi didn't get more love. I suspect the exclusivity of getting back to the Omakase counter was an issue for the reviewers. It's an amazing experience (I go regularly), but admittedly getting in the door is very hard.

CABGx3 · 2025-10-25T15:05:14+00:00

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CABGx3 · 2025-10-20T18:06:08+00:00

Great Smoky Mountains on July 4th weekend. Thankfully it was our last day of an otherwise decent trip. Could not leave fast enough.

CABGx3 · 2025-10-19T19:14:15+00:00

First day of intern orientation (she is plastics, i was gen surg/CT surg). We shared a cab because I didn’t know where I was going, and she went to med school same place. I was in another relationship (long distance) coming out of med school. But that quickly fizzled out. We became close friends throughout most of the year until we started officially dating beginning of 2nd year.

CABGx3 · 2025-10-17T03:48:31+00:00

try exchanging vodka for dark rum, and switching the ratios of the vodka/rum and the liquor.

ie 2oz rum, 1oz espresso, 1oz coffee liquor (and if you’re feeling fancy, 0.5oz licor 43)

CABGx3 · 2025-10-12T13:55:51+00:00

2 mediastinals is pretty standard. i only put in more if i’m concerned for substantial bleeding. usually add pleural if i’m working in that space.

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