future in surgery

today i got to do a whole operation, skin to skin. it rocked!! it was only a lipoma excision and i was a little scared because the attending was paying moderate amounts of attention but really talking about the new red pickup he just ordered. i think he has more faith in me than i do . . . anyhow it was awesome and totally made my day. in fact, every time i get to do something cool in the OR it makes my day. it's cool to think some lady is walking around with a scar i helped make (small and nice, btw).


which makes me think i'll end up doing surgery. if only i can wrap my brain around the lifestyle implications . . .

one amazing reply to phone melting

From an Irish friend of mine working in aerospace in India:

Now you thought you had a bad day...Picture our indian friend Vijay who comes on duty at Chennai Airport and is carrying out his inspections on cleaning of aircraft at 2.30 am. 'Look' he says 'they've bought a new jeep' and is surprised and delighted to find the keys in the ignition. No one will notice he thinks as he jumps in and thinks this is so cool I'll be out of the rain and get my work done really fast with all the airplanes on the ramp.

Speed is irresistable, the jeep is flashy, he is checking the steering when ..oh no while talikng the hairpin bend at Brands Hatch or Minneapolis in his little Indian imagination he tips the brakes and aquaplanes...


Please see attached photos..
Vijay had no licence or security pass to drive 'airside', the jeep was not his although it belonged to the company he worked for. Of course the damage was done to another companies airplane, namely mine.

The conservative estimate for insurance is currently 18.5 million US Dollars.. Vijay earns 9000 rupees a month ($200)and you thought you were having a bad day!!

Case is sadly genuine happened Monday Morning here 0300 local time..I am stuffed as Airplane may well be written off. Team from Toulouse flew out today to assess...can't you feel those costs mounting.

phone melting

here's an email i sent my friends recently that received some fantastic replies:
Buenas noches muchachos y muchachas,

In a moment I'd like to call "Although I look and feel awake, I've slept 10 hours over the last 3 days" . . . I found my cellphone melted in the oven. For those concerned about my well being, I'm not going on simpatico strike with the french cabbies - I'm on my surgery rotation. And actually, truly enjoying it.

See attached picture for amazing Dali-esque moment right in the heart of Boston. I assume it must have slipped out of my pocket when I put my dinner in the oven. At any rate it looks like my sim card may have vaporized (like the dehydration attack in the old batman series) - I sincerely doubt that my phone numbers are recuperable. So I would like to kindly request that you send me your contact numbers (cell, home, or wherever I usually call you) for the inevitable new cellie-to-be. Thanks you!

Abrassos,