Abraham Kim @abrahamKim

Hipsters talk more than Boomers these days.
Abraham Kim last shared their writing
what he would do next
He ended up ordering a blackΒ
coffee
. That was what he had begun the tale with. Before all the lattes andΒ
cappuccino
s. It had been black coffee he started with. He liked the idea of it. Pure. Enjoyable. No complications.
That's what he needed in his life now. To...
That's what he needed in his life now. To...
Abraham's Pantry
π§
61
Waffles
π«
62
Chocolate Bars
πͺ
52
Cookies
π₯
49
Whiskeys
π
40
Tangerines
βοΈ
67
Coffees
πΊ
64
Beers
π₯
61
Dumplings
π
60
Pineapples
π΅
53
Teas
π£
63
Sushis
π₯
50
Bacons
π₯
50
Eggs
π₯©
52
Steaks
π
60
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Willie π
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foo π
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Flash Fiction Practice
Blood is 92 percent water
blood
is not far off fromΒ
water
. 92 percent of blood is made of it.Β
In college if he scored a 92 then he got the highest grade point possible. 4 point oh.
So why was it that you could inject h20 into the veins of someone low on blood...
In college if he scored a 92 then he got the highest grade point possible. 4 point oh.
So why was it that you could inject h20 into the veins of someone low on blood...
Abe's Blog
Superiority
Today I will stop riding
quarterback
's coattails and write something that's on my mind without being directly linked to reading one of his posts!
I've been thinking a lot about this notion of superiority. Nowadays... or maybe it's been always this way......
I've been thinking a lot about this notion of superiority. Nowadays... or maybe it's been always this way......
Abe's Blog
People Always Change
as reply to Nostalgia as a promise
Last year I had some friends visit for aΒ
workcation
here inΒ
Bloomington, IN
. Whenever we hung out in a group I felt a bit detached, as though I had grown while everybody else had remained mostly the same as I remembered them.
It was only during my one on...
It was only during my one on...
Abe's Blog
Life Hack for Sharing
as reply to Too many books, too little reading
The desire to share is as natural a human desire as food and water. Not sharing won't literally kill you, but once you're at a certain level of
Maslow's Hierarchy
you'll basically do anything, claw your way to sharing; to be seen.
I think social media for a lot of us...
I think social media for a lot of us...
Abe's Blog
Untitled Shared at Nov 09, 2021
While climbing up the stairwell in my apartment building the other day, I realized for the first time two things simultaneously. That it wasΒ
November
and that people were doingΒ
NaNoWriMo
. Then I remembered how farΒ
drewb
was getting in on his...

Flash Fiction Practice
"We're still friends"
It was spring by the time he figured it out. But because the school year was coming to a close he considered it the summer.Β
She had alluded to it. In a kind of, maybe this is where we are headed if things don't change, kind of way. But at...
She had alluded to it. In a kind of, maybe this is where we are headed if things don't change, kind of way. But at...
Flash Fiction Practice
Class
I met Milo in a class I wasn't supposed to be in. I had scheduled it a few months before because my friend who was a freshmen wanted it really bad and it was a high demand class. At our university upperclassmen got to schedule their classes before the under....
Flash Fiction Practice
Springing into a walk
Looking back he was sure of one thing. That he was nervous.
.
This was the final Friday ofΒ September . A heat spell had just evaporated and suddenly everybody was walking around in sweaters through that crisp autumn air. And he had only one thing on his mind.
Tumbling a single desire...
.
This was the final Friday ofΒ September . A heat spell had just evaporated and suddenly everybody was walking around in sweaters through that crisp autumn air. And he had only one thing on his mind.
Tumbling a single desire...
Abe's Blog
Outsourcing dirty things
The reason why so many founders are finding success in
B2B
SaaS
is because of how slow incumbent organizations move.
It's expensive to create the simplest of software within these established walls. You can't just get started hacking on the cheap as there's a bunch of bureaucratic boxes that need to...
It's expensive to create the simplest of software within these established walls. You can't just get started hacking on the cheap as there's a bunch of bureaucratic boxes that need to...
Abe's Blog
Water -> Blood -> Urine
For all our drinking and cooking, we use
reverse-osmosis
Β
water
. We get this through three three gallon refillable jugs that we take to our little grocery store. Most times we only refill two jugs at a time. Some days it's one. Rarely it's all three. But most times a...