Abraham Kim @abrahamKim

Hipsters talk more than Boomers these days.

Abraham Kim last shared their writing another thing for his mind
Jack decided to take the tips. He had no plan otherwise. At least with this man's tips... his name was Greg... he had some starting point to begin the search.

In fact because he was taking Greg's tips they ended up running into each other. eventually they ended up at the...
Abraham's Pantry
🧇 51 Waffles
🍫 52 Chocolate Bars
🍪 41 Cookies
🥃 39 Whiskeys
🍊 34 Tangerines
☕️ 59 Coffees
🍺 53 Beers
🥟 47 Dumplings
🍍 48 Pineapples
🍵 42 Teas
🍣 49 Sushis
🥓 38 Bacons
🥚 40 Eggs
🥩 35 Steaks
🍓 44 Strawberries
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In the future

I had this vision a few years ago when I was in Montreal. The subway in Montreal felt more depressing than in Berlin. The weather. The lighting. The architecture. And together all of it the people. 

It wasn't uncommon for everybody to be looking at their phone during their ride. Up...
2021-01-07 19:38:45

Letters to People
Beer; Coffee

I remember us taking so many walks. And I remember us drinking so much beer. Today I wouldn't even drink more than once a week. Back then I remember the sun setting on many Tuesdays and Wednesdays where I'd begin wondering whether you'd want to go for a beer. Don't...
2021-01-07 02:43:27

200 Words a Day
Welcome Brian Ball

Glad to have brianball give Adagia a shot. He and I have had many conversations, some of them lasting over an hour, back when 200WAD was in it's heyday. He was pretty pivotal in sparking many of the community initiatives back then alongside...
2021-01-06 19:08:23

Letters to People
Frodo

I remember on our walks together I would often cite the example of Frodo leaving The Shire when the question of how we were spending our time came up. Both of us were away from family most the year, this distance becoming more normalized with each passing month, and I...
2021-01-06 02:58:56

Notes Following a Walk
College Ghost Towns

If you walk on Jordan Ave. south of campus, look north and you can see the university library from across town. The elevation of the terrain and no trees covering the path, seeing it will amaze you at how far a horizon can actually be. Usually I don't notice this...
2021-01-03 20:43:40

Now that it's begun

Often we talk quantify macro issues in measures like total cost in GPD. When I think of that measure I immediately imagine disasters like COVID or the war on drugs or the mental health pandemic. One thing that saddens me is that I believe that the U.S is starting 2021...
2021-01-03 02:25:09

Documenting Adagia
After Four Weeks

I'm happy to see we have a tiny crew of regulars here. I actually look forward to coming here to see what discourse has brewed while i was gone. It feels like a little corner of home* that I remember 200WAD feeling like.

I actually like that we are currently invite-only...
2021-01-01 22:38:53

No Big Wins

I believe that big wins don't exist. Every big win we admire is actually yet another small step along a journey of a life that has been driving a road of small wins consistently through time. We simply cast such highly visible victories along such a continuum as big because...
2021-01-01 01:45:20

Black and White

Some things are black and white, and the switch happens real quick. The person that you got into an argument with can go from being a sentient human with their entire life -- schedules, relationships, goals, dreams, etc -- to being a corpse implicating you as murderer in a matter...
2020-12-31 02:09:08

Upcoming Features of Adagia

I was planning on creating a section for the site where people could suggest/critique/discuss/debate/etc features for this site. But jasonleow just released something that I think would work better for that. 

Go check out LifeLog. https://golifelog.com/ 

It's a community and app that's dedicated to...
2020-12-29 18:49:00