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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

NYC tip Thursdays to Sundays: get thee to Mary O’s Irish Soda Bread Shop on the corner of 1st Ave & East 7th St, before they run out of the period most period magical period scones with Irish butter & blackberry jam period. @drjchernov.bsky.social & I got there at 9:30 & the line wasn’t too long.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Great talk, son, have a good shift at work.

Driving a sleepy 17 year old to work at 0630

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As I wait for my trumpet players (God help me, 1 senior & 1 freshman, allow my humble brag that the senior is now first chair), I’m musing that The Romantics should’ve been a hell of a lot bigger than they were in the 80s.

The Romantics, “Open Ip Your Door,” 1983

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

9 straight days. One of my managers told me I didn’t look tired necessarily, but drained. My weekend, full of admin & thankfully only a few Teams calls, starts now. Back on Thursday to close the month.

A tired middle aged man enjoying the first whiskey of a well deserved weekend.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not bad for 10 minutes on a small home wok after a 10 hour day. Guinness not included in the total time.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

✔️ work a full day with distractions like region-wide ground stops & His Orangeness flying into town for UNGA. ✔️ replace the tower in my toilet tank ✔️ cook dinner for myself while ignoring the entreating & pleading from my asshole roommate, when I know damn well his automatic feeder works. #adulting

Goodie, still very put out that I would not give him a chicken thigh while I made dinner.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Why did I immediately think of Tina & Jeff when I received an email telling me I have a week left to complete the new company’s cyber security module?

The thankfully defunct avatars of Jeff & Tina from US Army cyber security training

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

One thing about the new gig that I love is that I’ve spent more quality time with my kids the last few weeks than any similar stretch of my career thus far. Dinner with Junior to discuss what colleges he might apply to, at @drjchernov.bsky.social’s & my favorite Korean bbq spot.

I can’t get him to give me a real smile for a photo anymore 😫

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In the midst of all the maudlin remembrances, including my own, that was a good first day of school. I now have a high school freshman & senior.

Left: Miss Kim & her new glasses
Right: Junior, already a senior acting like he can’t be bothered

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I kind of wish I were working tomorrow instead of being off, but the unit general managers’ schedule shook out that way. I’d promised myself this anniversary would be like any other, but whoo boy was I ever wrong. Here’s to us & those like us. I’ll see you in Fiddlers Green, gents.

Lifting a glass of Tully & water to men with whom I served 25 years ago tomorrow. “NY’s Best.”

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Really enjoying watching a young chef flexing his creative muscles. Delicata squash roasted with honey with arugula, candied pecans, & raisin vinaigrette.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

And before anyone throws that damnable "hero" word around, I was only one of thousands of guys doing their jobs. The guys who climbed 80+ stories that day were heroes. The guys whose PASS alarms I heard fading due to dying batteries were heroes. The guys whose eyes I washed out daily were heroes.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Wonderful weekend with @drjchernov.bsky.social before I head back to work tomorrow. Korean duck bbq at our favorite place. Hammock grove on Governors Island.

Best part of the hammock was, we didn’t fall out when getting on it.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

How the actual everlasting fuck is my godson 32 goddamn years old?!

A photo from 5 years ago, the last time I saw him.. also the first time I saw him since high school. Fuck Father Time.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Miss Kim got him the real shit, not the Delectables that, while quite good, aren’t the real thing apparently 🙄. Here I am, bribing my own cat to not unalive me while I sleep, after being at work all day. Ungrateful little shit didn’t even let me pet him, but he did deign to be photographed.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

(Record scratch, Goodie’s voice). Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation. I blame my dad, who was probably orange & only handed down 1 brain cell. I was looking for food last night but couldn’t get out for 10 minutes, but I escaped! cc @drjchernov.bsky.social

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Cat Chronicles (the saga continues): nbd, just a dumb tabby who’s actually a closeted orange choosing violence against Big Sis while Mom @drjchernov.bsky.social & Appa try to get ready for bed.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Whats everyone reading now? Rereading a birthday present from @drjchernov.bsky.social about a personal hero of mine. “There are no Japanese or Koreans here. We’re all Americans & we’re fighting for the same cause.”

“Unsung Hero, The Colonel Young Oak Kim Story,” by Woo Sung Han, & translated by Edward Chang

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Cat Chronicles (the endless epic): Ruth has been hissing at me whenever I try to pick her up, either because I smell like Goodie and/or guilt by association. She wanted to be left alone in the bedroom closet. cc @drjchernov.bsky.social

Ruth, hanging out with some sweaters & a dry cleaning hanger in my closet.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Cat Chronicles (a continuing saga): To misquote Kissinger, after frank & very earnest discussions, peace might well be at hand. cc @drjchernov.bsky.social

Ruth (bottom) & Goodie (top) sharing the cat tree.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Cat Chronicles (a never-ending saga). Here’s Goodie (the bowtied chonk) being both annoying little bro & territorial asshole to a patient but sick-of-his-shit Ruth, while proving that he is, in fact, an orange cat who shares 1 brain cell with the neighborhood gingers. cc @drjchernov.bsky.social

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

A few more photos from Ireland. @drjchernov.bsky.social & I miss it. But in all seriousness, if we ever moved there, I would need to be close to Dublin, the only place where Korean groceries exist anywhere on the Emerald Isle.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I made fried rice for the kids for dinner. Junior decided that he needed to season it with 1/4 of a bottle of chili crisp, despite my warning that it would hurt coming out. But it’s good to be back with my babies & to feed them.

Chicken fried rice with egg & frozen veg

Junior’s fried rice after a metric shit ton of chili crisp

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A few faves from our trip. In all modesty, we’re cute as hell. cc @drjchernov.bsky.social

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

@drjchernov.bsky.social & I named the rental “Junebug,” as it’s so small & cute. Not going to miss the stress of driving on the wrong side of the road, shifting gears with the wrong hand, or sharing narrow winding roads with Yanks who veer onto the right side as they careen towards me at 100 kph.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

It’s exceedingly difficult to not love a pub that hasn’t gotten rid of the building’s original signage. Can confirm, the folks at the Greyhound were A+.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Signs seen in County Clare yesterday. I call the first 2, “do not jump into fire while chasing wild birds,” and “do not attempt to climb riot control shields.” The Guinness sign is self explanatory & damn near Gospel.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I had to fly across the Atlantic to find my spirit animal in County Clare.

Statue of a monkey drinking a pint of Guinness while giving someone the middle finger

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Belfast, are you so damn schizophrenic in the way you park, even on two-way roads?

Cars parked facing opposite directions on the same side of a 2 way street in Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Cat Chronicles (an endless saga): Goodie just pooped - not just any poop, but it was … white. How & why, you ask? Probably the tortilla he purloined last night, because Mom @drjchernov.bsky.social wouldn’t give him shrimp after he ate Ruth‘s dinner again & overall was being a shit to Big Sis.

Confused but also contrite after the weird white poop

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Cat Chronicles (a saga): Every 2 cat household has a princess who eats daintily, & an absolute demon spawn who will hoover anything g & everything left unattended by his big sis, up to & including licking her bowls for any spare morsels. cc @drjchernov.bsky.social

1. Goodie, wondering why Big Sis is getting such preferential treatment, conveniently forgetting he already had dinner.

2. Goodie: Ruth must not be hungry anymore. Don’t worry, Big Sis, pain in the ass stepbro is here to help!

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Cat Chronicles (a saga): They went from swatting at each other (but, pointedly, not making contact) from opposite sides of my closet door, to slow blinking to show trust. Is this how cat detente begins? cc @drjchernov.bsky.social

Goodie (left) trying to figure out his next move against Ruth (right)

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

They claim he plays 3-D chess, but he's checkmating himself if he thinks allowing MBS to enrich uranium, to counteract an Iranian program that was stopped under an agreement he tore up, then supposedly destroyed many times over, has even a remote chance of not creating a regional nuclear arms race.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

What to cook for your hardworking 17 year old who opened the bakery at 7:30 & is now having a nap? Korean squash fritters, of course. First batch is in & it’s tasty, especially with ponzu.

Korean squash fritters. Covered in flour & salt, then egg wash, then cooked in a shallow pan over medium with 1/4” of veg oil covering the bottom.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

In an incident our daft & un-tabbed Secretary of Single Malt wouldn’t know, Ranger candidates died of hypothermia during Florida phase in 1995. The entire Ranger Training Brigade retooled, because no one with 1/2 a brain wants soldiers to die during training. Is safety woke? H/t @waitmanwbeorn.com

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Saw a patio umbrella shading a rooftop AC unit next to my railroad stop, presumably to prevent it from overheating. As First Sergeant Stampley would have once said, “well, that’s a technique.”

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

My blueberry pancakes might not be as good as the ones at Camp Merrill, but my kids didn’t mind. Related: were those pancakes objectively good, or were we just so malnourished that we all have fond memories of them?

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

At my last checkup, the doc told me my BP was getting higher due to my age. Today’s driving lesson isn’t helping.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Enough mandatory fun, my region’s leaders have relocated to the hotel bar to watch 🇲🇽🇪🇨 until the next mandofun event later.

All 5 Northeast region general managers & 1 wayward chef

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Okay, Colorado. The view from my room at dawn didn’t suck.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

As venues for our company’s annual conference go, these photos are pretty representative of the dichotomy. I don’t hate it. Still, I was joking with one of the chefs about turning these rabbits into a pie or a braise.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Is there anything more wholesome than 1000 people dancing to YMCA in front of Stonewall at the start of the parade? Happy #Pride

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Work week is finally over, which means train beer is in effect, time now. Taking my kids to their first #Pride 🏳️‍🌈 parade tomorrow, but only after a suitable brunch near Stonewall. Ain’t this town grand?

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Goodie has decreed that I’m not allowed to get any work done until he’s had his fill of pets.

A cat, laying across my mouse pad & part of my keyboard

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