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Pieces of Jim

Jim Nolan

I write humor pieces about subjects of timeless appeal, like air compressor technology.

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Yes, It’s Too Early. But These ABBA “Baubles” Won’t Last.

You know who needs more money? ABBA, that’s who.

Specifically, Frida, Agnetha, Benny and Björn, whose names appear on this year’s Christmas Bauble Collection.

A “bauble,” for those who, like me, didn’t know, is a “small, ball- or sphere...

6 days ago
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Textbook Sleep #57: The History of History

Like a scented candle for your ears: Textbook Sleep, the Maximum-Strength Sleep Aid, where we read aloud boring public-domain textbooks to help you fall asleep.

Tonight, we crack open An Introduction to the History of History by James T. S...

10 days ago
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I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Shrubbery

My mother’s old pruning shears, like her, made in Germany.

There’s not a lot I share in common with Robert Oppenheimer—I dropped out of high school physics after the first homework assignment—but we both recall the words of Krishna when l...

13 days ago
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Textbook Sleep #56: Medieval Cities—Venice and Vikings

Two wildly different cultures, two wildly different approaches to survival.

Yet, recounted by the right author, and delivered by the right voice (mine), stultifying.

Welcome to Textbook Sleep, the Maximum-Strength Sleep Aid, where we read...

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Upon First Looking Into Gårdlund’s “Atlas Copco 1873–1973”

I have published this piece before. It is my favorite piece ever.

This is a story about… air compressors. Hey wait a minute, where are you going?

All right, maybe not everyone shares my interest. YOUR LOSS!

Because this 400-page tome rec...

20 days ago
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    Humor writer. Creator of Textbook Sleep, a podcast of extremely boring public-domain textbooks read aloud to help people fall asleep.

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