I once spent a week on jury duty with John Nash.
I’m glad I was smoking back
then*, because it meant I got to hang out with him next to the gritty
Trenton courthouse. (No lawyer wanted either of us for a jury.)
This was after he won the Nobel Prize in Economics
but before A Beautiful Mind was written (let alone filmed), so he was a celebrity to nobody there but me, which suited us both just fine.
I wish I
remembered more of the things he told me about his Nobel adventures. I asked him if he had bought
something great with the money–he said the best thing was a
cordless phone! He loved being able to have the phone with him when he
was taking a bath. (This was before anyone had mobile phones.)
On the way home that night, I bought Frank a cordless
phone.
 Merrell Yeti high boots. And two more pairs, one for each ofour daughters. On the weekend my wonderful sister Marie came to help us all buy ballgowns, Amity, trying on Merrell Yeti boots, said, “Oh, these feel so good. I Marie looked at me and said, “I’ll have what she’s having.” |
Caveat–if
you get these beautiful boots, wear socks inside them. The black fleece
lining leaves your ankles and feet a dusty gray. Not the best look to
go with party shoes!
* And I’m even gladder that I quit later that year.