Thursday, February 05, 2009

A Beautiful Envelope

When we first moved in here, we heard a rumor that John Nash--the famed Princeton professor and subject of the movie A Beautiful Mind, which won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress at the 2002 Academy Awards--was actually a neighbor of ours. Someone told us that they thought he lived just down the street somewhere. We didn't really think much about it after that, but yesterday, the proof was in the mail. Wherever he lives, his address is close enough to ours that a Dr. Jackson in France had misaddressed an envelope to him and sent it to us instead.






Nate thought we should try to find out where Prof. Nash lives so we could deliver the letter to him ourselves and maybe have a chance to meet him, but I didn't want to risk losing it or damaging it in some way, so I took right back to the post office. 

Prof. Nash, wherever you are, I hope you get Dr. Jackson's papers. I did my best.